THE BLACK MAMBA
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- Nov 9, 2007
Just got my leather seat covers from Jax how hard is it to install myself? any tricks, tips or advice would be welcomed...
The hardest thing that I encountered was the headrests. I used a putty knife to remove the headrests from the seats. The seats are fairly simple once you remove them from the car. The most time consuming thing was removing the rings that attach the seat cover to the frame. You'll need to get a box of small hog rings and hog ring pliers to attach the new seatcovers.
NOT necessarily True!!If you want really good results, you need to replace the seat foams too. They may look OK but they have usually been compressed and have dried out. The covers wont' fit tight like they should, and you'll do so much pulling to get them smooth that you lose some of the original shape. As a general rule, if the covers need to be replaced, so do the foams.
:biggrin: Thanks!Good advice from a pro. being a do it yourselfer, I didn't have access to a steamer. In any case I wouldn't just put the new covers old old foam as is. I will tell you that the foam on the old British cars I restored was falling apart. Maybe the Brits used crappy foam. I guess I have to remind myself these are the same guys that made transmission tunnels out of formed masonite board!