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Author: | Flying Eagle [ Mon Aug 17, 2015 10:18 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Let's Save Some Turbo Seats |
Wash them, soap them and scrub the buggers. I used laundry detergent, that may have even been the granular type at the time, but I didn't dry them in a high heat situation. I did this and it worked out fine, no pulling or struggling, no tighter than used condition. 3M super77 spray glue in now your best friend for foam re-attachment, and you can even glue a small facecloth or similar material over the split in your side leg bolster foam to keep the odds of separation from occurring. Fishing line can do wonders for "sewing thread strength" when re-doing the tear away portions of material where the threads let go due to age/stress. I redid my seats and they came out looking like new. A little rust converter on your metal seat base and maybe a little primer and paint could keep them from ever giving you rusty fingers as you reach for things under your seat. I used these pliers to make the hog ring installation go in a proper fashion: Kd Tools 2 piece hog ring plier set Guaran-dang-teed Harbor Freight will have them on their shelf in the same tool, very same tool with no KD /lithograph labelling. Canada's Princess Auto's tools did, and they are $9-10 each that way, not $25+. I like what you are doing here! |
Author: | 92 gsr-4 [ Tue Aug 18, 2015 11:04 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Let's Save Some Turbo Seats |
Thanks for the advice. Yes I am planning to recondition all the metal. The foam did split on the side lower bolster and I'm glad you mentioned the remedy. So you used fishing line to re sew the seams? I am going to use some burlap cloth as a wear buffer in some areas. Care to post some pics of what you did? |
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