Looks good! He needs to make a dash wrap kit....
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I picked up my interior kit from John last weekend and have started installing. It's extremely tedious work to get it to sit correctly, but you begin to get a technique once you're on a roll. This is my first front seat mocked up for a pic (no brackets installed). I used all new OEM foam so the bolsters look a little wrinkled because the new foam is not shrunken like the old. At least that's my guess. I think after being in the car for a bit with some use and heat cycles it will smooth out great. I'll make a new thread once it's all complete and installed.
I will echo the comments from the OP on John being a solid dude and standing behind his work. I have been very pleased with my order and can't wait to get it all wrapped up and in the car!
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That looks awesome. My only regret would be not going with a red plaid. But it is done. If you haven't finished, he suggested securing the bolsters from the inside first and pulling them tight from the outside, then once both bolsters are on do the centers. The layer of foam he added on the underside of the fabric makes the sport seat much more comfortable
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That's exactly what I have been doing. I started with hog ringing the bolsters on the inside using the wire inserts and then pulled them tight as I could around the outside before punching the spike points through the vinyl. I found that trimming some of the excess material on either side of the seam on the inside of the bolster seemed to help a bit. I think with a little time they will work themselves into a wrinkle-free fit. After the bolsters were in place I laid the centers in and worked them to the best position. They take a little finagling, but the end result is worth it. I think I spent a few hours on the first seat bottom honing my technique and figuring out the best way to secure everything on the underside with the hog rings. The time spent will be well worth it when done though. I actually considered the red plaid myself but ultimately went with the black since it's a touch more subtle.Comment
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Lol right also I went with matching red stitching instead of a different color because it was "subtle" ;-)
The summer's heat has helped with working out some of my wrinkles, mainly on the corners of the rear seat. And I had to trim the front corners of my front seat bottom centers to get them to fit snug. I think the back seat took me 3 hours, and the fronts took almost 4 hours each. I was so glad when they were finally done! My hands hurt for a week after
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I have been talking to John about some options for my car. I actually have some weird eBay replacement seats that seem to be actual leather but the color does not match anything in the BMW catalog. I need some new headrest covers for my rear headrest install, which makes me want new front covers to match, which makes me want matching eBrake/shift boots, which now has me considering doing more. Must...resist...Comment
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Contact info for John
Man I really like the cloth cardinal seats! I would like to get some sewn up for myself, can I get John's contact info? Or someone give him mine if that's more appropriate?
I've been trying for well over a year to get one of the other well known upholsterers in the BMW community to make a seat kit for me and have only gotten excuses ...
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Just wanted to say, Not a big fan of cardinal interiors. However, yours is quite nice. Like the leather-cloth combo looks great man. I bet its really cozy.Float like a cadillac sting like a Bimmer!:)
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"Cozy" is exactly what I like about cloth over leather.
Put in rear seat headrests yesterday. A great day to do work on the car. Fall has begun but it's still warm out. I had to undo the hog rings on the top part of the seat in order to get the hardware in. Good thing I had a ton left from the interior install!
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I absolutely love the interior on this vert man, it's the best looking color combo I've ever seen!! My "new" coupe is Delphin as well, and after seeing this, I want a cardinal interior!!! My vert is Zinnoberot, with a black interior. But both of my interiors are immaculate, and I just can't justify spending the money to change them at this point in my life, I doubt I'd change the color on the vert at all, but if I did, I'd go tan or white, just to keep the temp down in the Summer. But on my coupe, a cardinal interior would be the greatest thing ever, I get a kick out of the "cardinal" interior, it makes me think of my high school, our team name and mascot was the cardinal. But maybe down the road, if I come into some serious money, or have a need to redo the interior, I'll go cardinal.
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I'm in Manchester but I ordered the sewn up seat kit from a guy in NYC and spent a few nights after work putting it in. The old skins were in terrible shape and had been dyed black so I wanted to go back to the original red color. Otherwise I would have done tan, which looks fantastic on a delphin car.
That's amazing you found a convertible with a decent interior. Most I see are beat to shit. I would park it in the shade with the top up whenever you can!
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