The foam used in most parts of the Spit seats is quite hard so that it retains its shape. Upholstery shops typically use "Loaded Foam" that is not available in the usual places you and I might look.
I am not sure if all the usual suspects sell the same upholstery kits, but I have to say that the Herringbone covers I got from BPNW are quite good and have been on my red Spit over 10 years and still look as good a new. Finally, I suspect that a flat tonneau will be too tight on your seats unless you remove the headrests entirely. That brings to mind that I think that certain European models have seats that were identical to the later US ones but sans headrests. They might also be non-reclining. So there is a possibility that you can get those covers and not have the hole at the top that the headrest goes through. That would certainly allow a flat tonneau to work OK. Joe -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Rhodes Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 10:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Spits] Upholstery quality? And Tonneau question End of last season, the driver's seat frame finally broke under my excess girth, so I had to pull the upholstery off. I redid the seats with new everything about 10 years ago, using materials from Victoria British. I was never particularly happy with the quality of the materials, and taking the seat apart has pretty well made me decide that it is time to do it over again - the seat foams are in a pretty terrible state, and the cardboard parts of the seat covers have disintegrated. Does anyone have any opinions as to who has the best quality foams and covers? Or do all the places pretty much sell the same stuff and just get it where it is cheapest/most convenient? Given the crummy quality and ridiculous price of the foams, I am tempted to try making my own from bulk foam. Luckily, I still had the driver's seat from the Spitfire I parted out years ago, so that went in for the time being. Not great, but the worst of it is hidden with the top down. And my butt covers the rest! Lastly, I really need a new tonneau cover. Is it really necessary to get the one with headrest pockets that is listed for my car? I have '74 seats with the tiny headrests that don't even go up into them. Seems like a flat one would be tidier, and they are a bit cheaper. Hard to believe, but I bought Freddy 12 years ago this July, on my birthday. One of us is getting old.... ;-) Kevin Rhodes Westbrook, Maine [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
