Reupholstering seats
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Printed Date: April 26, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Topic: Reupholstering seats
Posted By: vdubmk4
Subject: Reupholstering seats
Date Posted: August 07, 2004 at 9:46 PM
How would i go about redoing my cars seats ? Does ne one have a clue or good site to go to to find out about it ?
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Posted By: mj239air
Date Posted: August 07, 2004 at 10:39 PM
go to www.katzkin.com and i am sure you might be able to find something!
Posted By: vdubmk4
Date Posted: August 08, 2004 at 12:43 PM
Although that site was cool, it was not really what i was looking for. I'm talking about personally redoing them, hah, with the help of my freinds mom, she's great at sewing and stuff. ------------- Fortune: You will continue to take chances, and be glad you did.
Posted By: archemedes
Date Posted: August 08, 2004 at 6:10 PM
pull the current covers off to use as a pattern, have the new ones sewed, and install them with hog rings like the originals came off
Posted By: vdubmk4
Date Posted: August 08, 2004 at 6:56 PM
Hog rings ?
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Posted By: pimpgtivr6
Date Posted: August 09, 2004 at 7:56 AM
I have two sets of leather interior seats for a MK4 gti...any interest??
Posted By: vdubmk4
Date Posted: August 09, 2004 at 8:59 AM
Possibly, i have a 1999.5 Jetta. You say you have two sets ? so like 4 buckets ? or just two. What color are they ?
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Posted By: archemedes
Date Posted: August 10, 2004 at 4:03 PM
that's those clips that hold the cover to the seat bottom
Posted By: vdubmk4
Date Posted: August 10, 2004 at 4:32 PM
What holds the cover down at the seams to the top of the seat. It seems as if at some of the seams where the seats contour edges are that the cloth is held down to the foam.
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Posted By: Thack79
Date Posted: August 11, 2004 at 6:40 AM
there are rods about the size of a coathanger holding them down in the center of the seat.
Posted By: vdubmk4
Date Posted: August 11, 2004 at 8:51 AM
Thack, are the rods attached to the cloth and then the foam or are they just attached to the cloth alone to give it structure at the seams? Thanks ------------- Fortune: You will continue to take chances, and be glad you did.
Posted By: archemedes
Date Posted: August 11, 2004 at 12:41 PM
they usually go through a pocket sewed into the fabric, then hog ringed in place
Posted By: Thack79
Date Posted: August 11, 2004 at 3:19 PM
archemedes is exactly right. should be like a loop in the fabric. Should be slits in the padding of the seats. Kinda difficult to get factory cover off the seat the first time. Good luck with it. I didnt have the patience to do it myself, but it nothing more than following the patern. What kind of car?
Posted By: vdubmk4
Date Posted: August 11, 2004 at 3:21 PM
How much is it to get them reupholstered for a jetta ?
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Posted By: Thack79
Date Posted: August 12, 2004 at 7:24 AM
Depends on the shop and the material. Where are you from? Someone on here may have a place near them if your not from virginia.
Posted By: vdubmk4
Date Posted: August 12, 2004 at 8:22 AM
I'm from Houston, TX.
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Posted By: othater
Date Posted: August 22, 2004 at 3:45 PM
Here in CA, the local adult continue education ( Props to LA Puente ROP ) had a upholstery class ( free + material ) which I was able to redo my seats and headliner, with the instructor help and the class equipment ( Commercial sewing machine, air comp. hand tools etc. ) . Try looking into that.
Posted By: bp_viper
Date Posted: August 22, 2004 at 8:18 PM
i was planning on doing my own upholstery also and went to talk to a few people that did it professionally in my area. the advice i got was to number the seperate peices so you know which goes where and use those as patterns, and remember, you sew it inside out so make sure that you have the right side up and left-right is correct. i was told you need a professional machine to do that hard rolled thing on the seam if your seats have em. i didnt trust myself on the seats i wanted done eventually so i picked up a cheap ruined seat from a junkyard to practice on. good luck
Posted By: vdubmk4
Date Posted: August 22, 2004 at 9:40 PM
Thanks for the advice, and othater, all the stuff i found here in houston was like college classes that you had to pay tuition for. ------------- Fortune: You will continue to take chances, and be glad you did.
Posted By: hersheyloc
Date Posted: September 28, 2004 at 12:41 AM
Im re-upolstering the seats of my 86 Cutlass, but if anyone knows cutlass seats, they're not exactly easy to wrap. They have these big cushions attached to them, which I dont want to just remove. What should I do?
Posted By: Thack79
Date Posted: September 28, 2004 at 9:28 AM
You may want to post a picture but alot of the older cars you have to "reinvent" a whole new pattern.
Posted By: ezridr
Date Posted: September 29, 2004 at 12:28 AM
You should also check out "The 'Tex", aka VW Vortex, it is a VW forum with a lot of info.
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