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A friend asked me to repair and recover his sport seats...not that I am an expert but I did acheive good results when I fitted my Pasha seat covers.....so here's how we did it

We are going to recover the seats with my old leather covers that I removed from my car



As you cann seats have seen better days drivers bolster has splits and chunks out of the foam..... First job remove the old covers at the back/bottom of the seat back there are 5 metal tags pull these up with a pair of pilers and start removing any hogging nails you see and slowing the cover will come loose

the foam from the back rest will be needed so remove it from the cover



A closer look at the bolsters reveals the foam is split



Started by cutting the foam into a square so it is easy to bond in some foam

Cut a new piece of foam and bonded it in place with spray contact adhesive




the split was at a point where the foam is very thin so bonding was more difficult so fitted some wadding under the foam and then glued the foam together using the wadding as a patch on the back

The foam was then trimmed so it matches the contour of the seat (an electric carving knife is best.....I would not dream of using the wife's whilst she's watching the olympics )



Then I covered the whole repair with trunk lining



Starting to look like a proper job

I decided to fit the passenger side cover onto the drivers seat so there is a nice thick piece of leather on the bolster

Start by turning the cover inside out then make a pocket in the top as shown in the picture.......put this over the seat.....take care to position this PERFECTLY most people tend to fit the cover to far forward which causes wrinkles later......in the foam you will see the imprint of the seams make sure your seams follow the same line ......If its not right do it again the futher you go the more you have to back track...




The cover will go on easily just keep unrolling it and massaging it as you go...do not pull.....It's more important to follow the original seams than to strectch the cover

Covers on BUT it may not be visible on the photo but the RH bolster foam as been compressed and the cover is too baggy....this will get get worst as I add tension to the listing's........so cover is removed on the Bolster only and I add a layer of 3mm foam and another layer of trunk lining......



More Trunk liner bolster has to look full

Covers now on nicely


now the listing wires are fed through the cover



Now your going to use alot of good quality cable ties ...fit them all loosely and then tension...bit at a time not fully tight

And were nearly done ...pull back of the cover over the spikes and pull down with a cable tie



And the same with the back flap...make sure you refit the foam sheets it stops folds and fixings telegraphing through the cover

AND the finished result and a good clean I'm happy





Now the bases to do then a trip to Scotland to deliver

Nice job

Some lucky person is going to love those seats! Great job.

What a result

started the bases today they were not in good condition

glued in the foam as before ...shaped and covered with trunk liner

bases were a bit saggy so I cut more foam to fill them out I did this on my seats makes a massive difference to the comfort

I think the previous owner used the car to keep sheep in the seats were very dirty


so I took the bases aprt for a good clean


and the finished result

Absolutely brilliant job and write up!