Stuart,
I believe that you are facing two insurmountable facts:
1. Different die lots produce different shades of the same basic colour
2. Your old seats and vinyl have prbably faded slightly and are not the
original color that they were when new.
Having said that, you have two solutions to your problem:
1.Replace the seats and all coloured interior panels so that everything matches.
2. Replace just the seats and live with the difference.
Hope this helps,
Hugh Barber
'73 TR6
On Tue, 31 July 2001, StuCohen@aol.com wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have decided to confront a major issue that all Spitfire owners must at
>face some point...restoration of my seats. I opted to go with the beige
>houndstooth pattern to keep with originality, and ordered the whole megilla,
>seat foams and all, from Victoria British. However, the color of the vinyl in
>their kit was significantly different enough from the original that if I
>replaced the seats, they would be a distinctly different color from the rest
>of the interior. I've tried all the usual suspects (Spit Bits, Motorhead,
>etc.) for color samples of their seat kits and they've all come back with the
>same color. Apparently they all get their seat covers from the same
>manufacturer in Britain, and they tell me that's the only manufacturer of
>houndstooth covers in the world. The color I've been getting is more of a
>"darker tan-brownish" beige, and the original is more of a "lighter orangish"
>beige. I'm sure it's just a dye lot variation issue, and if I kept checking
>periodical!
> ly!
> over the next few years, I'd ev
> entually hit a dye lot that matches my original interior. Or I could replace
>the entire interior with the available color, but that would be a lot of
>unnecessary work and expense for an otherwise like-new interior. I'm really
>keen to do this sooner rather than later, and I'm wondering if anybody knows
>any other source for houndstooth pattern seats, or has any other option
>(preferably not ridiculously expensive) for getting the right color vinyl in a
>seat kit.
>
> Thanks,
> Stuart
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