How to re-upholster

[CashMoneyInd]

I have been looking on the net and I've searched the forums, but I can't find out how to re-upholster the seats. What I wanna do is take the current seat fabric and replace it with black velour. There isn't really anything on exactly how to do this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[eckoman_pdx]

First, leave one seat toghter while you do the other, this will give you a visual reference if you need. You remove the hog rings and take the existing farbic seat cover off of the seats. Do either the backrest of butt cushion first. Then you cut the stitching/seams using a knife or seam ripper. It should be just the indivdual fabric pieces now. Use these pieces to create a pattern for the new seats. Trace each piece onto the new fabric, and then when you are done cut the new peices out. Try to lay the peices out so the velour stretchs in the same driection on all pieces. Once they are cut out, measure the seam allowence on the old fabric (this is the area after the seam to the edge of the fabric). Use this as the for the seam alloence on the new fabric. Start sewing the new fabric back toghter, the exact oppisite of the way you took it apart. Use the otehr seta as a guide. You wqill sew so the seam is where the seam allowence is (if you have a 1/3" seam allowence, sew the seam `1/3" inwards from the edge). Once the cover is done, re-wrapped it onto the cushion and attach with new hog rings. Re-peat for the other cushions.

[dice daniels]

dont forget the scrim. that is the thin layer of foam on some or all of the peices of your original seat cover.

And most of the time you can reverse your paterns and just cut both of them out of one original seat cover. Then you have always got one to go by.

[Ondfence]

i DON'T WANNA SOUND STUPID..BUT WHATR HOG RINGS???

[shawnwilliams]

The rings that hold the fabric to the foam, like a staple.