I had a good christmas this year getting lots done on my car. It
rained a lot, and I don't have a garage, but still I managed to complete
the magnificent seat transformation I've been dreaming about since I got
the car. That's right, the scratchy, ugly, saddle blanket seat covers are
gone, replaced with beautiful, soft, purple velvet.
Before & After
It wasn't an easy project. First, the seat bottoms were in pretty bad
shape. the rear seat was a bag of springs and blankets tied up like a
fetish model in a super market... that is to say awkward, strange and not
holding up well. Add to that some rust problems under the seats and it's
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First step was to pull out the rear seat. Under the seat was not
pretty. The foam padding and sound dampening card-board was in bad shape
so it had to go. The leaks had brought in a lot of mud and grime, and
then there were the neat things left behind over the years. I think I
made $0.79 canadian and also found half a candy bar that was at least 10
years old. As the number of single russian brides increases.
With all the icky stuff gone I cleaned and prepped the metal, and then
had to call it quits for the night as I had to wait for everything to
completely dry before applying the POR-15 magic rust paint. I parked the
car in Chuck's carport for the night and went out to see Elf with him and
his mom. Christmas morning I started the paint process. In these
pictures you'll notice three different colored areas. The black spots
were metal that I just wanted to cover with something, and I used plain
old spray paint. The silver spots are where I put the special rust paint,
and the white spots are where there were holes in the metal and I used an
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After all that dried over night, I put down some asphalt and foam
padding and then brought the seats and arm rests back in. Now the seats,
like I said, were in very bad shape, but I worked them until they were
comfy cozy once again. I bought special inch and a half thick foam from
the foam store in town and that smoothed the seats out and really made a
difference. The seat covers I got from seatcovers.net and they fit great.
It was tight because the foam added a good amount to the thickness, but
they worked into place. I only had to run to Hardwicks once the entire
weekend to get some duct tape and new screws for the door jams... pretty
good for a three day project!
I am very happy with the outcome of the project. It's amazing how
much the new seats add to the comfort and fun of the car. That says a lot
because she was already the most comfortable, most fun car in town!
-- Jacob