# Car Seat Compatibility

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-seat-compatibility/57964>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** parkingbrakes, seats, buick\
**Created:** [November 25, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-seat-compatibility/57964 "2010-11-25T16:30:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![1995rivman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/c5a1d2/32.png) [@1995rivman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/1995rivman)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-seat-compatibility/57964/1 "2010-11-25T16:30:02Z")

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I have a 98 Park Avenue and the previous owners were huge people and totally crushed both front seats and I am wondering if I could interchange any other types of GM car seats with mine from this model year?

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**Author:** ![MG-McAnick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mg-mcanick/32/188_2.png) [@MG-McAnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MG-McAnick)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-seat-compatibility/57964/2 "2010-11-25T17:48:54Z")

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Do you already have some proposed seats picked out? If not, I’d suggest getting some from a salvage yard that will match your Buick for form fit and function as well as upholstery. Try [http://www.car-part.com](http://www.car-part.com) for a still-puffy set near you. Failing that, any upholstery shop can add foam to your existing seats. Memory foam would be nice.

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**Author:** ![Triedaq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Triedaq](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Triedaq)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-seat-compatibility/57964/3 "2010-11-25T17:50:32Z")

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You might try a trim and upholstery shop to see if the shop can rebuild the seats. This might be a less expensive option than finding replacement seats.

If you go the salvage yard route, the salvage yards have manuals on which parts interchange.

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**Author:** ![1995rivman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/c5a1d2/32.png) [@1995rivman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/1995rivman)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-seat-compatibility/57964/4 "2010-11-29T17:15:00Z")

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Thank you for the advice I will probably go with the salvage yard as the HUGE previous owners also broke the controls for the power seats,