You can do it yourself and it will look good if you take only a
reasonable amount of effort into it. However, if you take it to an
upholstery shop, I will bet that you will save money. The foam pieces
are very expensive and the cover kits are not cheap either. Shop
around. I bet you will be surprised what you discover.
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: spitfires-owner@autox.team.net
[mailto:spitfires-owner@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
rst-john@comcast.net
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 5:15 PM
To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Interrior Question
Spit-Listers:
I have been lurking about for a long time and not posting much. Read
diligently though, keep learning a lot.
I live in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. I just realized that the
annual VTR meeting is in Rockford, IL at the end of July, the weathers
been unseasonably warm here, and I need to not only fire up the beast, I
need to get to that spring to do list like now.
Great recent advice on carpet sets, I'm buying one. Here's my question:
I have the original seats in my '70 MK III. As you might imagine, the
foam in the seats is just a memory that has mostly ended up in the
vacuum. I need new foam, and would really like to replace the seat
covers because they are not looking real good these days either (I
attribute this to my lifestyle during college in the mid to late 70's).
If I get all of the above can I do this job my self, or should I get a
professional upholstery type person to do the seats? The 1970 seats are
fairly unique in style, am I going to get good quality foam and seat
covers that fit properly? Anyone out there that has done 1970 seats
that can make a recommendation of supplier for the new materials?
PS. I tried to post this last summer when the list went down briefly and
never saw it. Some of the conversation has turned to the same again and
I thought I'd just add my .02. I have one of Joe Curry's camber
compensator's on my car and I could not believe the difference after
installation. I know the compensator is specifically designed for the
rear wheel tuck which I never probably came close to doing in the 27
years of driving the car before installation, but it made the whole
feel of the car much more solid and tighter. The back end is a little
more bouncy now but its a good bouncy. I highly recommend one for any
MK I, II of III owners out there. Cheap and easy to install too.
Thanks for any help,
Ron St. John
1970 Spitfire Mk III
FDU 89708 L
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