Unfortunately, mine was a bench seat car and I already paid about $125 for
the pair I have. Sounds like I didn't get such a good deal for the amount
of rust that was hiding under the covers. The frames are fine, so I
probably will just bite the bullet and get the complete spring kits.
Thanks,
Matt
At 02:35 PM 1/10/2006, Trooper wrote:
I only had one broken spring per seat and there was no rust. If yours are
that bad you will probably need the complete spring kit. I would look for
replacements first. The seats are the same for 69-72 chevelles and BOP. I
picked a set up at a swap meet for $125 for the pair. The seats looked
terrible but the skeletons were in excellent shape.
Trooper
----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Post" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Thanks Trooper. I think my springs are beyond fixable. (Where they're
not broken, they are very rusty.) $50 each is a great deal
though. Maybe I'll call around locally before I spend many hours trying
to fix them myself.
Thanks,
Matt
At 03:01 PM 1/9/2006, Trooper wrote:
The springs aren't that hard to replace if you have the right tools but
for the money I would recommend a pro. I had mine done for $50 each. I
stripped the seats, blasted the frames and POR15'ed them. Then I took
them to him and I supplied the covers and the foam. He fixed the
springs, supplied the burlap and added some foam. The repo foam just
didn't fill out the seats like I wanted them.
Trooper
----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Post" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 12:27 PM
Subject: [Chevelle-list] Bucket Seats
So, I took the old seat covers off my buckets seats and it looks like
the springs are broken in several places. I saw that reproduction
spring assemblies are available, but they recommend "Professional
Installation". Has anyone tried this at home? They seemed to be held
in by metal tabs on the seat frames in several places, but is there
more to it? I was going to recover these seats myself, but now I'm
debating if I should have a pro tackle this. What do you guys recommend?
Thanks,
Matt
