HOW TO GUIDE :on how to trim car seats - Saxperience

wassy78 · 8th February 2011, 23:39

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

Brenz · 8th February 2011, 23:54

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

UKtom · 8th February 2011, 23:56

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

good guide though!

wassy78 · 9th February 2011, 00:11

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

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

gavmc88 · 9th February 2011, 01:15

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

gavmc88 · 9th February 2011, 01:18

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

Edit: 18 Hour Journey round trip

ClumpyVtR · 9th February 2011, 01:41

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

lukasvts · 9th February 2011, 09:40

Thats a cool guide man

where did you learn that??

RS291 · 9th February 2011, 14:46

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

RS291 · 9th February 2011, 15:00

Il rephrase that I meant leather

wassy78 · 9th February 2011, 15:06

just under 450 for leather and foam and glue

RS291 · 9th February 2011, 15:11

Ahh okay cheers might look into leathering my seats

JakeMoore · 30th September 2011, 19:04

how many metres of fabric did you use pal?

wassy78 · 30th September 2011, 23:02

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