IL_Bow_Man
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Anybody here recover their own seat with a cover you may have gotten somewhere else? If so, was it a pain or fairly simple.
Recovering your seats.
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IL_Bow_Man
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maybe a stupid question...but what are the proper staples? I can't just use my staple gun and blast them in that way?
I tried it.
The tack hammer (and upholstery tacks) won't work, and neither did my mechanical staple gun. You really need a power stapler (either electric or pneumatic) to get the staples in there all the way.
I have recovered plenty of seats the way i suggested to you. Kids round here like zebra crap and lions etc. Works and looks good when finished. By proper staples i ment strong metal ones from menards or loes. just make sure you dont get too long of ones.
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A manual staplegun works fine.
I've done several over the years.
A pneumatic stapler does make it faster and easier though.
I did my B-King seat a couple months ago, and with a manual gun. I'll post some pics in a min.
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To be honest with you Ive seen a couple guys that did it on their own and they look good from afar but look like chit when you get up close. I said the hell with that and paid a guy who works at a car upholstery shop to put it on for me. He charged me $35 and it was well worth it cause he used a steam machine to stretch the material over the seat and it is flawless. No wrinkles, no unevenness , and it actually feel more comfortable than the stock seat 
B-King seat, recovered with Kontour material, and done with a manual staple gun.
Stock is the silver/black.
Stock is the silver/black.
To be honest with you Ive seen a couple guys that did it on their own and they look good from afar but look like chit when you get up close. I said the hell with that and paid a guy who works at a car upholstery shop to put it on for me. He charged me $35 and it was well worth it cause he used a steam machine to stretch the material over the seat and it is flawless. No wrinkles, no unevenness , and it actually feel more comfortable than the stock seat
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Some material does need to be steamed to fit well.
You can use a an iron for that if need be.
Seat foam is a solid piece.
Some are glued to the pan, some aren't.
There is a gel pad pictured too, which I removed.
Previous owner had someone add it, and I didn't like it.
Seats are easy, you may/may not need some practice if you've never done it before.
Some are glued to the pan, some aren't.
There is a gel pad pictured too, which I removed.
Previous owner had someone add it, and I didn't like it.
Seats are easy, you may/may not need some practice if you've never done it before.
I ordered mine from some shop about 8 years ago. Also picked up a used set of seats on ebay to install them on in case I wanted to go back to the stock look.
I used a staple gun to install and they look absolutely perfect even after many years and 22K miles. It would take a really special kind of person to screw up something so simple.
Front has a blue Kanji embroidered in which looks really cool. I have been thinking of pulling them back off, shaving out some of the factory foam and replacing it with a soft memory foam and then putting them back on.
I used a staple gun to install and they look absolutely perfect even after many years and 22K miles. It would take a really special kind of person to screw up something so simple.
Front has a blue Kanji embroidered in which looks really cool. I have been thinking of pulling them back off, shaving out some of the factory foam and replacing it with a soft memory foam and then putting them back on.
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