a small how to guide to leather your seats

21st January 2011, 23:47

things needed

1. a walking foot industrial sewing machine . i know you may not have but its needed

2. spanners to take seats apart

3. hog ring pliers

4. 1/4 foam

5. spray glue

6 leather . vinyl . cloth ?

i know im using bmw seats but to me seats are seats

first strip the seats then take off the metal clips that hold the material onto the foam there called hog rings

look at the seat how its put together .... then take away the stitching

there will be metal rods do not throw you will need them

get hold of some leather you want to use

now copy all the panels you want in leather from the panels of the seats and take your time on this they need to be the same

now glue the leather to the 1/4 " foam i use a good carpet glue

cut the foam around the leather

now time to sew

put pipping on if you want it on

keep sewing the panels together

on my bmw head rest at he back i had to glue some leather to the back

some of the panels all sewn up just need fitting to the seats ....use hog ring pliers and hog rings

i hope this helps sorry but ive tryed to do step by step as much as can

22nd January 2011, 00:01

Genuis !! do you do that for a living ??

22nd January 2011, 00:02

i use to but no more just when i get time im a tattooest now lol

22nd January 2011, 00:15

yeah u can tell they look really well done !!

22nd January 2011, 00:27

Excellent guide

22nd January 2011, 00:41

Talented, where are you based mate?

22nd January 2011, 00:47

serious thumbs up. looks very hard to do and nothing i would try but hats off for the knowledge and time putting this together

22nd January 2011, 08:16

I live in Nottingham . I love doing up cars if could help anyone out I don't mind doing trim work in my spare time

and will give a good price only pm me if really interested thanks

22nd January 2011, 11:13

Very nice work mate

How long did it take you to do both the front seats start to finish?

22nd January 2011, 12:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattt_VTR

Very nice work mate

How long did it take you to do both the front seats start to finish?

hi there m8 12 hours for the front seats

22nd January 2011, 12:27

Nice guide mate but on all honesty i was more impressed with your tatto's!
Your sleeve looks amazing :|!!!!!!
I want a sleeve but its so hard to decide what to get

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sorry for spam haha, good guide

22nd January 2011, 12:40

those seats look amazing!... althought i would never be able to do that to mine in a million years.

22nd January 2011, 13:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by AdamDougal

Nice guide mate but on all honesty i was more impressed with your tatto's!
Your sleeve looks amazing :|!!!!!!
I want a sleeve but its so hard to decide what to get

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sorry for spam haha, good guide

pmpl glad you like my tattoo well if you need any you know where i am as im a tattooest lol time to blow my own trumpet ....is there nothing i carnt do lol

22nd January 2011, 14:54

Great post. They look stunning, really nice job

22nd January 2011, 20:05

good guide mate sure a few people will wreck there seats now this is up tho lol

for a first timer, how easy do you think it would be ?

22nd January 2011, 20:09

Lol truth first time it hard I've been a trimmer for 14 years but as long as you know anyone with a walking foot machine and not a house hold sewing machine

22nd January 2011, 20:14

nice one, would be good to learn like might give it a try one day

22nd January 2011, 20:20

M8 why not I would

I hope people do give it a try a machine go from 400 so worth ever penny as you can trim all your cars you may have I've had my machine 6 years and will never sell it

22nd January 2011, 20:39

Brilliant guide & thanks for taking the time out to put it together mate.

Steve.

22nd January 2011, 20:52

No problem I would have put it up before but like I've put in other threads my boy been Ill but ok now