Front seat foam

[ShakTak]

Just wondering if anybody knows if it's possible to just order the drivers seat base foam?

My passenger front seat foam is lovely and firm, but the drivers is collapsing and needs renewing.

[Paul Wildsmith]

ask a dealer!

I somehow doubt it - not exactly the same, but I wanted just part of a door panel, and even though I had the specific part number, you had to order the whole thing. Might be a complete seat then ...

Try a breakers?

[paddy74]

As far as I know the foam is not available. I've seen the leather for down and up-parts of the seat, but not the foam.

But you should look for a good saddler (is it called like that???). They normaly don't renew the whole foam, just the parts that need to be changed. That has some advantages, one is the seat heating (as not mats have to be changed) and the other is the fitting into the "old" leather. The leather keeps stretching over the years, and so a new foam from Volvo wouldn't fit perfectly....
A godd saddler can do this for a max of 200.-€, at least the last time I needed to re-pad my Harley seats it was around 140.-€ all-in (remove from the bike, re-pad it, refit the leather and put it back on the bike). Took two days and everything is great again.

Ask one near you, you'll be surprised how inexpensive it can be.

[TruckbusUK]

Hi the foam is available, but it costs a fortune ... I was quoted £185 for the part.
Why? ... seemingly if you have heated seats then the heating element needs to be replaced as well as the foam, hence the cost ... the non heated version was circa £100, both parts from a Volvo main dealer.

I took the car to a car trimmer who fixed the foam for £35.

Hope it helps.

[Tannaton]

Depending on the year and model the Volvo procedure is to replace the base foam when replacing the heating pad as the glue between the two is very strong and usually the foam comes off in chunks when you separate the two - however I've always found it possible to save the foam by removing the heating pad carefully with the aid of a stanley knife blade.

It's unusual for an early XC90 to have a failed pad, the Volvo designed ones last a long time. The later Ford ones on the V40, XC60 etc are crap - I've had to change two in my own cars over the years.

[oragex]

Go the the breakers (or search Ebay) and get a passenger one along with the spring base. The cushion comes with the skin attached and the heated pad wire with green connector. The spring base will be more difficult to remove (it's under tension), but be sure to swap it as well because it weakens in time. May need to toss the seat a little (better not undo seat connectors). Passenger seat has the weight srs sensor, but your driver's one does not so no trouble. I've swapped my S60 with one from the S80 (compatible), but you can only swap a XC90 one. https://youtu.be/oGtD-skiJcc