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« on: August 09, 2006, 11:15:29 PM »

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Ok Here is my question

 How Do you do it? How do you Get Fabric/Leather to conform to the shape of the seat or Door panel like that? Cause ive seen on Cardomain Some really Tight fitting Looking seats and i wondered how they get the seat to look that good.

For example you see the creases in the seat like where the white and black meets and in the middle of the Ass part of th seat? How is that done like that?

Anyone know of any good Tutorials on this kinda stuff?  Any Tips on how to get started?

Id like to Do this type of work myself so i can make it truely custom.....But i dont know how to make this stuff fit like a glove like in those picutres.
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« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2006, 12:45:43 PM »

That is a premade kit, and you can save yourself a lot of headaches by buying one.

Check ebay or www.autoleathers.com for prices. I think they may have info on it as well.

They pieces have to be custom cut and sewn/glued together.

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« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2006, 12:36:52 AM »

I’ve never done it but considering it myself. The best way is to take the seats out and remove the fabric, number the panels with masking tape and split all the seams so you would have individual pieces.
You can use the pieces as templates on new fabric/vinyl that can be obtained from fabric stores.
The difficult part would be to sew everything together so it would look neat without creases.

The way the seams look tucked in, in the but and back area is because the are some sort of hog rings and sometimes thin metal rods slipped in the seams that are used to pull and attached the seams to the metal frame from the inside the seat, that way nothing moves around when you shift in the seat. You’ll notice that seat cover from a store don’t stay well because they are not secured the same way.
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