2003-2014 Chevy Express Van Bottom and Top Install

This video from The Seat Shop will show you how to install a replacement bottom and top seat cover and foam cushion on a 2003-2014 Chevy Express Van/GMC Savana. If you have any questions about replacement seat covers, please give us a call at 214-710-2565 or visit our website at www.theseatshop.com. Thanks!

[@kennethmack8775]

Video was a lifesaver, thanks🙏

[@TheSeatShop]

Of course! I'm glad to hear it! Thank you for the feedback!

[@dsdavis1977]

oh it really was

[@dsdavis1977]

you guys did such an awesome job explaining the instructions. I ordered those seat covers and cushions for my van a year ago and i never knew i had to take of the to part to get the bottom part on so ive been riding pretty much with it coming apart on me but tomorrow i am going to do my best (because i had a stroke and all a couple of years ago) to follow these instructions and just maybe i can get some satisfaction with driving my van again. thank you for all you do.

[@TheSeatShop]

Thank you for saying that. We truly hope you are doing well and the installation will go on as smoothly as possible. If you have any questions please feel free to call or email us. Have a nice day!

[@gabrieldegaalon7843]

After watching this video I purchased a new driver's seat cushion for my 2018 Chevy Express from TheSeatShop and replaced my old one. Great product and the video was very helpful.

[@clerissonmesquita]

Your insights are immensely valuable to me. I deeply appreciate your contribution and commend your exceptional work. Wishing you a fantastic day ahead!

[@lacuzon39000]

Glad I found you guys , went on your website , find parts for my Chevy express seat cushion , ordered the new one , delivered in a few days , just replaced it in about 1 hour and half , really happy with the result , great product .

[@rehab4everybody]

Hey, dou you know if the seat form in the Express from 2005 are different like the seat covers from a 2016 for exampke? Would be cool to hear from you 👍

[@4Him4u2]

You guys are heroes - taking the hooptie out of peoples rides.😃👍🇺🇸🏁

[@rehab4everybody]

Hey, dou you know if the seat form in the Express from 2005 are different like the seat covers from a 2016 for exampke? Would be cool to hear from you 👍

[@andrewtalbott2779]

Perfect video! I followed the steps and everything is exactly as described. These guys are pros. PS: BUY A 10 mm Ratcheting wrench.

[@johna.markley2889]

after separating parts,and starting the covering process, I thought I was in over my head. Thankfully, I watched your video againto regain my confidence to continue. . You make a fantastic product. Came out just like factory new. Thanks!!3/4/17

[@timhaisch5275]

Thanks guys! I bought the cushion and cover for my work van and it was about 1-1/2 hour start to finish. Looks great!!!

[@TheSeatShop]

Awesome! glad we could help, if you want to show off your before and after pictures please email us at [e-mail] we like to share them on our social channels.

[@emilybates643]

I order a new front seat for my van, I followed this video and it turned out awesome. Thanks guys

[@TheSeatShop]

Thank you, Emily, for the comment and we are glad we were able to help you out. If you have any before and afters please post them on our Instagram (@TheSeatShop) or our Facebook page (@TheSeatShopUSA)

[@GreatBirdOfHope]

I wanna sniff your van seat

[@Gili42]

This is a fantastic video, very clear and most helpful. You guys make it look so easy! Thank you for posting it!

[@BeejJorgensen]

Great, in-depth video. Thanks!

[@TheSeatShop]

Sure thing, glad we could help you out!

[@tomsawyer5567]

Dudes! Excellent video! So glad I got the ratchet wrench!

[@impetus444]

I'm ready to buy, the description should have a link to the product page of your website :)

[@TheSeatShop]

Thank you for letting us know, here is a direct link to view the options for the 2003-2018 Chevy Express Van options - www.theseatshop.com/2003-chevrolet-express-van-2500/

[@MPulicci78]

The drivers seat on my 2006 Express is worn out…. Just the seat cushion not the back part…. The passenger side is mint as no one ever sits there…. Can I switch the passenger seat over to the drive side frame? Thanks Mike

[@rtbt8185]

Michael, I was wondering the same thing. Did you ever find out or try it?

[@rehab4everybody]

@@rtbt8185 Hey, dou you know if the seat form in the Express from 2005 are different like the seat covers from a 2016 for exampke? Would be cool to hear from you 👍

[@sesarman]

im looking to convert my front seats into rotatable camper style seats, looking for some simple seats that wont lose their shape over time and easy to function, not sure how to go about, if you guys have any inputs, it would be greatly appreciated.

