Looking for some 1 to restore my front seats out of my series 1 rs turbo as they are warn and I don't want to put different seats in it as I want to keep the originals

 

Where are you in the country?

 

Am at York buddy

 

To be honest mate if they need recovering you've got no chance whatsoever of getting hold of any of the cloth - that ran out years back. And if you do find some somewhere that someone has stored, you'll pay through the nose to buy it as people know what it's worth. If originality is what you want, you'll need to find a decent set of seats to replace yours.

Or do yours just need new bolsters etc and the cloth is fine ?

 

It's pretty easy to rebuild them from 2 worn seats and a good passenger seat or 2,I have done it loads and not just swapping the top halfs over so the winder is on the wrong side,I mean completely stripping the good bits from 1 and fitting to your frames.
The bit that sticks most folk is the headrests,there's a big r clip that stops them coming out,unclip the hooks between the top of the inside section of the seat and the outer and this reveals the r clips.
If you can do general maintenance to your car then rebuilding these is easy.

 

Thanks for the advice and my seats arn't that bad just worn on the drivers bolster the foam is ok just wanted it patched up . But if it is going to be a nightmare then I will just try and find some seats that are in better condition

 

Thanks for the advice mate going to see if I can get a set of seats now seems its not going to be worth my while

 

maybe try http://www.auto-trim.co.uk/vehicle-trimming.html

 

Nice 1 buddy I will give him a bell when I get home cheers

 

If its just the bolster cloth thats worn, not the pattern stuff then any good trimmer should be able to match it from stock.

Had my 3i seat repaired when the foam had gone and started to flatten the cloth. Looked like new when he'd finished. Used a slightly firmer foam too and added a backing to stop it happening again too quick. Same with underneath where the support wires were cutting into the foam base.

 

Nice 1 buddy yeh it's just on the arm bolster that's worn through just trying to get every thing done cos I am restoring the car like Nd to be honest its been a nightmare

 

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