Hi Hans,
I have some small vinyl areas I'm interested in painting as well (the parcel
trays in my Spitfire to be specific -- the PO installed some nice metal ones
to replace the plastic, but covered them in a vinyl color that I don't care
for), but I think that painting heavily used surfaces like the seats may not
be your best option in terms of longevity and appearance. I could be wrong,
though.
You might want to consider taking the seats you have to a good local
upholsterer in your area and have them make the seats from scratch for you
in the color and material you want. A good, competent upholstery shop (get
recommendations!) should be able to provide exactly the look and feel you
want for the same or even less $$ than a recover kit might cost you.
Best wishes,
Jeff in San Diego
'67 RHD Spitfire Mk3 aka "Mrs. Jones"
http://www.ohms.com/spitfire/spitfire.shtml
Jeff's Classic '67 Triumph Spitfire Mk3 Website
----- Original Message -----
From: Hansen, Hans C, III (Red), GLSVC <rhansen@att.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 4:36 AM
Subject: "Painting Your TR6 Seats" and Superlites
>
> Fellow LisTRs --
>
> I issued an offer on VTR to trade or buy seats for a 1974 TR6. Right now I
> have 70-72 seats in the car in decent shape. The seats are black and I
want
> to change the color of my interior to chestnut or beige. The problem is,
> none of the Big Three provides seat reupholster kits for 70-72 seats in
> either of those colors.
>
> One person replied to my ad by suggesting that I should paint my seats the
> color I want. Do any of you know how to do this? Where to buy the paint?
> What paint to use? Any and all suggestions are welcome and needed. Heck,
if
> I can paint my seats why not paint the interior?<grin> I know there are
> vinyl paints out there, but I know nothing about them.
>
> In a related matter, I inquired at Superlite about the availability of
their
> wheels for a TR6. Here is their reply:
> "Dear Sir,
> You will pleased to know we have just introduced our new range of wheels
> including 5.5x15/6x15/7x15 Magnesium wheels specifically for the
> triumphs-TR6 etc. As this is very new we have not yet calculated the costs
> but if you can bear with us for a few weeks I will get our US agent to
> contact you with prices in due course.
> Kind regards
> Karen Matty"
>
> TIA, Red Hansen
> '74 TR6 CF13994
> '58 TR3A TS41439
> 39 Days 'Til Spring!
>
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