[@jellycolors]

wish you would have done a demo with armrest seats but very cool video ! My armrest cover drivers side is shot

[@jsdusa]

nicely done! Great video Thanks a bunch!

[@johngadcke2609]

I got it fixed thanks

[@alchristensen8121]

Tip: warm the cover in the sun a while so it's easier to work with.

[@TheSeatShop]

Definitely a great tip Al, thanks for the comment

[@johnrackiewicz286]

I am planning on replacing my mushed out foam . they cloth cover is in really good condition, just dirty . Does anyone know if the cloth cover is machine washable? thinking delicate mode .

[@rehab4everybody]

Hey guys, cool Video and top work! Can you tell me, if the 2018 seat cover for example also fits on the seats from my 2005 Chevy Express? And do you sell also to Germany?

[@TheSeatShop]

Hey, We do have items for the 2005 Express Van, however, we do not ship to Germany.

[@rehab4everybody]

@@TheSeatShop what a pity - why don't you ship your stuff over here?

[@TheSeatShop]

@@rehab4everybody where are you located? We can ship basically anywhere, if you are outside of the US please call in and we can get it taken care of for you. 214-710-2565

[@navillusnad1]

Can you do that without removing the seat?

[@westwasbest]

Looks nothing like my seat, mine has an armrest that hinges down, it has a airbag presence sensor, and it has power switches in the front, I see your foam has a cutout for the power switches, what about the other items particularly the swing down arm? How is that removed?

[@TheSeatShop]

Hello. Can you please email me? I have a few questions about your vehicle. email is: sales@theseatshop. Please put Attn: Mo

[@evangalista666]

is it possible to swap out the first passenger bench to a jump bench or bucket/captains chairs in a 2008 gmc savana 3500 15 passenger? I need comfort for 2 handicap children with spinal issues.

[@isaac58591]

Hi, I have a chevy express 2004, same seat as you have in this video.I want to install a armrest but this seat doesn't have the attachment for the armrest. What is my options? I already removed the cover that's why I know I don't have the thing to attache the armrest. 😞

[@JimTMcDaniels1]

Thanks for the video! I couldn't find replacement covers for my 96 ford van that were affordable at all. Let me share what has worked very well for me for FREE MATERIAL!, much of which I've learned from my brother who is a professional upholster, with making a new bench or van bench seat or boosting old car seat foam: For car seats that need boosting, most often they just need more foam added to be like new again, I find used carpet pad foam often in a neighbor's trash or dumpster behind a carpet store. Remove the car seat fabric clips and carefully peel the front and sides of the fabric to gain access under the seat foam core, which often requires the seat be unbolted from the floor. Place a sheet of it or two under the seat foam core, right on top of the spring wire deck(carpet pad foam is tougher than the core so this also stops the spring wire deck from cutting into the seat foam core bottom). Your second sheet can be cut smaller just covering the area the butt sits on. Also inspect the top of the foam core and add carpet pad foam or regular foam where might be needed like by the door, worn from getting in and out over the years. Spray adhesive can be used to bond the foam to the foam but is not necessary except for any top foam added. Your seats will be firm and new like for many years now, it's like free magic! The seat back usually doesn't need a any foam because it's the seat that gets the body weight on it from gravity. If you seat back should need a boost, you can add polyfill batting on top of the foam for free-see below. These methods can also be used on sofa seat cushions. I'll share below where to find FREE used good foam below! To make a bench- where to get free foam: there is so much FREE foam and FREE polyfill - in many soft pillow backs and polyfill batting often wrapped around foam cushions for the taken in people's discarded sofa's and chairs found outside dumpsters at apartment complexes and the back of thrift stores. Even though it's used, it has been well protected covered inside the upholstery. Of course in the event it's a cat lady's furniture and the cats happened to piss all over it, you'll smell it and know to move on lol Most apartments don't allow pets or make it expensive to have a pet so a lot of furniture is pet free. Use a box cutter to open the old furniture to get at the free foam or poly as you need or use the zipper you'll find on some pieces. Some foam in old sofas contain like a 1" thick panel of foam on top of other foam that is perfect thickness to add to your sofa foam to give it the new boost again. Foam can be cut to size using a hack saw loose blade only in your hand holding the end making a sawing motion. New foam looses some of it's firmness over a break in period, say after 5 years depending on how much it's sat on. But then the broken in foam lasts a very very long time at that softer level firmness before it really starts to break down. You might be able to buy complete new expensive foam cushion cores but they will sag after the break in period as well. This is why so often we love a new firm piece of furniture but then it gets soft and saggy on us. Now the sofa companies could to put super firm more expensive foam in their sofa's when new that might be a perfect firmness for us when broken after the 5 years break in period, but then we wouldn't buy the sofa if it's not nice to sit on from the beginning in the show room, so there's the dilemma when you fabric is still in great shape after 5 years but the foam is now sagging. The free fix: So just add more foam if you can firms it up to make it like new again, unzip and compress the foam as you slowly peel off your fabric from the cushion core. Then either add more foam to the top or bottom or hack blade saw through the center horizontal line of the foam core all the way from the back to almost through the front but not through, so you leave a good hinge of foam in the front. Then place about a 1" thick of used foam in the sandwich and holding it closed peel the fabric back over the foam cushion. You can also add more polyfill pad to the cushion core on it's outside to add more softness and support but adding more foam is the big boost. Spray adhesive is optional to bond the foam to the foam. People often think that when the seat sags that the springs under the cushions, have weakened but no, it's the foam, the springs are metal and strong, the foam is just foam. For making complete new cushion tops for say a bench, besides free foam, you might even find a lightly used fabric in some part of a discarded sofa to use IN FACT the back side of sofa's is often a large sheet of fabric that has been hidden against the wall never sat on all it's life and so still brand new! Discarded trash at a dumpster is free for the taking and your reducing what goes to our planet's landfill. This is win win, real free hard core recycling, helping to save our environment as well! Take care!

