[Tigers] mk1a seat redo

[Mark Rense]

I've done several later seats, follow Brad's advise on the pleats. Also I
bought several boxes (ok, borrowed them from the office) of those black
paper clamps to hold the covering in place while the glue dried.

The rubber diaphragm is much easier to stretch into place when it is warmed
up. I bought a can of brush-on contact cement rather than using the spray
can.

Have fun!

Bugz


On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 8:24 PM Jeffery Randall via Tigers <
tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:

> It's pretty straight forward to do once you get into it, the one thing
> I've seen first timers miss is gluing (or even stitching down) the seam
> that goes across the front pleat, making it conform to the seat pad. I
> contact cement that area generously then put a car battery on it to dry.
> Just look for glue residue on the pads when you take them apart and put it
> back together the same way.
>   Jeff
>
> On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 5:55 PM, Brad Huff via Tigers <
> tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> Gentlemen,
> I am redoing my Tiger seats and need some help. I have attempted to
> contact Martha but have not gotten a response. I am trying to figure out
> the proper procedure for recovering the seat bottoms and want to do it
> right the first time. I have read Joe Parlanti’s write up on the TEAE.org
> website but still have some questions. My seats are the newer version that
> uses the rubber diaphragm bottoms as opposed to the individual straps that
> Joe describes. Can anyone out there that has done this give me some advice?
> Do I need to glue anything in place? It seems that the foam sits nicely
> nestled down into the frame and with the seat cover in place probably won’t
> shift or slide out of position, or am I missing something? A step by step
> procedure of “Tiger seat renewal for dummies” from someone that has done
> this before would be extremely helpful. My seat covers are still in
> reasonably nice shape and will be reused. The seat backs will be used as
> is, the only reason I am doing this at all is the bottom foam has self
> destructed and my drivers seat frame had broken and needed welding. Also,
> as stated in a previous post, the cross tubing that is a height adjuster is
> missing on the drivers side frame. I didn’t even notice it until I saw
> pictures on the net and compared it to my passenger side frame. I am fairly
> tall so it really wasn’t an issue. If it were yours would you take the one
> off the passenger side and put it on the drivers side? Any help will be
> appreciated and thank you in advance.-Brad
>
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