Seat Cushion Replacement
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Seat Cushion Replacement
So, my new to me C230 is in nice shape, except for the driver seat bottom. The seat "leather" is split at the seems in the middle of the seat cushion. Besides an auto upholstery shop, is there a ready made aftermarket seat cover I can replace it with?
The standard seat material is really quite poor on these cars!!
The standard seat material is really quite poor on these cars!!
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2019 C300 Wagon; '75 Triumph TR6; previous: 2004 C230 6spd sold after 17 years of driving
So, my new to me C230 is in nice shape, except for the driver seat bottom. The seat "leather" is split at the seems in the middle of the seat cushion. Besides an auto upholstery shop, is there a ready made aftermarket seat cover I can replace it with?
The standard seat material is really quite poor on these cars!!
The standard seat material is really quite poor on these cars!!
MB seat covers is very durable, thick and strong
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Well, I'm sure he found that a helpful post. :-)
Best thing to do is to buy a replacement on eBay I've been watching for seats myself (thinking of dumping the two-tone custom stuff and just replacing for stock black leather), and full and partial seats are on there quite often.
Best thing to do is to buy a replacement on eBay I've been watching for seats myself (thinking of dumping the two-tone custom stuff and just replacing for stock black leather), and full and partial seats are on there quite often.
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2019 C300 Wagon; '75 Triumph TR6; previous: 2004 C230 6spd sold after 17 years of driving
Well, I'm sure he found that a helpful post. :-)
Best thing to do is to buy a replacement on eBay I've been watching for seats myself (thinking of dumping the two-tone custom stuff and just replacing for stock black leather), and full and partial seats are on there quite often.
Best thing to do is to buy a replacement on eBay I've been watching for seats myself (thinking of dumping the two-tone custom stuff and just replacing for stock black leather), and full and partial seats are on there quite often.
just found it an odd post as this came from left field. We are all aware of the common issues our cars have ie leaking cam solenoids, clunking suspension, bouncing door locks, fading LCD, coolant in the transmission, timing chain, MAF etc. I never heard of an issue with the seat covers other than the heating elementI was commenting on him saying that the seat material is very poor
Last edited by Boom vang; Nov 28, 2014 at 09:25 AM.
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Not from left field at all. The seat material does not really look or feel fantastic to me and the drivers seat pad is split in several places, right on the sewing seem! The rest of the seats are fine. Guess it makes sense that the drivers seat would be worse off, but for it to split up like that wreaks of cheapness to me.
No biggie... and a pretty ez "fix", but a bit disappointing to me.
No biggie... and a pretty ez "fix", but a bit disappointing to me.
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2005 230 Kompressor Coupe, 1977 Suzuki PE 250, 1977 Suzuki RM250, 1987 Toyota Supra
I hope this helps. A couple of years ago, I had my passenger seat on my 2005 C230 re packed. The company in London ON was Fiberenew (they have a Toronto location) and they come to your house. The price was quite reasonable. Maybe they can provide a solution for you.
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2017 GLA 250, 2011 C63 P31 (p30 w/ lsd) (in repair), 2005 C230 Sport Eurocharged, 2003 C320~sold
I just did this for a 2006 C230 I'm selling.....buy the cushion from a junk/salvage yard 
It is super easy to replace and don't even have to take the seat out.....there are 2 bolts with clamps on the front bottom of the seat that needs to be removed and that's it. The one thing I found is there are quite a difference in the type of patterns the seats have between years, AMG packages etc
The metal clips have plastic retaining clips snapped onto them...you need to unpop the plastic from the metal clamp and be careful bending the plastic piece open as they break real easy. If they do break it's no biggie and will fit back on NP.
It is super easy to replace and don't even have to take the seat out.....there are 2 bolts with clamps on the front bottom of the seat that needs to be removed and that's it. The one thing I found is there are quite a difference in the type of patterns the seats have between years, AMG packages etcThe metal clips have plastic retaining clips snapped onto them...you need to unpop the plastic from the metal clamp and be careful bending the plastic piece open as they break real easy. If they do break it's no biggie and will fit back on NP.
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