A while back, I had to kneel on the driver's seat to access something in the car when I felt the seat "give" a little. I believe that's the moment that the rubber mat under the seat tore, which made it feel like the seat bottom didn't have much padding and made the seat quite uncomfortable. Here's what that looks like:
I attempted a repair myself by finding some nylon material at JOANN Crafts, and put that in place to better support my backside. So I took out the broken rubber material:
The material needed to be strong enough to support my body weight, but hopefully also have a little give to it like the original rubber. The material I found was the kind of webbed material that you might find on patio furniture, which meant that it would be durable and strong, but it had zero give. This was the final result:
It was better than the broken rubber mat, but it just didn't feel as good as before. I ran it this way for a couple of years, but when I underwent an overhaul of the car's interior, I thought I'd attempt a better repair by having a local upholstery shop see what they could do.
They were unable to find a similar material to the rubber that was original, so we settled for another material that seemed to have a little bit of give to it. I haven't gotten the interior back together to see how it feels, but I'm hopeful that it will be a better solution to my temporary fix. It sure looks a lot prettier, even though I'm the only person that will ever see this side of the seat:
Time will tell how much I like this fix.
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