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This is what I have done with the front 240 seats:
Use a new grid, from a dealer, around $20 - $25. All new cross wires, and the outer rod in a "U" shape across the rear end. The front ends are bent outward at 45 degrees.
Have some short napp carpet scraps around. You will need a big 12-inch square-ish piece for the seat bottom, and two long rectangular pieces for the sides.
Get the seat out, upside down. I crank the recliner way out, and put some something on the ground to protect the headrest top. REst is on the hood, or the bottom trunk sill, if a sedan. Remove the springs, grid, and hog rings along the sides. Use two pair of pliers on the hog rings, they are re-useable. Also remove the bar across the front, takes a 90 degree rotation around the long axis, and a flex to get it to clear the end holes.
The long rectangle carpet pieces you cut to wrap over the top of the frame edges. When the grid/springs fail, the frame cuts into the foam. Carpet will prevent that. Cut it so as to not be in the way of instlling the springs.
The square carpet piece goes on the bottom of the seat, between the grid and the foam, and wide enough to be under the ends of the springs.
Attach the springs, do the central pairs first, or whatever works for you. At the grid end where the rods are bent out, attach the springs inside the cross wires.
Then attach the front bar, the sides hog rings go last. Try to use the same holes on the hog rings, and watch out, they have very sharp ends. DAMHIK
Good Luck,
Bob
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