Installing front seat upholstry

[Hammer231]

Thinking about trying to do this myself. I've got new GN front seat upholstry and headrest covers fresh in the box and ready to go on. How much of a hassle is this and what all is needed to do the job? Or is it better to just pay the professionals $200.00 and let them handle it?

[turbofrank]

If you bought Jax as i did they are a tight fit take your time they do tear. Only special tools needed are hogring pliers and star socket to remove top
of seat from bottom of seat.
Do the search lots of threads on this subject.

[Hammer231]

Thanks. I think I bought them from Cars Inc. They appear to be very good quality whoever did the work.

[turbojimmy]

I did mine myself. You just need hog ring pliers and a bunch of hog rings. I bought a nice, heavy-duty set of hog ring pliers for when I restored my flood-totaled Caddy. Those cheesy ones that come with the covers are tough on your hands, don't have the right angle and fall apart.

There are a couple of spots where the fabric is pulled tight to the frame to give a crease. If you aren't careful the crease won't come out right (mine didn't). If I could have had the pair done professionally for $200 I'd have done gone that route. The local guy wanted $200 per seat so I just did it myself. They came out decent, but those creases bug me.

Jim