tejkowskit
Gold Member
modifying my stock seat: pic heavy
After over a year of contemplating buying an aftermarket seat so I wouldnt have to sit on a logI finally decided to just try modifying it myself! I couldnt bring myself to buy the extremely expensive top sellerie or corbin's that everyone seems to love. Even used ones were too expensive for me.
I did a lot of research and finally dove into the project this week to kick off the riding season with a (hopefully) comfortable seat. Now that I have done this I am kicking myself for not doing it a long time ago. This is super easy; if you mess up just glue on a new piece of foam and shape it again. It's really trial and error until you find something that works.
I recommend doing this outside as a fine foam powder will get everywhere. Having an air compressor helps to blow the powder off your clothes and bike too.
Supplies
-bread knife or hacksaw blade (some use electric carving knives, but i didnt wanna ruin mine. The hacksaw blade and knife worked perfectly fine and forced me to cut slower)
-angle grinder with flap disc (lower grit removes foam much faster so be careful if you use a low grit disc
-3m all purpose spray adhesive
-1" rebond foam and 0.25" lux-r foam (got mine here Open-Cell Foam - Poly, Acoustic, Dryfast, Lux, Color Foam & More
-scissors
-screw driver and needle nose pliers to remove staples
-vinyl to recover seat (stock cover wont fit if adding size to the seat
-patience
-rubber gloves (if you dont want your hands to be sticky and foam glued to them)
-a hepa mask isnt a bad idea so dont breath any of the fine foam powder while using the angle grinder
-if i forgot anything youll notice in the step by step
Remove staples. Pry up with screw driver and finish pulling them out with the needle nose.
Once staples are out remove the cover
Use a sharpie to draw what youre trying to accomplish. These squigles made sense to me at the time
Grab youre blade and cut!
I was nervous to cut too much at first, but after reaching the point of no return i began to cut deeper.
You can see that nasty curve of the stock seat is no more! I was aiming to dish out the spot my butt is on to add support. This pic is upside down..deal with it. This is about as deep as i cut before gluing on the rebond.
Take your rebond and glue. Here i was just trying to add support and widen the spot under my thighs. Glue and trim excess foam. To glue, spray both surfaces, let them get tacky (wait a minute or two), and stick them together.
Add more foam to cover the area you want and cut it to form. Its really trial and error. Just add foam and shape. If you need to add more later its no big deal.
After over a year of contemplating buying an aftermarket seat so I wouldnt have to sit on a logI finally decided to just try modifying it myself! I couldnt bring myself to buy the extremely expensive top sellerie or corbin's that everyone seems to love. Even used ones were too expensive for me.
I did a lot of research and finally dove into the project this week to kick off the riding season with a (hopefully) comfortable seat. Now that I have done this I am kicking myself for not doing it a long time ago. This is super easy; if you mess up just glue on a new piece of foam and shape it again. It's really trial and error until you find something that works.
I recommend doing this outside as a fine foam powder will get everywhere. Having an air compressor helps to blow the powder off your clothes and bike too.
Supplies
-bread knife or hacksaw blade (some use electric carving knives, but i didnt wanna ruin mine. The hacksaw blade and knife worked perfectly fine and forced me to cut slower)
-angle grinder with flap disc (lower grit removes foam much faster so be careful if you use a low grit disc
-3m all purpose spray adhesive
-1" rebond foam and 0.25" lux-r foam (got mine here Open-Cell Foam - Poly, Acoustic, Dryfast, Lux, Color Foam & More
-scissors
-screw driver and needle nose pliers to remove staples
-vinyl to recover seat (stock cover wont fit if adding size to the seat
-patience
-rubber gloves (if you dont want your hands to be sticky and foam glued to them)
-a hepa mask isnt a bad idea so dont breath any of the fine foam powder while using the angle grinder
-if i forgot anything youll notice in the step by step
Remove staples. Pry up with screw driver and finish pulling them out with the needle nose.
Once staples are out remove the cover
Use a sharpie to draw what youre trying to accomplish. These squigles made sense to me at the time
Grab youre blade and cut!
I was nervous to cut too much at first, but after reaching the point of no return i began to cut deeper.
You can see that nasty curve of the stock seat is no more! I was aiming to dish out the spot my butt is on to add support. This pic is upside down..deal with it. This is about as deep as i cut before gluing on the rebond.
Take your rebond and glue. Here i was just trying to add support and widen the spot under my thighs. Glue and trim excess foam. To glue, spray both surfaces, let them get tacky (wait a minute or two), and stick them together.
Add more foam to cover the area you want and cut it to form. Its really trial and error. Just add foam and shape. If you need to add more later its no big deal.
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