I was considering getting my seats recovered at an upholstery shop,
getting new seats entirely, or ordering a kit. Then Moss had (still
has) a sale and the seat kits got to be about $225 or so. I also found
some used foams. Upholstered seat places will either make your foams,
or more than likely (as I found out) have you order them, so you'll
probably end up buying those anyway. Then, chances are, an upholstery
shop won't be able to match the original seats for less money than you
can get the seat kits from Moss or VB. And finally, once you get your
seats upholstered they may not match your panels, and you probably can't
get all those made for less than ~$200 (which is what they are on sale
for)!
So for around $400-$500 I'll be replacing my interior panels and seats,
including two new headrests, and it will all match and look relatively
original.
adrian
"William M. Gilroy" wrote:
> My Midget took on a fair amount of water before I got the car.
> This caused the carpets to rot, the vinyl panels and the seats
> to grow a nice coat of mold and mildew. Now after 10 months
> inside and a very good cleaning the seats still have that moldy
> funky smell. In this case funk is bad. Since the seats are
> well worn and have the 'funk', I am going to replace the covers
> and the foam rubber. I priced the kits from british vic. and
> they are $260 for the seat covers, and $60 for the foam, for
> a total cost of $320. The other route is to have them recovered
> and the foam replace at a local upholstery shop. Just looking
> for opinions on which route might be better. Any thoughts?
> I figured I would send this to both lists since the problem
> and thoughts would similar.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill Gilroy
> 77 Midget, with the funk
> 90 Shar-Pei, with the wrinkles
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J. Adrian Barnes
http://user.icx.net/~adrian/midget
http://www.ravineware.com
"When there was no meat, we ate
fowl. When there was no fowl we
ate crawdads. When there were no
crawdads we ate sand."
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