Jeff,
In my 84 Westfalia, I added 1" foam padding underneath the fabric on the
backrest. It was very easy: take the seats out of the van, remove the
bolts that attach the backrest, unhook the fabric at the bottom, slide
up the fabric, cut the foam to fit, slide the fabric back down and
reattach. Maybe 45 min for both seats. I got the foam at an upholstery
shop, I think this would be nicer than trying to scavenge it from a
boneyard. I used the same foam to supplement the mattress in the upper
bunk - made a huge difference.

Cheers,
 Jeff Kennedy
personal.riverusers.com/~kennedy/van_mods.htm

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Jeff Oxroad
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 7:24 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: seat padding swap, GL to non?

I've been looking at later model velour GL front seats. It seems to have
substantially more padding than the stock seat in my NON-GL 83
Westfalia. I have
the old school blue and brown striped fabric seats--NOT the velour
seats.