Homemade Retrim

[Visualaid]

Hey guys,

Im going to be having ago at re-trimming my 1.4 west coast seats. Im going to be using leatherette type material as anything is better than seat covers and i cant afford a proffesional re-trim. Im looking to do them black and grey.

Am i right in thinking. I need to de-stitch the existing seats and use the pieces of materials as patterns and then sew where needs be.

Is there any tips anyone would like to share on this subject?

thanks-

[Imfromwales]

never done it and would not like to hazard a gues how to do it....
good luck lol!

[DjMack22]

yes mate de-stitch the seats first then retrim in sections

[Scott]

exaclty as you said, use the original rubber attach points to

[Visualaid]

just to clarify, what do you mean by the rubber bits? are these on the bottom of the seat or are they embedded in the foam.

thanks, i cant wait. The Grandma is going to be helping me on the hard bits im not amazing and sewing. :homme:

[Scott]

make sure you have some proper tough needles as you will go through a few.

The bits im talking about are rubber/plastic, you will see exactly what i mean as soon as you start removing the steel O rings that hold the material over the padding. As for removing the steel rings, needle nose pliers and pull fecking hard is the easiest way, reattach with cable ties thats what i did

[l1ukeRS]

scott u got a pic of yours, how much were your materials as i have a mom an a gf that are both ace at sewing, might be a new project

[Connor_scotland]

good luck mate :-)

should look good like

[Mattvtr]

scott u got a pic of yours, how much were your materials as i have a mom an a gf that are both ace at sewing, might be a new project


haha always come in handy for something

[Scott]

i got materials for nothing:p should be some pics of my old one in the pics section, think the interior is in simos shed now:P

[Graeme]

i got materials for nothing:p should be some pics of my old one in the pics section, think the interior is in simos shed now:P


thats not a nice thing to say about my car scott :P

[l1ukeRS]

is it in good condition? wanna sell it scott?

[Scott]

lol have you got it now G?

[Graeme]

lol have you got it now G?


yeah i have it now :P

[l1ukeRS]

wanna sell it>?

[pure_sax]

why dont u keep a look out for some vtr/vts seat and door cards, because if u go wrong it might end up costs u more money

[Salmon1]

how much is it to have it done proffesionally roughly?

[l1ukeRS]

596 at scaffano leather in wolerhamton i thin