I JUST DONT KNOW!

dimi · Post by **dimi** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 5:24 pm

Okay so now i have leathertte seats and i love em their nice, i really like looking at em. In my living room, honestly i could not be fucked installing these myself.

plus i wanna em to look good when their in the car.

SO

Should i have em proffessionally done, will this cost heaps, how long will a prof auto trimmer take to do this job

OR

Should i stop being sooo lazy and just DIY

JUST DONT KNOW

all i do know is i dont want them to look shiot house when in the car

And thoughts, suggetsions would be greatly appreciated

thanks

dimi · Post by **dimi** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 5:27 pm

BTW if its just a matter of paying an auto trimmer 200 bucks for a days work, or their abouts then i would probably prfer to have em done professionally.

cheers

akuma3 · Post by **akuma3** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 7:42 pm

join the club, i still have them sitting at my boot ...

Gatesy · Post by **Gatesy** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 8:35 pm

Do em yourself.....I helped fit a set to a mates car here in the UK and it was a breeze....start with the drivers seat, then the passenger seat and finally the back seats. They are really easy to do but one piece of advice I will give is make sure there are at least 2 of you doing it as there are times you need one person to hold them and another to do the clips....took us about 7 hours to fit a full set and that was in the freezing cold.

dimi · Post by **dimi** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:16 pm

Gatesy wrote:Do em yourself.....I helped fit a set to a mates car here in the UK and it was a breeze....start with the drivers seat, then the passenger seat and finally the back seats. They are really easy to do but one piece of advice I will give is make sure there are at least 2 of you doing it as there are times you need one person to hold them and another to do the clips....took us about 7 hours to fit a full set and that was in the freezing cold.

Good advice, that was exactly what i would do. I have mates that are pumped to do it with me, which is cool, but i want a good job. So yeah itrs a toss up

Nacho · Post by **Nacho** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 12:03 pm

If you look at some of the pics our members have got on this forum of the leatherette seat covers hopefully they will motivate you to do it yourself. Just remember the whole point of the group buy was to save money on the seat covers and they're not that hard to install..........just a little time consuming if you've never done it before.

poster · Post by **poster** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:36 pm

hey all
u may think im a money sucker... -.-
i have been on holiday since late october....no work no school...just relax with g/f, play game, drink, etc hahahha
and i cant find anything to do to make some money!!!! if anyone got a job for me to do i will so happy!!! PM me anytime!!!

anyways....i can fit it in for u but it is a hard job and takes a lot of time...
so if u cant find anywhere to do it for cheaper then $350 then PM me!!!!

and anyone else out there who will like to help me find a job PM me!!~

mxysxy · Post by **mxysxy** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:44 pm

poster wrote:hey all
u may think im a money sucker... -.-
i have been on holiday since late october....no work no school...just relax with g/f, play game, drink, etc hahahha
and i cant find anything to do to make some money!!!! if anyone got a job for me to do i will so happy!!! PM me anytime!!!

anyways....i can fit it in for u but it is a hard job and takes a lot of time...
so if u cant find anywhere to do it for cheaper then $350 then PM me!!!!

and anyone else out there who will like to help me find a job PM me!!~

Muhahahahaa

I am poor as well, spent too much on fishing charters

Bidding started,

I am happy to install the seat covers at $200

C'Mon Peeps Get Your Covers Installed By The GURU!!!
I have already installed 5 of these.

shue · Post by **shue** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 7:40 pm

ive done these myself and 200$ to get them done is money well spent. max man u never ended up doing mine

demonjay · Post by **demonjay** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:25 pm

Yeah...$200 is definately a bargain...i dont think i'd put myself through that again for less than a thousand...lol
Turns out when I finally got around to doing the passenger seat, it was sewn wrong!, the part with the hole was too small. I had to pack it out with some material and then i couldnt get it looking as tight as the others

Anyway here's a bad quality pic.
[img=http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/6735 ... 3kg.th.jpg]

shue · Post by **shue** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:26 am

man that embroidery on your covers look mad. did u get that with the group buy?

SchumieFan · Post by **SchumieFan** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 6:34 pm

ill do em for free if u pay for my return airfare:D i learnt a lot from doing my own, did them my own way, no clips or nuttin

took me about 2 hours:p

demonjay · Post by **demonjay** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 7:06 pm

shue wrote:man that embroidery on your covers look mad. did u get that with the group buy?

Cheers......nahh did them myself.

Two hours Schumie?? stop holding out on us and tell the secret..lol

SchumieFan · Post by **SchumieFan** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 7:46 pm

like i said... no clips

:D:D:D

dj_ules · Post by **dj_ules** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:25 pm

any chance anyone can post up pics of their own letheret covers.. im keen to buy a set in an fto..ive seen the ebay pics but not to sure wether to get them or buy the leather my self and get a pro to do my inetrior.

are these good quality once installed. etc ?

Post by **Bennoz** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 2:05 pm

If done right, you couldn't pick if they were done by a pro or not. Did mine myself. They are a great product

dimi · Post by **dimi** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 6:43 pm

noice job their benno, so what was the tricky est part about the front seats???

Post by **Bennoz** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 6:52 pm

dimi wrote:noice job their benno, so what was the tricky est part about the front seats???

Well, apart from making sure the seat is locked in the upright position before undoing the bolts that hold the top section in *SNAP!! F*CK!!* lol
Its getting the friggen zip on the back of the seats to to thread!

Its a really methodical process. Once you've done one seat you will understand. Start on the back, cause if you f*ck it up, its the hardest to notice

All I can say to get the good finish - Is make sure the inner cable ties are as tight as possible (ones that hold the metal bars that you push into the covers to the metal in the foam)