Old seat covers

[Mathew S.]

[Patrick H.]

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You could always sell them, or donate them to one of us to use for parts.

[Daniel S.]

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someone will use OEM... don't throw out. Worst case make an eBay auction or donate to a fellow NCRS Chapter member?

Dan

[James G.]

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Original Comfort weave can be cleaned NICELY.
I have done quite a few sets of original comfort weave seats in Corvette's and Camaro's for VERY PICKY CUSTOMERS, there is absolutely no comparison of clean REAL weave compared to reproduction comfort weave.

[James G.]

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Here are some more of my Corvette seats... the last 2 are for Customer's 2nd Generation Camaro Z28 which has non existent light neutral Comfort Weave.

[Leonard M.]

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I think the original covers are far superior to reproductions. As James points out they are Real woven material and the appearance of nice preserved covers beats any reproduction. Of course, if your originals are ripped and worn beyond saving, you really have no choice.
Regarding originals, no amount of cleaning matters if the cover foam has hardened. But, if the vinyl is nice, you can still save them. The seat foam is not the problem, it is the foam sewn into the pleats of the covers. With very little expense and no special equipment you can restore them. I used 1/4" scrim foam with an extra layer at the outer pleats. These covers are simply laying on the original seat foam and the wires have not been pulled through.

[James G.]

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Wow that is great work... I was wondering how exactly to go about adding new thin foam.

[Bob W.]

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Leonard, Nice job did you have to remove the covers from the seat frames ? And in the 3rd photo is the white tube hooked up to a vacuum cleaner?

Thanks Bob

[Leonard M.]

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The seat covers and seat foam are removed by removing the hog rings, as one unit, from the seat frames. Then the covers are removed from the seat foam by pulling the metal rods from the cover wires.
The white tube is a piece of plastic tubing (1" pex as I recall) duct taped to my shop vac.
That dust is messy, best done outside or in the garage. Some foam pieces will still stick so use any long tool to scrape and vac some more.
Experiment a bit with your measurements to make your new foam pieces. You want the pleats filled nice and tight in the corners and without top/bottom gaps. I doubled up the 1/4" scrim foam on the outside pleats. Stuff the pleats, pushing it in with a thin long tool. I used a flat screwdriver and a long drill bit. I used contact cement with thin cloth patches on the cuts. I also used heavy thread to do any repairs mostly

to the channels that hold those metal rods that cover wire hooks are secured to.

[Bob W.]

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Leonard, As I said before great idea and job well done. Thanks for sharing this information.

Bob