Bolsters?
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My buddy does marine upholstery and he is always replacing the wood that is integral to seats, including the wood in bolsters. It does not make sense to me that they will not recover them because of rotten wood. You need to find a better upholstery shop!!
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I did find one shop that said he would attempt it but he has never done them and gave me an estimate of 700 a side and he cant get too it before the first of the year had too take drivers side out because it was soo far gone
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All they really need is the material for a pattern. For the seat you just unstaple the vinyl on the bottom and save the vinyl and the foam. Then do your own woodwork and get the seat ready. The same for the top - if it does not pull off then you may have to unsew (cut the threads) in a seam. Pull that off, save the pattern and fix that wood. Then take the repaired seat to the shop that can get it done the fastest and have them make new seats with the patterns and existing foam. When replacing the wood we resin it with fiberglass resin to give it some durability and drill holes where water may sit. I think you can do this on your own.


