A question for the seat rebuilders:
The kits you bought from Moss, were they vinyl or leather? Or are they all
garbage?
TIA,
Bob
>Atwell (Buff) Haines wrote:
>>
>> At 03:26 PM 10/29/97 -0800, Stu wrote:
>> >A few months ago I redid my seats using a Moss kit for the TR8. The
>> >foams were junk, and I added extra padding, but after a thousand miles
>> >or so the seat cushion look about ready to split at the seams .
>> >About how much should it cost for an upholstery shop to redo the seats
>> >using the same covers?
>> >Anyone have any reccommendations in the Delaware,South Eastern PA, south
>> >NJ area? Thanks Listers. Stu
>> >
>> >Stu,
>>
>> I'm looking into that very question myself for my Spitfire, and I live in
>> Northern NJ (Morris County).
>>
>> I checked with four local upholsterers so far. Each told me to buy the
>> foam kits, none wanted to do it themselves. Three would were willing to
>> replace the fabric only on my seats (with a similar but not exact pattern)
>> but I got prices for installing the kit pieces too.
>>
>> Prices ranged from $200 USD to $450 a pair to install both foams and seat
>> kits.
>> The high price was a restoration shop, not a boat/auto top place. Average
>> was $250.
>>
>> It would save me about $100 on the job just to have the fabric portion sewn
>> in.
>>
>> Email me directly if you want me to name names. Or if any Listers in the
>> area have experience with other shops, let me know that too.
>>
>> Atwell (Buff) Haines
>> '79 Spitfire FM 96062
>>
>> Succasunna, NJ USA
>> CarBuff@scooter.net
>
>Buff, Ihad a similar experience. If you want a really good job, I think
>Ragtops and Roadsters inPerkasie PA may be the best bet.I saw some of
>their work at a car show a couple of weeks ago. They wouldn't give me a
>price at the time because the upholstery guy wasn't there. I have a
>feeling they will be pricey, but if you drive the car a lot it has to be
>money well spent. My seat is really uncomfortable already, and if the
>foams are not firm, it puts a lot of stress on the covers. The covers
>from Moss are prettty junky, one started to split when I was pulling iot
>on.
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