hopefully i will have the passenger side done, and the back bench done by monday. i will post more picture then.
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this is what i have so far, not perfect but a lot better than that tore up oem one. i need to tighten that center bottom seat more.
color may not be everyone's cup of tea, but i love it!
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Are you going for inside peanut butter outside jelly?
The color is definitely unique. That is a really good picture, I like the comparison of the new seat with the old torn up drivers seat. So what are you going to do about that torn up bolster? That seat almost looks as bad as mine!West German BMWs, they just don't make the same as they did before the wall fell.
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Bold color, maybe with some age and oil it will fade enough where I could like it. Nice progress is this your first attempt at car seats or do you have some experience under your belt?Comment
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NeoMishMoo ahahahahha inside peanut butter, outside jelly. I dont think that will be the theme! the bolster, i will fill it with foam and recover over it.
M-technik-3 no experience, just trial and error. i have to waste a little more vinyl than i needed, but overall i think it's ok! like i said way better than the tore up old one.Comment
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I think that color kicks ass!
Nice job and keep up the good work.
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Like this. It's much less *punch-you-in-your-face* orange than I was picturing. What's the rest of the car's color?
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ok so i'm pretty much done, minus the back of the seat cover. door panels are all black at this point(interior use to be beige, i used the duplicolor vinyl/carpet paint), i might do an insert later. exterior is Diamantschwarz.
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Looks awesome man, love the color, I've always wanted to do a similar color or brown leather interior but can't decide which car to do it to.Comment
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That is an awesome job you are doing-especially considering you are doing all the sewing/stitching yourself. I personally love that color and I think it looks great in your application.
I take it you have a good bit of experience doing this?Eric Giles
'20 M2 CS
'04 M3
'11 X5 35D
'87 325is
'91 325i Sport
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no experience! first timer!!! just patience. take apart all the oem pieces and get a sewing machine from sears. lay them out on the new fabric/vinyl, trace them and sew back the way the oem was. youtube have some tips and tricks on making piping. thank you all for the compliments. ONE MAIN THING, MEASURE TWICE and CUT ONCE!!!!!Last edited by E30_80Y; 11-15-2009, 12:18 PM.Comment
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Looking good. Do you have any pictures of the seats being made? Also great job on the head rests, they are hard to make, fitment wise, well, so I've found so far.
What sewing machine are you using too? Are you going through 4 layers of vinyl to create the welts/piping?
For the wrinkles you can use a heat gun to help shrink the vinyl to the seats. Use the heat gun on some spare vinyl so you know how much heat to give it so it won't melt when you do it for real on your seat. Be gentle with the heat gun.
like this guy, he's using a steamer because he's the real deal but cheap way is a heat gun:
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the sewing machine i used was a kenmore from sears, not exactly sure what model, but my mom bought it for close to $200. i dont have picture of me sewing, i dunno why i would gay myself out like that ahhahahahah j/k, but it was no secret nor rocket science, just tear all the stitches of the oem seat. iron the pieces if you feel like they would be hard to lay flat and trace on the vinyl. cut as precisely as you can, and mark/ transfer as much from the oem one to the new piece as you can i.e. starting point of the stitches, starting point of the piping, dept of the stitching from the edges.....
I had to buy heavy duty needles, because the ones that came with the machine didnt last long. as for the wrinkles it dont bother me much, but i do have one of those steamer. i'm not sure if the one i have is strong enough, because it's for ironing clothes but i will definatly give it a try.
headrest were a bit tricky, it's a matter of lining up the pieces the right way. make sure you copy and transfer everything exactly the way they where on the oem ones. i had to take apart and resew them a few times because i couldnt get it right the first time.
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