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Originally Posted by Greenlee
I like it. I got the whole seat from TKCR. She did a great job on it. Looks like brand new. Was told my old one couldn’t be recovered. Fabric was glued on or something. It was from an 89’ or 90’ Suburban.
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That’s correct on the 89 and up seat covers, they were actually glued to the foam. I had one myself, came in the truck when I bought it. Now this was before I started restoring seats myself, so I wasn’t even aware that this seat wasn’t the correct seat for the 81-87 trucks. But I had taken mine to an Amish guy that my Dad had used, and he did great work. But when I got the seat back, the cover he made, didn’t lay right on the foam. It was like it had air between the bottom of the cover & foam. He stated that, and I have talked to other people & upholstery shops, and they all say the same about those seats. They say GM went to that because of trying to find a way around everyone’s covers wearing the way they did on the previous years. And it actually did seem to help. Whenever I still see these seats in the junkyards, most of them are still decent.
Here’s a picture of mine, it was just like yours. I didn’t keep it for very long, after it was recovered. Just didn’t like how it turned out at all.
Last pic, is my seat now. Fully restored the frame/tracks and hardware, just like yours.