I have a 85 300 cd (coupe) and was wondering about the rear seat back.

Question 1 - Is it the same as a sedan seat back?

Question 2 - Would it be feasible to buy a used seat back and try to replace it myself? And by feasilbe, I mean cheap and relatively easy.
With Palimino, would it be obiviously a different shade..... depending on sun exposure, etc...

Question 3 - Anyone have a decent MB Tex Palamino seat back covering...

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85 300CD Turbo "Das Polluter" 230K sold for $3,000

98 BMW 323is

[quote=spugeddy;1637300]I have a 85 300 cd (coupe) and was wondering about the rear seat back.

Question 1 - Is it the same as a sedan seat back? Maybe, different depths.

Question 2 - Would it be feasible to buy a used seat back and try to replace it myself? And by feasilbe, I mean cheap and relatively easy.
Yes.

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I think you need to remove seat bottom first, two red buttons pushed in simultaneously if possible, the front will pop up, then pull out, you'll then see three bolts holding the seat back on, one on each side and below arm rest, remove, then lift up. The seat backs on a CD are thinner so as to provide more room. I don't know if a sedan seat back would bolt in anyway, may be different widths as well.

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84 CD

It may be hard to find a coupe seat back in a colour you want although your color thankfully is predominant. Or perhaps secondary to blue. I also imagine sun rotted backs are common in your area. If the rest of your seat back is pretty good you might be able to modify or use part of a sedans rear seat cover.
This may involve having a shop resew it up for you as well. Best way to get the accurate color match. Otherwise probably big bucks.

I feel there might not be a lot of coupe donars around. Maybe in your area things are better and salvage cars more common. You might try advertising in our parts wanted for that seat back. Up here in the north we do not experience as much sun attack. So the chances are better of getting a good one. Thankfully because these cars where expensive a lot where kept in garages as well.

Thanks for the replies so far. It sounds like the coupe has a unique seat back due to the lesser depth...

Any more feedback on the "shade" of the Palamino I might get from another vehicle. I am not worried too much about it, and now that a new one would probably be further off...

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85 300CD Turbo "Das Polluter" 230K sold for $3,000

98 BMW 323is

I also have a coupe with a blue interior and the top of the rear seat is sun burned. I searched in vain for another seat back with no luck and have decided to have a cover made from an upholstery shop to cover the unsightly mess. I can't afford to have the whole seat done in leather but could afford to have a cover done which would just cover the top part of the seat back.

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83 300CDTurbo 307,000
2005 Honda Element 266,000
56 Nash Ambassador Country Club Special 34,000(under restoration presently)

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=125099

You can try several upholstery shops and see if your cooked upper portions can be replaced - mine can't be, because the leather it sews to is cooked in that upper area as well - it's like cardboard (that's 23 years of Texas sun). If you can't get it pieced, your next best bet is to get an new cover from somewhere like Performance Products or other such MB store. You can replace it yourself - that's not cheap, but it's just about the only alternative.

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Houston, Texas
1984 300CD 235K miles, Elvira, one owner
1987 300TD 180K miles
1974 TR6 78K miles Sarah Jane, one owner
OBK #27

I am pretty sure the back seat is completely different than a sedan. A sedan seat might fit though. If you put a sedan seat in there adults will lack headroom as the roof on the coupe is 2" lower.

Tom W

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