Marcquito

recovered seats? PICS!!!!

V2Rocket

it was about a year ago lol, ill try to dig some up.

88BlueTSiQuest

Actual leather will stretch some, but no where near as much as vinyl(which I used). You can give it a try, if you have some spare leather you don't mind ruining, hit it with the heat gun to see how hot you can actually get it without hurting the outer part. Where gloves, as it's going to get hot.

Once you have a feel as to how hot you can get it, and how pliable it becomes, then you can go after the console, and see if you can't get the wrinkles worked out.

Worse case, stitch up a new piece with the dog legs of it shaped more like the console, so that it practically lays on it without any stretching or wrinkles.

Po924S

I didn't stitch a straight line, I followed the shape of the console. I'll just try the heat gun thing. Thanks.

GloriaRedStang

... Spencer, how goes your dash-re-cover project?

Mongo

Yea! How is it coming along? We are waiting!

V2Rocket

lol.

I haven't had much progress as of late; I made some rough templates off the shapes of the dash and got some cheap-*** vinyl to practice with. My stitching really needs some practice :-X

Next thing I'm going to do to the dash is lay some fiberglass on it to stiffen it up. The original vacuformed vinyl was a major part of the structure and without it the foam is pretty flimsy. Some fiberglass will make it hard without adding much weight.

As for the covering, I'm faced with a dilemma. I've seen my own stitchwork and its pretty bad lol. Sure with practice it could improve but I don't know how long that might be. I just talked to the guy who I had do my seats and he said he could make me a cover with my own material for $450. Or, if I give up on vinyl I could get some colormatched paint and paint the fiberglass.

I want it to come out nicely, so I'm going to keep my eyes open for fiberglass paint and keep practicing my stitching. Otherwise I'll be another $450 into the car but it will look damn good lol.

GloriaRedStang

I think the 928leather guy has a an early dash leather cover for $500 or $600, so getting someone to do a vinyl one off for $450 doesn't sound so good.

Keep us posted.

Luis de Prat

Spencer, I really like what you've done so far. Good work!

If you decide to go with leather and DIY, one trick to stitch leather is to soak it with water first. Good luck!