I too, enjoy the smell of the horsehair seat pads. It is a smell that
evokes many memories, dad's Jags, Mom's Saab ('65 Model 96) and of course
the 5 Benz's I've owned. It's the smell of Quality!
On 3/18/06, Kaleb C. Striplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> the smell? What smell? If you are talking about the smell I think you
> are talking about, that is a great smell, I love that smell.
>
> Sunil Hari wrote:
>
> > I got a large piece of that memory foam from Meijer (like Wal-Mart, but
> > Midwest) that tops mattresses, cut it to fit, and used that in my 115
> when I
> > redid those seats. Got rid of all the horsehair and the smell went away
> > too.
> >
> > On 3/16/06, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >>Hey that sounds a bit better. Didn't know you had stuff like that.
> Someone
> >>on one of these lists gave me the web
> >>address for World and I had a look - then emailed to ask for a price.
> >>
> >>So, do you think the real thing is better than an update??
> >>
> >>Randy B
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rusty Cullens
> >>Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 5:01 PM
> >>To: 'Mercedes Discussion List'
> >>Subject: Re: [MBZ] seat repair
> >>
> >>
> >>I have the OE Genuine MB horsehair for $164.00. Why did you cal World
> >>Upholstery?
> >>
> >>Rusty Cullens
> >>BuyMBparts, Inc.
> >>1-800-741-5252
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R A Bennell
> >>Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 5:40 PM
> >>To: Mercedes Discussion List
> >>Subject: [MBZ] seat repair
> >>
> >>I checked with World Upholstery and they want $235 for a horsehair pad
> >>to put into the front seat bottom on my 115.
> >>I know I saw on here somewhere about repadding the seats with foam etc.
> >>Who has done this and how well did it work
> >>out? Am I better off to have a local upholstery shop make me something
> >>out of dense foam or to try to do it myself.
> >>Shaping the foam would be the hard part I guess - after finding
> >>something suitable. I just wonder if something more
> >>modern than the horsehair pad would be as good or better at a lower
> >>cost. I'd have to look more closely but I don't
> >>think the passenger side is really in need yet so I could get away with
> >>just doing the driver's side. I had thought
> >>about doing both until I got the quote. I'm frugal (and poor) so that
> >>isn't to my liking. Two of them would be $470
> >>plus shipping of probably $25 or more plus taxes of 14% (on the value
> >>converted to Cdn $).
> >>
> >>Randy B
> >>
> >>
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