The bench seat in my 74 F100 needs new life. The foam in the driver's area is mostly shot. I see formed foam and covering available on different web sites. Is this a difficult task to do correctly myself, or should I just take the seat to a professional?

 

i took mine to a shop.

But others here have bought the foam and cover and done it themselves. They said it wasn't too bad of a job. The key, apparently, is a pair of hog ring pliers

 

Easy job. You just have to be methodical and patient. I can do a bench seat blindfolded. Just kidding but you get the idea. Here's the work I did on my '70 Bump.

Tools:
Hog ring pliers
Hog rings
Clothes pins
Spring clamps
Side cutters or dikes to remove the old hog ring pliers

Supplies:
Burlap
Edge wrap
Foams
Upholstery

Here are a couple of '70 Mach 1 seats completely rebuilt with new burlap, hardware, and TMI Sport Seat foams and upholstery.


















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Nice! I've watched a couple of YouTube videos. Looks like something I might can handle. Going to get a couple of pro estimates and decide if it's worth doing myself.

 

The nice part about doing it yourself is that you can also change the foam density to a lighter or heavier foam depending on your taste.

If you want to save some money, buy foam blocks - easily available on-line and you can shape it to fit with an ordinary electric carving knife. Even if you have to buy the knife, you're still miles ahead of the price for formed seat foams, and you can add in lumbar support etc. not available on factory-style foams.