leatherette covers. need help fitting

shue · Post by **shue** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:05 am

does anyone in melb get these off max as well? i havent tried fitting them as yet. do u guys wanna get togther some weekend and do it together. i looked at the pics from the group buy on how to and looks pretty hard. kinda scared i'll mess it up if i tried myself

Post by **Bennoz** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 11:09 am

It aint easy... I only did the bottom of the back seat last night & it took me 4 hours...
But you'll get the drift when you pull a seat out & start removing the old cover

It's not all that complex, just time consuming & requiring fingers of steel....

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 11:41 am

As per other post, i can tee up a time & show you what to do, but i can't help you do it as i only have 1 day off out of 7days. And i need that day to do my own things.

OC · Post by OC » Tue Aug 16, 2005 8:27 pm

Bennoz wrote:It aint easy... I only did the bottom of the back seat last night & it took me 4 hours...
But you'll get the drift when you pull a seat out & start removing the old cover It's not all that complex, just time consuming & requiring fingers of steel....

So you have to take the original cover off first??

Why fingers of steel??

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 8:41 pm

OC wrote:
Bennoz wrote:It aint easy... I only did the bottom of the back seat last night & it took me 4 hours...
But you'll get the drift when you pull a seat out & start removing the old cover It's not all that complex, just time consuming & requiring fingers of steel....
So you have to take the original cover off first?? Why fingers of steel??

When you have your car mate, you find out. Of course you can always just use a knife & do slice & dice

OC · Post by OC » Tue Aug 16, 2005 8:49 pm

FTO338 wrote:
OC wrote:
Bennoz wrote:It aint easy... I only did the bottom of the back seat last night & it took me 4 hours...
But you'll get the drift when you pull a seat out & start removing the old cover It's not all that complex, just time consuming & requiring fingers of steel....
So you have to take the original cover off first?? Why fingers of steel??
When you have your car mate, you find out. Of course you can always just use a knife & do slice & dice

Yeah "When" I have the car....Damn Japan and their week long Oben Holiday

Post by **kazbah** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 9:06 pm

Fingers of steel relate to having to stretch the covers to fit, it buggers the figertips big time, never mind the cuts u get from the wire!!! sheesh!!! But it looks awesome when complete!

Post by **kazbah** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 9:08 pm

Bennoz wrote:It aint easy... I only did the bottom of the back seat last night & it took me 4 hours...
But you'll get the drift when you pull a seat out & start removing the old cover It's not all that complex, just time consuming & requiring fingers of steel....

What in Gods name took u so long?? I did the whole back seat on Friday night, beer in hand, footy on TV, in about 2.5 hrs - multi task for Gods sake man!!

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 9:11 pm

U got cut from the wire??? I haven't heard anyone who done the seat covers had this happen?? How did u do that?

Anyway you still haven't show us any pics yet, would like to see your husband handy work

Post by **kazbah** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 9:14 pm

FTO338 wrote:U got cut from the wire??? I haven't heard anyone who done had this happen?? How did u do that?

Anyway you still haven't show us any pics yet, would like to see your husband handy work

Would that be the husband who was out on his motorcycle most of the time?? I'll take photos this weekend, but I have to take the back seat out again because I seem to have developed a rattle. Would you like me to go through the process of taking the back seat out to prove I can do it??

Post by **kazbah** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 9:17 pm

Oh and the wire cuts were from cuttin coat hangers up to push throught the covers, bloody sharp those bastards!!

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 9:19 pm

What the??? Peace girl peace, don't get the wrong idea, from reading your other post, it give the impression that your hubby did it, & i wasn't the only one thought of that either.

Anyway what rattle you getting?

Post by **kazbah** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 9:23 pm

FTO338 wrote: Anyway what rattle you getting?

Nah I'm not offended at all its all in good fun, hubby took out the seats for me, and I've offered his services to the other female members (seats only mind u). I certainly admit that was my main sticking point,... I can take out the back seat very easly, and have done it numerous times because of rattles but the front seats were a different matter altogether..

But I do know how to do the covers and it is better with an extra pair of hands.

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 9:23 pm

kazbah wrote:Oh and the wire cuts were from cuttin coat hangers up to push throught the covers, bloody sharp those bastards!!

I just buy a set of wires from bunnings, $14 for 40 metres, enough to do 2 cars, & i just bend the end to make a loop, so its easy to insert. And also by making a loop at both end you can tie all four corner nice & tight.

Post by **kazbah** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 9:26 pm

FTO338 wrote:
kazbah wrote:Oh and the wire cuts were from cuttin coat hangers up to push throught the covers, bloody sharp those bastards!!
I just buy a set of wires from bunnings, $14 for 40 metres, enough to do 2 cars, & i just bend the end to make a loop, so its easy to insert. And also by making a loop at both end you can tie all four corner nice & tight.

Yeah I advised that to the others but wasnt aware when I did mine so used coat hangers.... Not the best idea but still worked. Bending them was a prob though... and the curley bits...shhheeeesh!

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 9:35 pm

Let say its a great learning kurb for everyone. It is better for some one to show others what to do then read an article or look at a pic. So for those haven't done it, better take Kaz offer or you regret it.

And for Melb ppl, i'm going to show shue this sunday, & also going to Bunning to get the right tools & stuff. So if anyone else like to tee up, PM Shue.

Post by **Bennoz** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:23 pm

Ok kids, here's a few hints and tips fro beginners...
Front seat, bottom bit, front facing section:
There aint much to cable tie onto - so get creative, cable tie onto cable ties!

As mentioned earlier, with corners, tie your little bits of wire together - then you can use it as another cable tie point!

It allows you to get max pull across the surface & gives that nice tight finish.

Here's some finished shots - only got the drivers seat to go

And here's what stuck Allen keys & loose wire does to ones hand

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:56 pm

Job well done, nice & flat. Its worth spending a bit more time for quality finish

Post by **Bennoz** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 9:39 am

Yep, cant stress that enough. Take your time folks & dont go nuts on pulling tight your cable ties. Only loosley put in your ties at first, then side by side pull them in bit by bit to acheive the finish your looking for. Some sides dont require as much tension as others. For instance the front & back of the seats are the sides that need tthemost tension to get that pulled flat look. Where as if you pull the side too tight, you can actually compress the foam that gives that nice 'bucket seat' effect & it will flatten it out.

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 9:29 pm

And for Melb ppl, i'm going to show shue this sunday, & also going to Bunning to get the right tools & stuff. So if anyone else like to tee up, PM Shue.

Just adding a quick note, I finally got my trade card from Bunning today, so I can get everything from Bunning at trade price, so even if you not getting anything for the seat covers but would like to buy some stuff from Bunning, let me know.