01ssreda4

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1. Adding foam to the frame is cake once you get it apart. That mid-back bar I would wrap in something like foam and duct-tape to prevent it from cutting back through in the future. Just go to your local fabric store and check out what they got. It comes in all thicknesses. You just cut it, shape it, the tape or glue it where you want while picturing where the weight forces will be coming from so you can make a strong repair.

2. I used Allante. Its synthetic (fake) but very, very soft. Everyone that sees it likes it. It has a matte finish, its not shiny and plastic looking. You can also go with genuine leather for a reasonable price. Figure 2 yards per seat (7-8 total) for all four seats, that's a good general rule of thumb. I got 10 in case of repairs in the future and the door panels, 6 black, 4 red. Pick up some vinyl too to practice on. A straight stitch is simple as **** to master, but my one piece of advice is, start into the seam and after about an inch in, reverse the machine for about a half an inch, then start back forward. At the end of the seam do the same. This locks it in and keeps it from unraveling in the future.

LarsV8

So I started with one back bottom seat which was originally cloth. Have you done a cloth one?

My cloth appears to be padded on all sides, with the cloth stitched on top of it. Was yours like this or does your Allante make up your entire cover?

Do you retain the original edge pieces which connect to the foam? Mine has a very rough fabric with an insert along the edge for the hog ring to grip and clamp onto the foam frame.

Finally, my back top piece has carpet on the back. I guess so when you have to folded down back, the carpet looks uniform. Did you leave the carpet intact or wrap the entire back piece in Allante?

Thanks!

01ssreda4

iTrader: (96)

Any of the original grey pieces or hard plastic strips on the undersides of the seats I usually keep the factory stuff. The carpet is your call, you can re-stitch back through the factory sew line or you can remake the piece with new material, its your call. Most of the seats I have done were originally leather, but with cloth its the same idea. My covers are just Allante.

The Mighty Texan

iTrader: (4)

I gotta see that interior some time! I remember seeing this thread a couple years ago, it looks great.

01ssreda4

iTrader: (96)

She's sitting in the garage with no heads. I usually make the track trips but missed this weekend because of this.

MaleNurseTA

Test fitting...

01ssreda4

iTrader: (96)

The cover on the left....Is that stock? It kinda looks like it but I've never seen a stock cover so loose.

MaleNurseTA

Yeah that the stock one. I didn't like my first attempt or color scheme. Here's the new one, much better!

01ssreda4

iTrader: (96)

Looks good....You can go back and add some padding to the seat foam so your cover will fit tighter. Just play around with it and cut the foam in a sort of way that matches the pattern of the seat then spray glue it to the foam. Also, on the next seat try cutting your pattern a tad bit smaller and it will fit even tighter and look better.

MaleNurseTA

Thanks I'm doing one now I was nervous at first just wana go at it now

01ssreda4

iTrader: (96)

Each one you do will get better and better. You'll learn how to sew and cut patterns better each time. Eventually you can get them to fit so good you won't have to add padding at all.

ringmaster72

iTrader: (8)

So for the colored inserts, you actually sewed the new material to the old inserts? I am trying to figure out how you got all of the seams into the colored inserts.

Ismokem

Thats sweet

JoshuaGrooms83

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DAMN!! those look like a pissed off cat and freddy krueger went at it in a razor blade arena!! lol holy cow, my 98 TA seats dont even look like that lol
im looking to refurbish mine since a seam let out on the drivers side but thats about it lol

Tzone21

iTrader: (2)

any more updates? im thinking of doing this to my SS as well

brandon1221

iTrader: (8)

hmm I just bought some corbeau Sport seats for the front, which don't match the lines of my back seats (seams run to the left and right, instead of up and down like factory). I may have to try to re-do my back seats to make them match the fronts. Any idea how much material I would need for just the back seats?

01ssreda4

iTrader: (96)

For a complete re-cover about 2 yards per seat, the back seat counting as 2.

ugod02010

Hey, I know this is an old *** thread but I just found it. I am wanting to redo my "deluxe" seats for my 96" my seats are like the last set of brown ones. (AFU) how do u get the piping sewn into the seat. Like the pattern. Do u actually sew the old cover to the back of the new one?

01ssreda4

iTrader: (96)

Take a picture of what you are talking about and I can walk you through it step by step.

burgundybullet

Very nice work! Curious to if you've ever tried to strip all the stock foam and replace with any sort of gel or memory foam? You had mentioned this wasn't your first interior overhall. Have you ever played around with that kind of stuff?