I need feedback and help for the correct 68 XR7 seat foam, I am restoring my 68 XR7 seats front and rear but mainly concerned about the fronts for the correct seat foam. I heard the 69 XR7s are a best for using for 68s ? Any input would be helpful!
Thank you All Very Much!
TimC
This is the beast fit on the market.
https://secure.cougarpartscatalog.com/69xr7seatfoam.html?sessionthemeid=26
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These are what I used and am very happy with the results. Foam like this is used for the front buckets only. The rear is a less dense matte sheet over springs and I ended up just making my own as needed.
Going to shamelessly point to my interior thread. 
I am reupholstering my XR-7. What are the experts using to refoam the back seat? I hate the old and musty smell of mine. Especially the degrading foam.
I bought the bucket foam, but dont see the immediate answer to the back.
I have used the seat foam that Don sells for the front seats on two sets of seats and they came out amazing. For the rear seat an upholstery shop used foam & Burlap they had to replace and that also worked well.
Are you recovering yourself or using an upholstery shop?
I am going through an upholstery small business. However he initially recommended using the existing foam. Im not buying into that. I dont want to have new upholstery on muggy foam and burlap. I mean I get it, the back seat was mostly not used and it would be easiest, but the seats smell. They gotta go.
When I did my interior a couple years ago I could not find an off the shelf option. I reused the rear back matte but added to it with a cut up kids sleeping bag. LOL. The rear bottom matte was a lost cause so I just used 1 inch foam stock and cut it to shape with other half of the sleeping bag. As the rear seat lower and back sections are rectangular it turned out fine. Today I see that NPD has a full set of front and rear options. I can’t vouch for the quality however so buyer beware. Personally I would get everything you can from WCCC and branch out for the rest.
My interior was full of nests from mice and all that type of goodness. Here’s what I did.
1 Removed covers, foam etc… down to the springs/burlap.
2 Cut away any burlap with heavy stains / rot. Thankfully mice don’t consider burlap a good building material is seems. Most of mine was intact.
3 I used bailing wire in one spot to repair some of the spring that was rusted away.
4 Outside in the sun I soaked the springs/burlap in an oxygenated cleaner. Oxyclean or similar spray. I was gentle on the burlap basically just soaking it. However I scrubbed down the metal with a small brush. Toothbrush or dedicated detailing brush should be fine.
5 Rinsed out the cleaner with a water hose. ( I probably did a spray and rinse twice) It was summer so things dried quickly. Plus I used some fans to speed up the drying process.
6 The next day I sprayed on Odor Bully. Really saturated the burlap. Again always in the summer sun. I did this a few times with the goal of just airing these things out.
7 Once completely dry I proceeded with the regular reupholster process. So you’d have to coordinate that with your shop. Or just go all new as far as the cloth and vinyl goes.
Here’s my repair thread for reference.
I would love to buy from WCCC, 99% of my purchases are, but I don’t see bench seat foam listed.
Why did you reuse the burlap? Why not replace?
Great thread BTW. Never would of thought of a sleeping bag. Ingenuity at its finest.
I do my best to restore, reclaim or fix original when it comes to interior and exterior. I’m more liberal on powertrains though.
