...after having the kit knocking about for 18 months or so :smash: I thought it's now time to get cracking!

 

I got the rears done in about 2 1/2 hours - I was surprised at how straight-forward the job was. i think the trickiest part was trying to get those damn plastic ties to thread back around the frame of the seat. after the tenth one i worked out that if i pushed one finger down one side, then tried to slide the tie from the other side up my nail then it did the job (i think the ties i bought were a little too small to work with, but patience payed off in the end)

 

i also have blue trim to replace all the tweed cards etc. but i think it may be too light (its like an electric blue) to go with the darkness of the blue in the seats. will have to put some of it up temporarily with blu-tac or double-sided tape and see what i think.

 

im loving the colour and am very pleased with the quality of the material, and what id achieved in an afternoon. passenger-side seat next (maybe this weekend) - this will definately be trickier but im ready for it. bring it on! woooooo!

 

ps. i took this photo before i screwed the top back in, so the two halves look a little off-cock

 

Where did you get the kit- still available??

Good work buddy :D

looks great, its a job I would like to do in the future

Where did you get the kit- still available??

 

they crop up on ebay from time to time. also ZCentre sell the kits.

I like the two tone style, are they the leatherte kits???

Looks good. do some before and after pics mate.

I like the two tone style, are they the leatherte kits???

Looks good. do some before and after pics mate.

 

thanks mate - yeah theyre Vytex, nice soft material and look good. not dead cow but the difference doesnt bother me! its just a shame the tweed makes them look crap! i'll have to get a move on and get the cards and trim done too

Are yours Z centre ones, or the same as?

not bad that really... its good :)

looks good mate :D , and look forward to some finished pics

You said it only took you 2.5 hrs for the rears? Are they effectively seat covers then, because I thought the full re-upholstery task could take days if not weeks!

You said it only took you 2.5 hrs for the rears? Are they effectively seat covers then, because I thought the full re-upholstery task could take days if not weeks!

 

they are covers that replace the old leather - for each half of the rear seat (top and bottom) takes about 10 mins to remove old cover, then the remainder to stretch/poke/pull/fiddle with/tie up the new one. the fronts i would image take longer, but if you were dedicated i bet you could do all seats in a couple of full days. (edited - those front seats are a bugger!) (edited again - when i say full days, but down 24 hours days :slap: )

Edited September 20, 200916 yr by EvoluZion3
under-estimated!

Are yours Z centre ones, or the same as?

 

ive not seen the Z-Centre ones (at least, to my knowledge), I would imagine they are the same.

Looking good Dave. I finished mine last weekend :duffer:

Hows your fingers Dave? ;)

Hows your fingers Dave? ;)

 

Who me dave??? Fookin killed for a while getting the old hog rings off :rofl:

got the passenger seat done. took me 5 hours last Saturday just to do the top half, then about 4 hours today to do the bottom half :headvswal fooknell they take bloody ages - would be easier just to paint them :wack:

 

 

State of play last week

 

 

Cool - seats have sell-by dates too! :rofl:

 

 

All ready to be put back together

 

 

Brand new windscreen went on yesterday after a bloody crack appeared in one corner. Idiots put in a blue window instead of a bronze like I asked but it looks pretty good - gives me an excuse to tint the other windows slightly.

 

 

That driver's seat's got "i'm next" written all over it ;) Im hoping Jeff can come to the rescue with the missing passenger-side bits :)

Took you a while, but worth the effort i see mate. You have done a superb job! :bow:

That looks pritty good mate:D!

looking great mate, and that comparison of bronze and bule windows is great, never realised there was such a difference

REally want to get seats liek that for my zed:(lol.

looking really good Dave. You have done a good job.

 

I will have to take some pics soon :)

Looking good buddy and i know what a pig of a job it is too so well done :D

Looking great mate, like the new blue tint 2 ;)