need some advise... recovering seats!

[mini_kay]

hello, just wondering if any one cud offer me any advise!!!!! im finking of buying bucket seats for my clio, but would need to recover the back seats to make them match!!!! any body no how easy (or hard) it would be!!

personaly i cant imagin it being that difficult!!! some material and a staple gun..... or am i being silly

fankoo, Mini_chair x

 

[TheCake]

Mini_kay,

If your buying new, you can get the buckets done in pretty much any colour. Sadly on most bucket seats though the fabric is all stiched together, so becomes, as such, one piece. Youd prob need to unstich and re-stiched your new fabric on.

Staple gun would be useless as most common buckets, Cobra Monacos etc have steel backs... you could glue it on, but then its getting messy...

 

[derv]

i think (not 100% without going outside to check) the material is not actually fixed to the seats in the back, but have elastic in them and stretched over. try and find a local upholsterer, should be able to do it no probs.

 

[mini_kay]

ooo is it!??? cuz i was thinkin, black bucket seats with blue harnesses (my cars blue!!) and then just doin the back seats black too and getting blue seat belts!!! hehe think it would look quite cool!!! a bit girly, but thats ok!! :0 lol

do u no how to see if the seat covers are attached or not!??

fanx again x

 

[derv]

ive took some pics, the material, has like a plastic rim sewed in to the material which clips onto the metal rim on the underside of the seat, it is glued down too!

http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/full/1105193066__seat1.jpg

http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/full/1105193177__seat2.jpg

 

[edde]

PM me you email address and Ill send you the file on how to remove the covers etc from the seats.