[@michaelstanley9635]

Thank you

[@D00Mer77]

My passenger seat won’t recline, do you have a video on how to fix that?

[@TheSeatShop]

Hey, we do not. Just cover installation. Perhaps an auto body shop could assist?

[@mariatesterman3968]

I am trying to take out my factory installed seats in my 1999 chevy express van and install them in my 2000 chevy van. The issue is in my 2000 van the bottom of the seats where they connect to the body of the van were plates in my 1999 van they are two rails that the seat hook into. I'm trying to remove those rail like plates and install them in the other van. Is there a special trick to it. I've unbolted from bottom and top and the rail like plates won't budge. Do you have any suggestions?

[@leeharrison8790]

where can I get two of the seat bolts that are black in color & 2 1/4 " long with a 13 mm head ? for Chevy express van seat that secures top back to bottom base . there's 4 bolts I have only two need two more .

[@TheSeatShop]

Perhaps a parts store?

[@leeharrison8790]

I purchased a replacement bolt from Ace hardware thank you ! It's altogether now & installed in my van @@TheSeatShop

[@rickybailey7123]

U used the same cover u took off the back of the seat so does your cover not fit so well the reason u put the same 1 back on as u took off u changed the bottom but not the back !??

[@houseful4him]

looking for a video that shows how to add (and where to get) a swivel to the Passenger seat on a Chevy Express Van.

[@TheSeatShop]

Hey Sue, that is going to be more of a seat frame modification if not a seat swap. I would try searching for that, hope that helps.

[@MK-mq3wi]

I don't think this is covered in the video- if you have reclining seat back, disconnect the adjust cable on the right side before removing the 4 x 13mm bolts which hold the seat back thanks for the video- ordered the durofoam pads for my RV based on a 2005 Express 3500

[@johngadcke2609]

I have a 2003 gmc, the rear seat back has a nylon track that got separated and I cannot get it back together, do I heat it up I think it is nylon

[@TheSeatShop]

Hey John I would need to see exactly what you are seeing, can you send me a picture at [e-mail]

[@shoereviewss7991]

Yea

[@tikitiki7610]

HOW DO I TAKE the top portion of my passenger seat off? it is too tall. thank yoy

[@TheSeatShop]

Hey TIKI TIKI, the best way to work on your seat is to unbolt it out of your vehicle, usually there are only 2-4 bolts for each seat. After taking it out of the vehicle it becomes easier to work on, let me know if this helps or if you need help with anything else. Here is a link to what I mean - kzbin.info/www/bejne/mp68g4ywn7qDi7c

[@Juliehaslem]

This is ridiculous! Seat covers are made to go over the top of existing seats. How in the hell do you put these on without removing the seats from the van?! It took 2 men to put on one seat cover! I’m so mad that I bought these and would NEVER recommend them to anyone.

[@TheSeatShop]

Hello, Our covers are meant to be replacements to the original covers, not slip ons. We also do suggest that you take the seats out of the vehicle completely as it is easier to take apart and put together the foam and cover onto the frame that way. We would be happy to assist you with any returns/exchanges if you like. Feel free to give us a call so we can rectify this situation: (214)-710-2565