WeasleVette454

Any suggestions to make things easier (besides hiring out to be done).!!!
Thanks.
Excited Weasle :thumbs:

TedH

Get the install kit and tools and dive in! I've seen posts from others that demonstrate patience and attention to detail by us 'novices' can yield a very high quality seat cover installation. One item that I made note of was the recommended use of a garbage bag between the leather and the foam when fitting/positioning; once you have the cover where you want it on the foam, the post indicated that you can easily pull out the garbage bag/plastic. Apparently, stretching the leather over the foam can be made difficult by the propensity for the foam to 'snag' the leather covering.

You might want to look in the archives for posts about this procedure.

Good luck! :seeya

vette69

Just the other day, somebody here on the forum mailed out some articles to a few people doing just what you are doing. There was an article in a recent magazine showing step by step instructions for recovering seats.


[Modified by vette69, 7:59 AM 12/18/2002]

69er

The June and July issues of Car&Parts Corvette magazine have great articles and pics on the install of seat covers on sharks.I have the June article that shows how to install the bottom cover which I can fax to you.
Since I don't have the july issue which shows the seatback install but maybe someone else can help you on that issue.

sb69coupe

That would be me. As 69er mentioned, there is an excellent 3-part series of articles in Cars and Parts Corvette showing how to completely restore a set of seats from a '69. It covers lots of details like how to best remove the covers, what parts to save to use for templates when you reinstall, etc.

I mailed out about 4 copies to folks here who asked for them. Look for a post by TonyQT titled "seat questions" od something like that. I won't be able to send out any more copies for a while since I'm traveling for the holidays, but maybe one of those guys in that post could "pay it forward" and send you a copy. Or go to http://www.carsandpartscorvette.com and buy the back issues from April, June, and August 2002.

Shannon