Seat Renewal
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From: Beverly Hills Florida
Seat Renewal
Looking at a lot of 98 to 00 and those with 60K miles all require new seat bolsters because of wear. Where do I go to get new seat covers, without buying the whole interior. And what are you paying for them?
Want to install them myself.
Thanks for any info.
Bill
Want to install them myself.
Thanks for any info.
Bill
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St. Jude Donor '06
Bolster wear is very common. Ive done a couple of threads on this before but heres the best one:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1516586
also use this:
http://www.vetteessentials.com/instr...er_change.html
For the most part, the swap is super simple. It took me 3 hours and i moved super slow so as not to break anything. The hardest part is getting the hog rings removed. I had to reuse the hog rings but you could just use zipties and it would be much easier!
Definitely look at your seat foam bottoms and foam side bolsters...I bet they are cut to shreads from the frame rails and inflatable plates. I bought a pack of white terrycloth hand towels (12in x 12in) and placed one inside of each bolster and i taped the hell of out of the seat bottoms. I used hockey tape but any fabric tape would work. You'll see what i mean when you take everything apart. There are pictures in the thread i linked to above.
As far as new covers, you can simply replace them with OEM through one of the forum vendors, you could go to mid-america, al knoch, or one of the other aftermarket guys, or you could go all out and buy a set from vette essentials.
The cheapest place to look is here on this forum in the parts for sale section
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1516586
also use this:
http://www.vetteessentials.com/instr...er_change.html
For the most part, the swap is super simple. It took me 3 hours and i moved super slow so as not to break anything. The hardest part is getting the hog rings removed. I had to reuse the hog rings but you could just use zipties and it would be much easier!
Definitely look at your seat foam bottoms and foam side bolsters...I bet they are cut to shreads from the frame rails and inflatable plates. I bought a pack of white terrycloth hand towels (12in x 12in) and placed one inside of each bolster and i taped the hell of out of the seat bottoms. I used hockey tape but any fabric tape would work. You'll see what i mean when you take everything apart. There are pictures in the thread i linked to above.
As far as new covers, you can simply replace them with OEM through one of the forum vendors, you could go to mid-america, al knoch, or one of the other aftermarket guys, or you could go all out and buy a set from vette essentials.
The cheapest place to look is here on this forum in the parts for sale section
Last edited by Stealthy4; May 31, 2007 at 09:17 AM.
