Finished my seat refurbish

"Quattro-luvr, Powered by Datsun & Stinger" (drbajones) 07/19/2016 at 11:27 • Filed to: datsun, roadster

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I finished rebuilding my Datsun Roadster seat last night. Pretty happy with the results.

The old seats are kinda faded... just a bit.

getFuckedHerb > Quattro-luvr, Powered by Datsun & Stinger 07/19/2016 at 11:36

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Great work, they look awesome!

Quattro-luvr, Powered by Datsun & Stinger > getFuckedHerb 07/19/2016 at 11:38

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Thanks!

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Quattro-luvr, Powered by Datsun & Stinger 07/19/2016 at 11:50

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Brilliant! I've got this to do (as well as making my own seat covers) for the Spitfire soonish. Any tips/tricks?

TysMagic > Quattro-luvr, Powered by Datsun & Stinger 07/19/2016 at 12:03

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I absolutely love stuff like this! Well done, excellent project.

Quattro-luvr, Powered by Datsun & Stinger > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 07/19/2016 at 14:13

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Oh man, you’re making the covers yourself? You’re way more bad ass than me. I bought mine already made.

Couple of things that helped me. I used POR15 cleaner/degreaser then their metal prep. Applied POR15 chassis black and then a coat of rattle can black.

Barge contact cement, apply to two surfaces and allow to dry for 45 minutes minimum. The below picture is the back of my headrest.

For new straps I used 2" webbing. I modified a soldering gun to melt holes into the webbing for the 14ga wire holding clips. I made the nylon straps about 1/4 shorter than needed. It doesn’t stretch much.

One the new foam seat bottom I cut it with an electric knife. Then used 3M 77 spray adhesive to glue heavy canvas to the foam seat bottom where it contacts the strapping.

Use a dry cleaning bag over the foam to ease slipping the cover on. I put my vinyl covers in the dryer for 5 minutes and they were very pliable. I also worked in covers in the sun so they’d stay somewhat warm.

You can see it in this picture(top left corner), I have 14ga wire in the sewn over vinyl at the bottom of the cover. It was this way from the factory. It help you keep and even pull on the material and wont let it pucker.

The steel back of the seat has cotton batting material spray glued to it to help keep a smooth look and be a little softer to the touch than just the steel back.

Good luck!

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Quattro-luvr, Powered by Datsun & Stinger 07/19/2016 at 17:14

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Great job, and thanks for all the detail! Will definitely come in handy :)

It’s mainly me being tight that means i’m doing it myself :S although it does mean i can swap out the vinyl in the middle of the seat base and back for a cool blue tartan :)

Quattro-luvr, Powered by Datsun & Stinger > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 07/20/2016 at 09:30

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Tartan would be awesome!

This is what I’d love to have in my car, but red.

or

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Quattro-luvr, Powered by Datsun & Stinger 07/20/2016 at 09:54

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Ooh yeah vintage buckets would be really nice. If seat covers are out of my price range, those will be way out!

The tartan I’ve picked is ‘Anderson Modern’ and I think it will compliment a light sea-blue exterior (Triumph Valencia Blue) rather well :)

Just tried to post a pic but Kinja doesn't like my work computer...

Quattro-luvr, Powered by Datsun & Stinger > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 07/20/2016 at 10:22

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Oh yeah, that’s a nice looking pattern!