Reupholstering Del Sol seats
03-16-2005, 12:53 PM
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Reupholstering Del Sol seats
We just redid the carpet in the del sol and now we are moving on to the seats.
a couple questions:
1) What is the best way to get the old cloth off without raping the foam?
2) How can you get the headrest cloth off without cutting it?
3) What spray glue do you recommend for under the new cloth (or in our case leather)?
4) Does the glue smell at all or anything on those hot days?
5) Anyway to repair the foam because of wear and tear?
Please dont respond with useless info, if you dont know then dont post... Thank you in advance.
a couple questions:
1) What is the best way to get the old cloth off without raping the foam?
2) How can you get the headrest cloth off without cutting it?
3) What spray glue do you recommend for under the new cloth (or in our case leather)?
4) Does the glue smell at all or anything on those hot days?
5) Anyway to repair the foam because of wear and tear?
Please dont respond with useless info, if you dont know then dont post... Thank you in advance.
03-16-2005, 01:04 PM
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Re: Reupholstering Del Sol seats (dmbmalaka)
I have no idea how to do it, But you should write a how to for the rest of us sol owners when your done so we can do it too, With pics of course 
03-16-2005, 05:15 PM
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Ummmm.....Pay an upholstery shop?
You'll need the hog ring pullers, and a lot of time, and sewing skills. I have no idea how to do it, but if you do DIY then I'd LOVE to see a write up. GL
You'll need the hog ring pullers, and a lot of time, and sewing skills. I have no idea how to do it, but if you do DIY then I'd LOVE to see a write up. GL
03-16-2005, 07:08 PM
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The old seats should just come right off. Undo the metal clips at the bottem and unzipper the cloth.
As for putting new leather or cloth on, i cant help ya with that one.
As for putting new leather or cloth on, i cant help ya with that one.
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you didnt do those, haha<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ZacCarter »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">dont be jelous...
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03-16-2005, 08:01 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dohcdelsol »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The old seats should just come right off. Undo the metal clips at the bottem and unzipper the cloth.
As for putting new leather or cloth on, i cant help ya with that one.</TD></TR></TABLE>
the foam kinda sticks to them... no doubt i'll be able to do it but i was wondering if anyone had any tricks
As for putting new leather or cloth on, i cant help ya with that one.</TD></TR></TABLE>
the foam kinda sticks to them... no doubt i'll be able to do it but i was wondering if anyone had any tricks
03-16-2005, 08:03 PM
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Hahah. Im not sure heating up foam is such a good idea. Regardless if its low heat. What would catch or melt first, foam or glue? I wouldn't want dmbmalaka to find out the hard way 
03-16-2005, 08:08 PM
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I'm not saying to make the glue melt. Heating the parts up w/ a blowdryer may be enough to loosen the glue enough so that you are not tearing foam off. Just an idea.
03-16-2005, 09:40 PM
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As far as I know the fabric isn't glued to the foam... I took apart a seat for a 93 civic lx sedan and it wasn't glued, just stretched real tight over the foam. Haven't taken Sol seats apart but I would think they are the same. Anyway good luck and post pics when they're done!
03-16-2005, 10:23 PM
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we already started one and the cloth (especially the stripe down the middle) seemed glued... it could have been just old and stuck.
we are gonna prolly take pics and possibly do a DIY for it. We bought the leather as a kit though, so the DIY would jsut be changing the covers from cloth to leather.
does anyone want us to do the DIY?
we are gonna prolly take pics and possibly do a DIY for it. We bought the leather as a kit though, so the DIY would jsut be changing the covers from cloth to leather.
does anyone want us to do the DIY?
03-16-2005, 11:21 PM
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Re: (mMmdoOonut)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mMmdoOonut »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i would certainly like to see a DIY... i've got a tiny rip in my del sol seats</TD></TR></TABLE>
Ditto here, and where'd you get the kit from? I wonder if I can get OEM-like cloth and patterns. Mine are starting to show their age.
Ditto here, and where'd you get the kit from? I wonder if I can get OEM-like cloth and patterns. Mine are starting to show their age.
03-17-2005, 04:10 AM
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Re: Reupholstering Del Sol seats (dmbmalaka)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dmbmalaka »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">We just redid the carpet in the del sol and now we are moving on to the seats.
a couple questions:
1) What is the best way to get the old cloth off without raping the foam?
2) How can you get the headrest cloth off without cutting it?
3) What spray glue do you recommend for under the new cloth (or in our case leather)?
4) Does the glue smell at all or anything on those hot days?
5) Anyway to repair the foam because of wear and tear?
Please dont respond with useless info, if you dont know then dont post... Thank you in advance.
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I would contact DELSOLEMITE here on H-T. He's got a Sol with stock reupholstered seats thats black leather with red stitch. Looks crazy. Not sure if he did it himself but it's def worth looking into. Good luck.
a couple questions:
1) What is the best way to get the old cloth off without raping the foam?
2) How can you get the headrest cloth off without cutting it?
3) What spray glue do you recommend for under the new cloth (or in our case leather)?
4) Does the glue smell at all or anything on those hot days?
5) Anyway to repair the foam because of wear and tear?
Please dont respond with useless info, if you dont know then dont post... Thank you in advance.
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I would contact DELSOLEMITE here on H-T. He's got a Sol with stock reupholstered seats thats black leather with red stitch. Looks crazy. Not sure if he did it himself but it's def worth looking into.
Good luck.
03-18-2005, 02:35 AM
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Re: Reupholstering Del Sol seats (S(J)O(D)L(M))
I believe DelSolSir has had his seats done as well, that is before he sold them.
I'd LOVE to see a DIY on this though. I'm always up for learning something new and saving myself money in the process.
I'd LOVE to see a DIY on this though. I'm always up for learning something new and saving myself money in the process.
03-18-2005, 01:05 PM
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Re: Reupholstering Del Sol seats (mMmdoOonut)
checked into delsolsir's. he had his done for him. and we already started... we'll try to put it back together the best that we can so we can do a good diy.