benmarks
Veteran Member
I am helping a friend redo a front driver's seat. It is a 2004 Jetta TDI sedan. There's a guy on eBay that sells new-old-stock OEM leather seat covers with the heating elements already in them. I was also going to get new seat bottom and seat back foam. I wouldn't normally do the seat back foam, but the bolster wore through to the point where the foam is crumbling.
However, with the leather parts from the guy on eBay, they all come up as 1999.5-2002. I can't seem to find corresponding part numbers for 2003-2005. And, for the foam, there is a dividing line as well in the 2002 year.
Are there actually any differences with the front seats, "early" vs. "late?" They aren't Recaros, and they aren't the seats that have the "extender' in the front. They are just the normal manual seats.
Side note, I recently re-did the seat bottom foam in my driver's seat when I switched from 2004 manual heated leather seats to 2000 GLX power/memory/heated leather seats. Side by side, I couldn't eyeball any differences in the foam, but that doesn't mean I might've missed something.
However, with the leather parts from the guy on eBay, they all come up as 1999.5-2002. I can't seem to find corresponding part numbers for 2003-2005. And, for the foam, there is a dividing line as well in the 2002 year.
Are there actually any differences with the front seats, "early" vs. "late?" They aren't Recaros, and they aren't the seats that have the "extender' in the front. They are just the normal manual seats.
Side note, I recently re-did the seat bottom foam in my driver's seat when I switched from 2004 manual heated leather seats to 2000 GLX power/memory/heated leather seats. Side by side, I couldn't eyeball any differences in the foam, but that doesn't mean I might've missed something.