Doug: That's exactly my concern. I want to get replacement material that I will be happy with, especially the foam. Anyone out there got any advice on a quality supplier?
> Hello, > > I redid my seats a couple of years ago with new foams and covers from Rimmer > Bros. > The covers were nice, but the foam pieces were not so good. The problem was > that > the foam along the sides of the seat base was not dense enough, and you did > not > end up with enough lateral support. The original seat base foams were made > of > molded > latex sponge rubber, which is a high-quality and expensive material. As far > as > I know, > none of the repro suppliers use this material because of the high cost of the > material > itself and the required tooling. > > Doug Braun > '72 Spit > > At 12:14 AM 4/1/2005 +0000, you wrote: > >Spit-Listers: > > > >I have been lurking about for a long time and not posting much. Read > diligently though, keep learning a lot. > > > >I live in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. I just realized that the annual > VTR meeting is in Rockford, IL at the end of July, the weathers been > unseasonably warm here, and I need to not only fire up the beast, I need to > get > to that spring to do list like now. > > > >Great recent advice on carpet sets, I'm buying one. Here's my question: > > > >I have the original seats in my '70 MK III. As you might imagine, the foam > >in > the seats is just a memory that has mostly ended up in the vacuum. I need > new > foam, and would really like to replace the seat covers because they are not > looking real good these days either (I attribute this to my lifestyle during > college in the mid to late 70's). If I get all of the above can I do this > job > my self, or should I get a professional upholstery type person to do the > seats? > The 1970 seats are fairly unique in style, am I going to get good quality > foam > and seat covers that fit properly? Anyone out there that has done 1970 seats > that can make a recommendation of supplier for the new materials? > > > >PS. I tried to post this last summer when the list went down briefly and > >never > saw it. Some of the conversation has turned to the same again and I thought > I'd > just add my .02. I have one of Joe Curry's camber compensator's on my car > and I > could not believe the difference after installation. I know the compensator > is > specifically designed for the rear wheel tuck which I never probably came > close > to doing in the 27 years of driving the car before installation, but it made > the whole feel of the car much more solid and tighter. The back end is a > little > more bouncy now but its a good bouncy. I highly recommend one for any MK I, > II > of III owners out there. Cheap and easy to install too. > > > >Thanks for any help, > > > >Ron St. John > >1970 Spitfire Mk III > >FDU 89708 L *** http://www.team.net/the-local *** Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/posting.html *** unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try *** http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool *** http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo *** Archives at http://www.team.net/archive *** Edit your replies!
