Thanks for your input.
I just used what AHSpares sent me, it was this stuff they call Squab.
They had a piece for each side of the 'ears' and each side was a little over
1 inch thick.
I don't really think that's the reason for the "lumpy" - I think it's more
like this was my first time I ever did anything like this and I didn't have
the best equipment on hand. I'm told that a heat gun or something like that
really helps. I just used my two hands and pulled. In fact I pulled hard
enough to rip the vinyl at one point, had to glue and sew it together.
I figure that I'll be able to make adjustments as the weather warms up.
The seats came out of a 64 Midget MK I. That's correct enough for me.
Rick B.
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 7:28 PM, rrengineer @dslextreme.com <
rrengineer@dslextreme.com> wrote:
> I certainly don't mean to denigrate some else's work. Specially since he
> did it himself and the carpets look great. I see you are using Bugeye seats
> in your car and that is fine. They can be very comfortable. It's just that
> the two ears, wings or whatever you want to call the extensions that connect
> the seat back with the seat bottom appear to be over stuffed to the point it
> is wrinkling the seat back cover. All there is supposed to be in there is a
> 1/4 inch or so of flat padding. If over stuffing is what you were going
> for, O.K. to each his own, but that is just kinda lumpy. Other than that a
> nice job.
> Mike MacLean
> 60 Sprite
> 56 BN2
>
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 7:06 PM, Rick Bastedo <rbastedo@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> We finally had some decent weather and I had a big box from AHSpares full
>> of
>> seat foam & upholstery.
>> I de-rusted my seat backs & frames and painted with anti rust converter
>> then
>> with black gloss RustoLeum.
>> While at it I pulled all the brown carpet out and put a new black carpet
>> kit
>> in.
>> I finished the seats tonight and sat them in the car for a photo-op.
>> It's starting to come together now.
>>
>> A bit of clutch & brake bleeding and I might just get this car on the
>> road!!
>>
>> http://www.bastedo.net/sprite/carpetwork1.jpg
>> http://www.bastedo.net/sprite/carpetwork2.jpg
>> http://www.bastedo.net/sprite/carpetwork3.jpg
>>
>> http://www.bastedo.net/sprite/seatsin1.jpg
>> http://www.bastedo.net/sprite/seatsin2.jpg
>> http://www.bastedo.net/sprite/seatsin3.jpg
>> http://www.bastedo.net/sprite/seatsin4.jpg
>>
>> Rick Bastedo
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