seat covers

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed May 31, 06 6:33 pm

I suppose there is no harm in having a go now is there? !!!

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Jun 01, 06 9:46 am

did my seat covers and just finished headliner recently. Seat covers are relatively straightforward so long as the frame, springs and foams are ok.
Headliner was fiddly but definitely possible, just take your time. I`d never done either of these jobs before, but if you don`t try you`ll never know

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Jun 01, 06 9:55 am

rear seat makeup;

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Thu Jun 01, 06 3:08 pm

Good job Neil! I was very tight for material on the headlining, I had to make the sail boards out of two separate pieces and I've got a couple of wrinkles in mine, but yours looks excellent!

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Jun 01, 06 3:23 pm

Ivor, I had plenty of material with the kit from Year One and trimmed a fair bit off. I ended up tucking the spare behind the sail panel. There was plenty for the two new sail panels I made and even some pieces to cover the sunvisors (although why you would want to that I don`t know), I just bought some new ones

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Jun 01, 06 3:30 pm

I got mine from Paddock and they are Legedary covers. I replaced the passenger seat cover and it is a perfect match, same colour as the ones you will need for the Coronet. I don't have a good pic here...

...dead easy to do with hog rings and hog ring pliers (even I could do it!). The only thing that gives away it is new is that the colour has faded from the stitiching on the old ones from red to brown.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Jun 01, 06 8:49 pm

Thanks! pics are ace!
My seats are not in the best condition so I will check the foam once I have taken off the original cover.
Just out of interest did you have to use any sound proofing under the headlining?
I noticed you had started from the front on your car with the headlining,
looking at mine it has a frame around the rear window (charger) and looks as if it would be better to start at the rear?.
Thanks guys.

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Thu Jun 01, 06 10:13 pm

The headlining only goes in one way mate, when the rods are in place there are holding wires that go on the rear ones so when you tension the headling forward the rods do not go over and fall the other way, take the original down slowly and see how it was done and where all the parts go.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri Jun 02, 06 8:03 am

Has anyone hear the old headlining fitting trick of the steaming kettle. Apparently, once the headlining is in, (keep) boiling a kettle with the spout close to wrinkles in the headlining and the steam shrinks the wrinkles out leaving (I am told) a perfect finish.

Can anyone confirm or deny this works? I havent done it but I heard it many moons ago from a man who did quite a few.

steveo · Post by **steveo** » Fri Jun 02, 06 11:02 am

i have heard of pro trim shops using a steam iron or something similar

.but i have all ways just laid them out flat in the sun for a few hours before fitting ,and then start at the front support wire and work back ,then slightly stretch the front / sides & rear parts using the factory clips on the side not glue or tape. any slight wrinkles i use a hair dryer to stretch and remove them .

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri Jun 02, 06 8:02 pm

start the headliner install from the back. In the pic, you can see the two retainer hooks which attach around the rear listing wire to stop the rod from falling forwards when you pull the other rods towards the front to get tension. Once all the rods were vertical I located the headliner onto the grips (sharp pointy bits) at the front windscreen, put the trim piece on to hold it in place and then worked backwards tensioning the sides and eventually put the liner up on the grips on the rear window. I put foam glued onto the roof as the original was knackered and full of dirt. Be prepared to find a rusty roof surface under the old liner

I didn`t use any glue on the liner install, just plenty of the little springy U-shaped grips to hold everything in place around the door frames. If you get the tension right you won`t need to faff about with steam or heat guns. I used a hairdryer to remove an obstinate small wrinkle in the rear 3/4.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Jun 03, 06 9:38 am

Cheers Neil, I am going to have a go this week.
Any ideas where I could get that foam stuff from?
Thanks

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Jun 05, 06 8:08 am

I bought mine from a local Auto trim shop, but I guess any fabric shop or upholsterers would have some. Mine had some sort of a vinyl backing which the Auto trim guy said would "take the adhesive better".

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Jun 05, 06 8:14 pm

Thanks mate.
Its still one of the last jobs that needs to be done now that some other bits are coming, but all the help is greatful!!
Thanks again.