Doug:
That's exactly my concern. I want to get replacement material that I will be
happy with, especially the foam. Anyone out there got any advice on a quality
supplier?
> Hello,
>
> I redid my seats a couple of years ago with new foams and covers from Rimmer
> Bros.
> The covers were nice, but the foam pieces were not so good. The problem was
> that
> the foam along the sides of the seat base was not dense enough, and you did
>not
> end up with enough lateral support. The original seat base foams were made
>of
> molded
> latex sponge rubber, which is a high-quality and expensive material. As far
>as
> I know,
> none of the repro suppliers use this material because of the high cost of the
> material
> itself and the required tooling.
>
> Doug Braun
> '72 Spit
>
> At 12:14 AM 4/1/2005 +0000, you wrote:
> >Spit-Listers:
> >
> >I have been lurking about for a long time and not posting much. Read
> diligently though, keep learning a lot.
> >
> >I live in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. I just realized that the annual
> VTR meeting is in Rockford, IL at the end of July, the weathers been
> unseasonably warm here, and I need to not only fire up the beast, I need to
>get
> to that spring to do list like now.
> >
> >Great recent advice on carpet sets, I'm buying one. Here's my question:
> >
> >I have the original seats in my '70 MK III. As you might imagine, the foam
>in
> the seats is just a memory that has mostly ended up in the vacuum. I need
>new
> foam, and would really like to replace the seat covers because they are not
> looking real good these days either (I attribute this to my lifestyle during
> college in the mid to late 70's). If I get all of the above can I do this
>job
> my self, or should I get a professional upholstery type person to do the
>seats?
> The 1970 seats are fairly unique in style, am I going to get good quality
>foam
> and seat covers that fit properly? Anyone out there that has done 1970 seats
> that can make a recommendation of supplier for the new materials?
> >
> >PS. I tried to post this last summer when the list went down briefly and
>never
> saw it. Some of the conversation has turned to the same again and I thought
>I'd
> just add my .02. I have one of Joe Curry's camber compensator's on my car
>and I
> could not believe the difference after installation. I know the compensator
>is
> specifically designed for the rear wheel tuck which I never probably came
>close
> to doing in the 27 years of driving the car before installation, but it made
> the whole feel of the car much more solid and tighter. The back end is a
>little
> more bouncy now but its a good bouncy. I highly recommend one for any MK I,
>II
> of III owners out there. Cheap and easy to install too.
> >
> >Thanks for any help,
> >
> >Ron St. John
> >1970 Spitfire Mk III
> >FDU 89708 L
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