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At least renew the bottom foams, the backrest can be slightly filled up by adding a thin layer of extra foam, bought in a specialist shop or on some market.
In Porter's book on the MGB he advises to slide a plastic bag over the backrest foam before moving the cover over it. Not really necessary, unless you overfill it (but then the cover may split at the seams). Buying new backrest foams spares you these problems. Headrests are a pain to get out pulling strongly (either with the seats still in the car or with somebody strong holding them down) and wiggling them will work in the end. Of course sacrifying the old cover by making a slit to reach thses locking pins is also possible
Glueing the vinyl covers to the bottom seatfoam as advised in the package did not work for me, but maybe it depends on the type of glue.
And: buy Porter's if you haven't done so in the past. It has a lot of step by step descriptions with pictures at each step
In Porter's book on the MGB he advises to slide a plastic bag over the backrest foam before moving the cover over it. Not really necessary, unless you overfill it (but then the cover may split at the seams). Buying new backrest foams spares you these problems. Headrests are a pain to get out pulling strongly (either with the seats still in the car or with somebody strong holding them down) and wiggling them will work in the end. Of course sacrifying the old cover by making a slit to reach thses locking pins is also possible
Glueing the vinyl covers to the bottom seatfoam as advised in the package did not work for me, but maybe it depends on the type of glue.
And: buy Porter's if you haven't done so in the past. It has a lot of step by step descriptions with pictures at each step
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Apr 19, 2014 05:38 AM
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In reply to # 2665146 by maggelie
It was my experience that the seat foams made the seat higher than factory. Some advise cutting them down a bit.
The very first time you sit on them, one hardly fits on the wider steering wheel of the Mark I & II cars. But this is quickly gone and the foam settles in quite fast. It is a matter of months and fortunately this sagging away stops after a year or so. I'm afraid cutting them lower at mounting will give you a seat position too low after one year of driving already
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