Upper seat diff between Driver/Pass?
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Upper seat diff between Driver/Pass?
So I unfortunately leaned back on the seatbelt latch and it put a hole in the upper leather section of my driver's seat rushing in the car to get out of a blizzard a few weeks back. Patching it will only be a temp fix so it doesn't get worse so I've been hunting for used seats to just swap in. Obviously they are expensive, usually beat up, and going to be tough to ship. A quote I got from a shop to fix it is basically more than a used seat so that's my last resort.
That lead me to think - is the upper leather portion the same between the driver and passenger seats? It's a lot less expensive to find a nice passenger upper assembly, so swapping just that portion could save a few hundred.
That lead me to think - is the upper leather portion the same between the driver and passenger seats? It's a lot less expensive to find a nice passenger upper assembly, so swapping just that portion could save a few hundred.
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The driver's side upper seat has a motor or mechanism in it to automatically adjust the height of the headrest as you lean the seat back, which would explain the difference in price.
The passenger's head rest is a conventional manual adjustment. That being said, there might be differences in how they're attached where it might not be a simple swap of the seat back. You might be able to remove and use upholstery though from the passenger side?
The passenger's head rest is a conventional manual adjustment. That being said, there might be differences in how they're attached where it might not be a simple swap of the seat back. You might be able to remove and use upholstery though from the passenger side?
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Yeah that's what I'm hoping for - just the upholstery. Im wondering if that's the same between the two sides. From looking at it in the car it seems to be, but if the overall shape is somehow different it wouldn't be good
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