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The $500 seems reasonable to me. I am doing my own upholstery for a Clubman and I have found that there is a lot of time (days) in replacing the foam and getting it right and making new webbing for the rear of the seat. The glue costs $47.00 a can, (2 cans so far) I know that there are cheaper alternatives and I tried a couple which caused the foam to expand and become soft. Then there is the cutting the vinyl out and getting all the sections cut the correct way. Then it has to be sewn and fitted and finished, all sounds easy, but it is an art which I am just starting to understand. I have been sewing other things, tents, tarps for many years, but the upholstery needs to be 110% for it to look good. Good luck with the beer and supply it after the job is done.

Graham

Author:	Leroy-Riding [ Tue Mar 06, 2018 1:04 pm ]
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Anyone re covered the low back mini sears themselves? $500+ for a set of new covers seems excessive to me, are there any cheaper alternatives? and is it easy enough to re cover them? or are there any covers you can put 'over' the vynle like a normal seat cover? perhaps then i can just glue some random vynle over the rips ect and then put seat covers over the lot?

Author:	Bill B [ Tue Mar 06, 2018 3:51 pm ]
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I made my own covers with an old Singer sewing machine and a piping foot to guide the edge piping. It is time consuming when you haven't done it before. You will possibly find the foam is past its best and the Pirelli webbing on the back of the seat will be long-gone. It all mounts up. A set of seat covers is about the cheapest way out.

Author:	BBY755 [ Tue Mar 06, 2018 4:43 pm ]
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I'm aiming to get my upholsterer mate to sew me a set with my help cutting the vinyl supplied by me, and paying in beer......let you know how it works out......

Author:	Minicooper4me [ Tue Mar 06, 2018 8:53 pm ]
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BBY755 wrote: I'm aiming to get my upholsterer mate to sew me a set with my help cutting the vinyl supplied by me, and paying in beer......let you know how it works out...... Don't give him the beer before he does the job. QA.

Author:	2lateagain [ Wed Mar 07, 2018 7:18 am ]
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The $500 seems reasonable to me. I am doing my own upholstery for a Clubman and I have found that there is a lot of time (days) in replacing the foam and getting it right and making new webbing for the rear of the seat. The glue costs $47.00 a can, (2 cans so far) I know that there are cheaper alternatives and I tried a couple which caused the foam to expand and become soft. Then there is the cutting the vinyl out and getting all the sections cut the correct way. Then it has to be sewn and fitted and finished, all sounds easy, but it is an art which I am just starting to understand. I have been sewing other things, tents, tarps for many years, but the upholstery needs to be 110% for it to look good. Good luck with the beer and supply it after the job is done. Graham

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Author:	Leroy-Riding [ Wed Mar 07, 2018 8:41 am ]
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2lateagain wrote: The $500 seems reasonable to me. I am doing my own upholstery for a Clubman and I have found that there is a lot of time (days) in replacing the foam and getting it right and making new webbing for the rear of the seat. The glue costs $47.00 a can, (2 cans so far) I know that there are cheaper alternatives and I tried a couple which caused the foam to expand and become soft. Then there is the cutting the vinyl out and getting all the sections cut the correct way. Then it has to be sewn and fitted and finished, all sounds easy, but it is an art which I am just starting to understand. I have been sewing other things, tents, tarps for many years, but the upholstery needs to be 110% for it to look good. Good luck with the beer and supply it after the job is done. Graham I think ill just patch my vinyl with some off cuts and glue, then cut down some generic seat covers to fit then, i guess im just too tight to pay $500 lol.

Author:	Minicooper4me [ Wed Mar 07, 2018 8:39 pm ]
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Leroy-Riding wrote: I think ill just patch my vinyl with some off cuts and glue, then cut down some generic seat covers to fit then, i guess im just too tight to pay $500 lol. You can get a lot of beer for $500.

Author:	peterb [ Wed Mar 07, 2018 8:54 pm ]
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After $500 worth of beer, you won't notice seat defects, in fact you probably be dead, so you won't need a seat anyway.

Author:	bluehishouse [ Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:30 am ]
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I made dodgy covers for the base out of door card vinyl and tied them with baling twine ha ha suits the rat rod look and passed the rego check. Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk

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