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Rebuild Volvo Seat or Buy Aftermarket? 700

posted by  someone claiming to be Skip on  Wed Dec 10 02:57 CST 2003 [RELATED]

I had the seat on a 240 rebuilt for about $200 by a local auto upholstery shop recently. Nice job and I wanted to maintain the stock look. However, it doesn't compare to the Recaro seat I installed in another 240 years ago. It was the cheapest genuine Recaro available (if you call $600 cheap) and you could drive coast to coast without an ache. I had an '84 740 many years ago and I recall that the seats were very firm. I loved them and my wife hated them. They were similar to Recaro in construction and firmness. If I had that car today, I would be inclined to rebuild the originals. BTW, the shop I used is in Easton, PA. Not sure where in NJ you are. The shop I used does Volvo restoration and service and expanded into full service upholstery.

Skip
'93 850GLT
'83 242TI Flathood






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