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Topic: upholstry tips (Read 386 times)
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MyCreation68
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Anyone able to give me any suggestions? I'm going to redo the fabric on some seats I bought for my ramcharger. Their from a early 90's eagle talon with adjustable lumbar support should be great seats.
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I don't suffer from road rage, I enjoy every minute of it. My vehicles:  -1984 Dodge Ramcharger 318 auto 4x4 atc stock beast -1968 Dodge Dart GT 6cyl auto buckets console work in progress -1966 Bridgestone 90 Deluxe -1946 Fargo 3/4 ton |
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doug 371
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don't stick the needle in ur finger  |
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Duster440
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What kind of suggestions are you looking for? You can buy a $25 set of hog ring pliars and some hog rings, remove the old cover, carefully cut the stitches with a razor blade, and use the old inserts as patterns for the new ones. You can probably stitch them back together with a decent home machine. Be sure to use the appropriate upholstery thread and needle. Your biggest challenge will be re-sewing any seams that have welt (piping) as it generally requires a special foot on the machine.
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MyCreation68
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What kind of suggestions are you looking for? You can buy a $25 set of hog ring pliars and some hog rings, remove the old cover, carefully cut the stitches with a razor blade, and use the old inserts as patterns for the new ones. You can probably stitch them back together with a decent home machine. Be sure to use the appropriate upholstery thread and needle. Your biggest challenge will be re-sewing any seams that have welt (piping) as it generally requires a special foot on the machine.
thats basically what I was thinking of doing. I can't dye the material their made of so thats probably my best option |
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I don't suffer from road rage, I enjoy every minute of it. My vehicles: -1984 Dodge Ramcharger 318 auto 4x4 atc stock beast -1968 Dodge Dart GT 6cyl auto buckets console work in progress -1966 Bridgestone 90 Deluxe -1946 Fargo 3/4 ton |
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elliskev2
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When you get the covers off, you will want to patch any bad spots in your foam. I have a friend in the business. He usually adds a layer of Dacron to fill out the material.
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MyCreation68
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 Here's the first seat top. looks alot better then the full tan cloth covers, I think it looks great I need to rebuild the stock foam a little bit because the sides are flattening out. |
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I don't suffer from road rage, I enjoy every minute of it. My vehicles: -1984 Dodge Ramcharger 318 auto 4x4 atc stock beast -1968 Dodge Dart GT 6cyl auto buckets console work in progress -1966 Bridgestone 90 Deluxe -1946 Fargo 3/4 ton |
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MyCreation68
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Way to go, nice job!
 thats why she's the better half. she does oh so much stuff for me even tho she doesn't understand why I love cars so much. She's got the two tops completely finished and should have the bottoms done by wednesday at which point we're going to have to add and shape foam to rebuild the depleted areas of the seats. these seats will be my favorite in any of my vehicles mostly because they look amazing and will be so comfortable. the better half has the best payment plan for these to exclusively for me a movie and lots of nookie. hehe |
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I don't suffer from road rage, I enjoy every minute of it. My vehicles: -1984 Dodge Ramcharger 318 auto 4x4 atc stock beast -1968 Dodge Dart GT 6cyl auto buckets console work in progress -1966 Bridgestone 90 Deluxe -1946 Fargo 3/4 ton |
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