I'm not the tallest for sure, but just had my front buckets redone with new foam and seat covers. The old foam was really broken down and squishy. New is obviously firm and feels great, but my head to head liner clearance was reduced. Now my hair is touching the roof. I reached out to my upholstery guy to ask if he can take at least one inch off the seat bottom cushion foam. Haven't heard back yet, but was wondering if anyone else had the same issue and how they remedied it. My seats are stock for '68 with the optional head rests. The seat tracks are stock as well so there is no way to lower the seat that way.

TIA
Brian

 

I've not had the problem, but I have some helpful info,...
First of all, I've seen replacement seat foam before, and it is usually reproduced to be too thick (I don not know why). Most repros are generally poor, in my opinion, at this point in time,...they used to be MUCH better!
I learned about rebuilding upholstery foam a while back, and it works great for rebuilding seat foams, but could also apply in this case. An electric turkey-carving knife can be used to smoothly slice through the foam, and 40 grit sanding discs will 'sand/grind' foam very nicely. I used a spray-on product called Foam Lock (it was recommended, and is for foam) to adhere layers of foam together - videos of seat foam repair can be seen on YouTube (of course!). Perhaps your upholsterer can use a similar technique to cut a thickness of foam from your front seat foams,...? I've got pics, but of Fiat Spider seat foams, that I repaired,...
Best of luck, Brian!
Todd
P.S. I'm just outside of Ault, CO

 

Thanks Todd from Ault...... My interior guy seems pretty adamant about cutting the foam. He has done a lot of really nice interior jobs for all kind of cars and I have seen his work so I trust his opinion. But, like you suggested, using a large electric cutting knife to take off an inch or a little more really couldn't hurt, right? I've got some cinder blocks wrapped in old towels sitting on the seat right now. Maybe the foam will squish down a little?
Brian

 

Just something that I've used before, to rebuild 'impossible-to-get' seat-foams. If you can solve the problem by weighting it, do so for sure!
I wish you the best of luck with your seats, Brian!

 

I've had that problem in both mustangs I reupholstered the seats in. I just sold the seats and modified 13/14 mustang seats to fit in my 66.