And so it begins again.... (86 Vert)

[JTurbo]

Ok, finally finished up the seat project. Here are the original seats from back when I bought the car many moons ago:

I've been using a set of later aero seats up until this point:


While I had the seats out, I replaced all of the seat belt sleeves:



And here is the final result:

[escogt]

Looks great, Joe!!!! I love the new seats better than the aero seats!!

[82GTforME]

Looks great, Joe!!!! I love the new seats better than the aero seats!!

I never saw this thread before Joe and just spent some time going through it! Nice work yet again! I think the seats look great now even though the areo ones weren't too bad to me! Did you get new foam also and was the leather work custom or were these available to order? Either way, it's a whole new car on the inside now too!

[magnum517]

Seats look great! You did very nice work on them!


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[tORMENtOR]

Looks great JT!

[JTurbo]

Looks great, Joe!!!! I love the new seats better than the aero seats!!

Thanks Esco, it actually feels like driving an entirely different car.

I never saw this thread before Joe and just spent some time going through it! Nice work yet again! I think the seats look great now even though the areo ones weren't too bad to me! Did you get new foam also and was the leather work custom or were these available to order? Either way, it's a whole new car on the inside now too!

Thanks - this is the TMI kit (bought from FMR) and I re-used the original seat foam. I did have to fix the drivers side seat back (typical gangsta lean) and I added some additional wire support to the seat back to help out out the old foam....

Seats look great! You did very nice work on them!

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Thanks Bill!

Looks great JT!

Thanks Joe!

[n20capri]

Awesome Joe

[JTurbo]

Awesome Joe

Thanks Mike!

Finished up my steering wheel re-cover. Nothing wrong with the original steering wheel, but I like the feel of a thicker wheel. So I bought an inexpensive steering wheel cover from ebay and put it on my self. I had to add a thin layer of foam padding under the cover for it to fit properly. I think it turned out pretty good. I'll put it back on the car tomorrow:

Close-up of the cover / stitching:

[JTurbo]

Here is what the kit looks like (pics from ebay ad):



This is the 2nd steering wheel I've used these kits on. I recovered a wheel in my former white SVO. That one I did with the wheel still in the car.

This one I decided it would be easier to do with the wheel removed. Removing the wheel helped a ton. BTW - the cover only cost $4.99 shipped to my door.....

[escogt]

The steering wheel came out fantastic, Joe!! Nice touch!!

[n20capri]

Yeah that's cool. Whoever owned my Capri before me had done that. When they are stitched nice they look awesome. Time for that on my SVO. Link it up Joe!!

[JTurbo]

The steering wheel came out fantastic, Joe!! Nice touch!!

Thanks Esco!

Yeah that's cool. Whoever owned my Capri before me had done that. When they are stitched nice they look awesome. Time for that on my SVO. Link it up Joe!!

Mike, search Ebay motors for "Black DIY Car PU Leather Steering Wheel Cover"

Here is a typical ad: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nice-PU-Leat...63e4c1&vxp=mtr

Here are the specs from the ad of the one that I bought:
Material : PU Leather
Pore exquisite and comfortable handle
Great for replacing a damaged or worn original factory leather covered steering wheels.
Color : Black
Outer Diameter: approx. 38cm
Total Length: approx. 106cm
Width: 10.5 cm

JT

[eeprete]

both the seats and the steering wheel look awesome, JT.

[JTurbo]

** 2022 Update ** Since the photo links are all fubar, I created a YouTube video of this project.
It will be 2 parts, here is Part 1: https://youtu.be/-bFez_KvFx0