Anyone done this?? reupholster seats?

[illwill]

yea.. i redid the interior of my car white and black and the grey seats werent doin the trick.. so i called around and found the cheapest to reupholster them would be like $500 for just black cloth..so i was thinkin hell with $500.. spend $20 and if i mess up o well im out $20 if not i saved alot.. anyhow.. has anyone done this.. what material did they use.. and did you just go right over the original seat. cause thats what i was planning on doin.. i go the seat upholster off of the frame of the seat.. but yea any help would be great.. and ill post pics of the progress.. thanks

 

[kaoticdeath]

i read how to do it somewhere befor basicly you need to remove the stock covering take it apart at the seams and use it as a patern for the new cloth then put it back on the seats it sound farly easy and could probably be done fairly quickly if ya know someone that can use a sewing machine

 

[Defiant]

Good used seats go for a lot less than $500.

 

[illwill]

true.. but iv looked and looked and cant find any factory seats all black worth spending money on.. if you do let me know.. ill but them asap.. but yea the seats are completely apart.. just not at the seams....i can sew but there is a foam like coushin behind the fabrick on the seats.. connected to the seats.. not sure on what it is.. or how i would get it on there.. just sew threw it?

 

[62-1gsx]

you can get brand new front and rear leather, andy color combonation you want from Katzkin. for like $500. so you could continue the theme you have. and its leather.

if you interested pm me i have distributor account with them, i can probably hook you up

 

[Slipstream]

you'll need a set of hog-ring pliars to do it right and it isn't much fun, but it can be done.

 

[Stealth_Racing]

Materials:

-Fabric or anything else to cover your seats
-as much 1/8 to 1/4 inch foam as seat covering material
-sharpie pen
-contact cement
-double sided tape
-Very sharp utility knife and scisors
-non mickey mousse sewing machine
-Thread

First step , remove the cover from the bottom up , press hard on the seat and pull , it's hard to remove it but be careful not to damage anything.

then turn the whole seat inside-out use the knife or a sewing thingy that looks like an old-skool can opener to carefully cut the stitching connecting two pieces together .

Place enough fabric for 1 seat on a flat table and put the foam on the back side of it ,
then take all your cut out pieces and tape them to your fabric ( with space saving in mind ) trace your pieces out . When tracing , you will notice that the factory seat covering have notches in them , trace those out as yell , they will be used later on to line up your pieces for sewing. Then take of the original seat covering pieces and keep them for your next seat .

Cut using a ginormous pair of ultra big huge super -duper ( you get the point ) Scisors
, make sure to cut the notches out you traced earlier cut the foam 1/4 inch smaller on all sides . then contact cement the foam to the back of the fabric

the sewing part muaaaa!!!

sew the seat inside out by lining up the notches , quadruple check that you're sewing the right stuff together. it's best to used some sort of heavy duty needle and a not too shoddy machine with some good strong thread . use a criss-cross patern on your sewing machine that looks like a bunch of x's so that the stich is relitivly strong. go ultra slow nt to screw it up.

It took me about 20 hours to do both seats , it is very excruciating and meticulous work, but when done right , it's a work of art and you could incorporate 2 or more different types of material in the design.

I will post some pics up when I get my computer set up at my app ( I'm at work right know )

If someone wants to I could write a more in depth Article with some pics , PM me if interested

Thanxx,
Seb

 

[Enraged78]

PLEASE post your pics as soon as you can! I'm going to be doing this exact project in about a week. A couple of questions for you:

1.) Where did you get your fabric? What kind did you use?

2.) Any tips you can give me? I'm not doing the upholstery myself, as my Mom used to do this professionally, but any advice you could give me to make this easier would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Matt.

 

[illwill]

thanks for all the replys and thanks for you little run down.. helped me out...i wouldnt have thought of contact cement.... i ordered my material from a local fabric store.. took me goin to 4 different stores to find the stuff.. but its nice to the touch , like a black satan, velvet kinda feel with a strong backing that dosent stretch.. coast $29.90 a yard ... ill get started when it comes in within the next 5 days.. but about the write up.. im sure alot of ppl would benifit from it man if you decided to do one.. again all help is appricated.. thanks again.

 

[1993eclipseGS]

The seats I just got for my car were professionaly done. They are done in white/grey vinyl, They look alot better then just plain color. And they feel great and are easy to clean. I'll have pictures of my interior as soon as I get my car back, Hopefully tomorrow or the next few days..

 

[SpicyTuna]

Materials:

-Fabric or anything else to cover your seats
-as much 1/8 to 1/4 inch foam as seat covering material
-sharpie pen
-contact cement
-double sided tape
-Very sharp utility knife and scisors
-non mickey mousse sewing machine
-Thread

First step , remove the cover from the bottom up , press hard on the seat and pull , it's hard to remove it but be careful not to damage anything.

then turn the whole seat inside-out use the knife or a sewing thingy that looks like an old-skool can opener to carefully cut the stitching connecting two pieces together .

Place enough fabric for 1 seat on a flat table and put the foam on the back side of it ,
then take all your cut out pieces and tape them to your fabric ( with space saving in mind ) trace your pieces out . When tracing , you will notice that the factory seat covering have notches in them , trace those out as yell , they will be used later on to line up your pieces for sewing. Then take of the original seat covering pieces and keep them for your next seat .

Cut using a ginormous pair of ultra big huge super -duper ( you get the point ) Scisors
, make sure to cut the notches out you traced earlier cut the foam 1/4 inch smaller on all sides . then contact cement the foam to the back of the fabric

the sewing part muaaaa!!!

sew the seat inside out by lining up the notches , quadruple check that you're sewing the right stuff together. it's best to used some sort of heavy duty needle and a not too shoddy machine with some good strong thread . use a criss-cross patern on your sewing machine that looks like a bunch of x's so that the stich is relitivly strong. go ultra slow nt to screw it up.

It took me about 20 hours to do both seats , it is very excruciating and meticulous work, but when done right , it's a work of art and you could incorporate 2 or more different types of material in the design.

I will post some pics up when I get my computer set up at my app ( I'm at work right know )

If someone wants to I could write a more in depth Article with some pics , PM me if interested

Thanxx,
Seb

pictures?