HOW TO GUIDE :on how to trim car seats
 

there are a few people on here wanting to do there own seats so here goes

start by striping the seats




cut the hog rings out as they will need new ones when you fit the new cover your going to make




once all the covers are off look at the panels to see how there put together mare them with 1,2,3etc if you wish then undo the stitching




put the panels on your leather vinyl or cloth and draw around it . then cut it out ..and make sure you do the right size



when i do leather seats i glue a 1/4" foam under the leather . again glue and cut around ....good carpet glue is good for foam



then start to sew ......use a good sewing machine you can pick one up for around 400 in ebay dont use your mums . grans it no good




all im doing now is sewing it up how it should be also ive added some white piping



this is a bmw seat im doing for my saxo but a seat is a seat


there will be metal rods that you have to put back in the new seat covers . these are used to connect back to the foam using new hog rings these also can be found on ebay


once you have sewn all the panels up and plastic clips , rod e,t,c you will know where all these go cos at the start you looked where they came from lol

. the panel back on the seat butting it back is the same as you taken it off


so things needed

1. sewing machine leather you will need one with a walking foot
2. 1/4 foam if needed
3. tools to take seats apart
4. hog rings and the tool for them
5. carpet glue
6 sharp blade
and plenty of time . my seats where 12. to 14 hours for front 6 to 7 hours on rear

good luck all :) sorry if not a great step by step but i tryed

Thanks wassy, great guide. Hopefully get my seats done in the next few weeks :)

id love to do mine, looks amazing! but really dont trust myself... pretty sure i'd end up making it look worse than in the first place :p
good guide though!

this is the kind of sewing machine you will need worth every penny

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SINGER-WALKING...#ht_3108wt_907

Its on the watch list lol ive been looking at videos etc there all pretty poor like. really wish you stayed closer haha tbh your guides are best ones ive found. im definately gonna give this plenty of looking into could see me getting right into it. any chance you could put a list here off different seams used when you have the time, so i can look them up. think i will practice doing different ones first. get the feel off it then off to scrappys once i have everything :D

Just noticed how far that machine is away and there no postage :(

Edit: 18 Hour Journey round trip

Awesome guide its something i would love to do but i highly doubt i could do it! will definately keep an eye on this!:homme:

Thats a cool guide man:y: where did you learn that??

Those seats looks so nice and how much did the ledger and piping cost ?

Il rephrase that I meant leather

just under 450 for leather and foam and glue

Ahh okay cheers might look into leathering my seats :)

how many metres of fabric did you use pal?

You taking the piss ? Don't mean to sound funny or a knob if if you need to ask how many meters of fabric I used . When it's leather and you buy it in hides you haven't a clue but to bs nice I used 3 and a half hides of LEATHER :)