Gary Nafziger wrote:
Has anyone re-done seats on their own with the kits from TRF or
Moss? Is
this something within the skills of an average joe?
Also on the TR-3 seats should you be fastidious about getting new
wire
springs for the seat bottom or just make up some foam? The new
wires are
pricey.
Gary, Frances Nafziger
Wellman, Iowa
Gary,
Unfortunatly, I can not comment on the ease of replacing your upholstry,
but consider having them professionally redone. I found that to buy the
seat foams(all 4 of them) and to purchase the seat kits was going to
cost me over$520 dollars from Vicky Brit, and my local shop only
charged me $350 to completely rebuild both seats. And they look better
than when they were new. My guy actually added extra foam under the
thigh bolsters for more support. He also found several of the spot
welds that had broken and rewelded them. If I had attempted this my
self I would have had to taken the seat frames to a welding shop to have
them either tacked or spot welded(adding to the cost further). But this
is just my opinion.
Larry Zink
1964 Spitfire4.
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