The driver's seat in my 2 door '84 240 DL is falling apart again. I got rid of the original for a decent looking used one from a junk yard about 6 months ago. Now that POS is falling apart. Now my poor volvo's pain has become my own in the form of severe back pain. Im through with used seats. Im a broke college student and cant afford much, but i want a new drivers seat. Does anyone know a place where i can buy a new one for reatively cheap, or at least a good chiropractor in the California Bay Area? Thank you for any input.

Get the passenger side seat for replacement parts. Normally, these have much lower "butt mileage" than the drivers side. The replacement foam from IPD is EXPENSIVE! You should be able to get a decent pass side seat for $35-50 bucks from a PIY yard. You can use you existing seat for the underpinning of the conversion (i.e. - lumbar support knobs, back adjust, upholstery, etc.). OBTW the lower part of the pass seat is identical to the drivers side, it's the upper half that's different. All you have to do is change the tracks and the tilt adjust mechanism on the lower half. Read the previous responses about the repair web site, good basic info in there.
RP
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RP '87 245 (Ol' Blue)273,000 mi, '93 245 (Ruby)150,000 mi, '02 BMW 325, '98 Mustang Cobra, '87 Harley Heritage....

Did you see Paul (he's-in-China-right-now) rebuild your seat for a few $$ article?

http://www.fidalgo.net/~brook4/Seat_Foam.html

-Phil Punxsutawney

BTW, IPD has most of the parts, including lumbar support rebuild kits. they have instructions on their website, too.

http://www.ipdusa.com/ProductsSubCat.aspx?SubCategoryID=60

Volvos have about the best seats of any car I've ever driven. You shouldn't have to suffer!

-Phil Punxsutawney