For Christmas, my wife got me a new shell for my PRP suspension seat. We first bought the suspension seat in '05 after the General was broken into and they stole the front seats. I debated about the whether it would be worth the cost, but after 4yrs of use I wouldn't be without one.
Once I started taking the doors off in the summer a couple of years ago, the seat really started to show the affects of UV exposure. You can see how it was looking here:
I thought it was going to take us a bit of time to get it recovered, but I think it really only took us about 30min. Another nice benefit to the suspension seat.
In the picture below you can see where the cover wraps under the seat frame on 4 sides. It's tied together with a small white nylon rope you can see in the picture.
We cut the rope and then peeled the shell up off the frame.
Once the shell is removed you can see the foam padding underneath. It covers the "suspension" part of the seat.
PRP will sell you new foam padding, but we didn't feel it needed to be replaced at this point. You can also buy all the "suspension" components.
We re-glued some of the foam pieces into place and slid the new shell onto the seat. We sat in the seat for a bit to make sure the new shell was all settled into place and then retied the bottom of the seat shell.
Here's how it turned out:
Here's my son testing it out:
When I first bought the seat in '05, I had wanted to get yellow piping. However, since I had no seat courtesy of the thieves, I had to take what PRP had on the shelves. My wonderful wife remembered and got the new shell with yellow piping.
She also had them cover the side bolsters in vinyl as opposed to cloth like the original. We thought this would minimize the wear on the seat from sliding in and out of it. Actually we both think the seat seems to be a little more comfortable with the vinyl.
And my sons got me a cover to protect the new shell from UV damage.
Once I started taking the doors off in the summer a couple of years ago, the seat really started to show the affects of UV exposure. You can see how it was looking here:
I thought it was going to take us a bit of time to get it recovered, but I think it really only took us about 30min. Another nice benefit to the suspension seat.
In the picture below you can see where the cover wraps under the seat frame on 4 sides. It's tied together with a small white nylon rope you can see in the picture.
We cut the rope and then peeled the shell up off the frame.
Once the shell is removed you can see the foam padding underneath. It covers the "suspension" part of the seat.
PRP will sell you new foam padding, but we didn't feel it needed to be replaced at this point. You can also buy all the "suspension" components.
We re-glued some of the foam pieces into place and slid the new shell onto the seat. We sat in the seat for a bit to make sure the new shell was all settled into place and then retied the bottom of the seat shell.
Here's how it turned out:
Here's my son testing it out:
When I first bought the seat in '05, I had wanted to get yellow piping. However, since I had no seat courtesy of the thieves, I had to take what PRP had on the shelves. My wonderful wife remembered and got the new shell with yellow piping.
She also had them cover the side bolsters in vinyl as opposed to cloth like the original. We thought this would minimize the wear on the seat from sliding in and out of it. Actually we both think the seat seems to be a little more comfortable with the vinyl.
And my sons got me a cover to protect the new shell from UV damage.
