 Backpad and Seat Re-Upholstery, From Autos International Kits |
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| nick mironov |
 May 14 2007, 10:07 PM
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nickm  Group: Members Posts: 204 Joined: 12-June 05 From: San Francisco, CA Member No.: 4,264  |
This shows how to re-upholster late model backpad and seats using pre-made kits.
This thread should nicely complement the excellent How to Restore Headrest, Tutorial with Pictures thread in the classics forum. My kits came from Autos International - ask for Auggie. Nice guy, very helpful, did extra research for me, sent samples, and used custom fabric and perforation. I also found kits at World Upholstry, but they did not want to deal with other than vinyl or leather fabric, and I wanterd the perforated suede. I think that there are other upholstery kits available as well. Basic costs are about $200 a seat and $200 for the backpad. Mine were a little more because of the perforated "suede" material from Miami Corp that I elected to use. At first I thought that I would try to sew the upholstery myself, using the existing pieces as templates. I finally decided against it and I am very glad that I did not attempt to sew. The only problem that I had was that the seat headrest fabric fit too loosely. Autos International would have fixed it, but I took care of it myself by re-stitching some of the seams. I am sure that they would have done it better than I did, but I did not want to send them the headrests and wait to get them back. If you choose Autos International, I recommend that you send them your headrests for proper fitting. After shooting a number of pictures, I found that my camera was starting to act up and finally failed. Many of the pictures were unfortunately not salvageable, so I only chose the best ones, and the presentation is not as detailed as I had hoped it would be. Mt 914 is a V8 conversion with 16" 4-lug Superlight wheels. Carpet kits are by Morph. Make sure that you have a good staple gun and get 2 large cans of spray-on adhesive (I used 3M Super 77) and two tubes of rubber cement (I used Barge Cement) Very important: Remove the fabric from only one piece or seat at a time, leaving the other intact for you to reference the details during the re-assembly process. Finished Interior: Attached image(s)  
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| johannes |
May 15 2007, 11:07 AM
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Club Porsche 914 France member since 2005 Group: Members Posts: 3,092 Joined: 13-January 06 From: France Member No.: 5,409 Region Association: France |
GREAT JOB !... I vote for the classics too.
After reading this thread, no one will be scared to do the job himself. |
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nick mironov Backpad and Seat Re-Upholstery May 14 2007, 10:07 PM
nick mironov Backpad re-upholstering:
First remove the seats.
... May 14 2007, 10:16 PM nick mironov Remove all of the staples form the back and then p... May 14 2007, 10:22 PM nick mironov Repair any damage to the backing board. I used fib... May 14 2007, 10:25 PM nick mironov Now you are ready to install the new upholstery.
... May 14 2007, 10:32 PM nick mironov Fill any tears and gouges in the padding with clea... May 14 2007, 10:37 PM nick mironov This is where the camera failed, so I did not get ... May 14 2007, 10:45 PM nick mironov This is one finished side. Repeat the process on t... May 14 2007, 10:49 PM nick mironov Next work on the center pad. This is very easy com... May 14 2007, 10:54 PM nick mironov Reassemble the three pieces - two side pieces and ... May 14 2007, 10:57 PM
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Reassemble the three pieces - two side pieces and... Jul 27 2021, 07:08 PM nick mironov The seats are next.
Disassemble only one at a tim... May 14 2007, 11:01 PM nick mironov Remove two screws on the back of the headrest that... May 14 2007, 11:04 PM nick mironov Remove the backpad. Note the three hooks at the ba... May 14 2007, 11:09 PM nick mironov This picture shows the backside of the backpad. No... May 14 2007, 11:09 PM nick mironov Now remove the seat rails using a hex key on the a... May 14 2007, 11:13 PM nick mironov Remove the seat cover fabric. Note that it is held... May 14 2007, 11:16 PM nick mironov Pull the wire beads out from the side pockets. I p... May 14 2007, 11:18 PM nick mironov Disassemble the backpad. Very carefully, using you... May 14 2007, 11:22 PM nick mironov You are now ready to start re-upholstering the sea... May 14 2007, 11:29 PM nick mironov Work the fabric by stretching the wrinkles out. May 14 2007, 11:30 PM nick mironov Spray glue on the botton of the seat and on the fa... May 14 2007, 11:31 PM nick mironov Glue the "shoulders", stretching them as... May 14 2007, 11:35 PM nick mironov Back to the backpad.
Install the new cover over t... May 14 2007, 11:38 PM nick mironov Install the backpad over the seat.
Hook the headr... May 14 2007, 11:41 PM nick mironov Re-attach the interior screws to hold the headrest... May 14 2007, 11:43 PM nick mironov Spray adhesive and glue in the backing into the co... May 14 2007, 11:46 PM nick mironov Finally the seat cushions...
These are the easies... May 14 2007, 11:52 PM nick mironov And the finished product again... May 14 2007, 11:53 PM MrKona Let me be the first to say... NICE JOB! :bee... May 15 2007, 12:42 AM markb Yes indeed, nicely done.
You might go back & f... May 15 2007, 12:55 AM Jerry Wow, very nice!!!! I think this... May 15 2007, 07:57 AM 9146986 I'll 2nd or 3rd the vote on making this a Clas... May 15 2007, 01:46 PM Rotary'14 :agree:
Great pics, good information. Insant cl... May 15 2007, 05:36 PM Joe Owensby Nice job. thanks for sharing with us. Joe May 15 2007, 06:50 PM SGB love that blue fabric. May 15 2007, 10:49 PM bigkensteele I can't get enough of these kinds of threads. ... May 16 2007, 12:35 AM smj Great job Nick, thanks for putting this together. ... May 16 2007, 05:15 PM Gint That looks fantastic Nick! May 16 2007, 07:29 AM Eric_Shea This will be a "Classic" for sure.
Th... May 16 2007, 05:25 PM johannes This thread should be in the "classic" Aug 19 2007, 05:01 AM OU812
This thread should be in the "classic"
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Just want to add a belated thanks for this thread... Jan 29 2020, 10:05 AM dr914@autoatlanta.com autos international does fabulous work Jan 29 2020, 10:28 AM dstudeba
autos international does fabulous work
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