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Re: Seats Info Wanted

To: Kirk Crawford <kirk-crawford@home.com>
Subject: Re: Seats Info Wanted
From: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougnad@bellatlantic.net>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 13:52:43 -0500
The best deal is probably Rimmer's annual "free shipping" deals.
I installed their seat covers, and I was happy with them.

I also got their foams.  I was happy with the seat back foam,
but I found that the seat base foam was too soft around the edges,
and a bit too thick in the middle.  Also they did not use
real molded latex foam like the original.  Thus, I ended up with
great-looking seats, but with less butt-support than the 
28-year-old originals.

The main problem with my original foams was that the ridges
that run up each side of the back had completely disintegrated
into a pile of greasy sticky bits.  Also, the headrest foam
was gone.  Ironically the foam at the center of the seat back 
looked almost like new.

But I have no idea how many places actually manufacture these foams,
or if any of them might be better than what Rimmer sells.  Without
actually seeing and handling them it is hard to tell.

Doug


At 01:30 PM 1/12/01 , you wrote:

>I am in need of new seats in my 68 Spit.  I am currently using 
>Corbeau GT seats, but am thinking of going back to original seats.  I 
>have a set of original seats, but they will need to be recovered and 
>probably new foam. Does anyone have suggestions or places with good 
>prices on new seat skins?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>-- 
>---
>Kirk Crawford AIM:KirkBCraw
>mailto:kirk-crawford@home.com
>http://members.home.net/kirk.crawford/spitfire/ 

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