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J_A_M
 Post subject: Cleaning the GT seats
PostPosted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 7:22 pm 
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I got the Gumption and scrubbing brush out today and cleaned up one of the GT seats. Not bad for 34 year old seats!!

Only dilema I have got is the stitching came apart on both front seat bases, and even after cleaning them real well, they still don't look **NEW** ..... which is a bummer because the door cards and rear cards WILL be new. I am thinking I should just retrim these seats anyway..... :? Can't have something not new in a fully restored car :P

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definately have them restored
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They look beautiful - leave them be :wink:

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The seats in my old GT were the same colour as those but with the headrest and the drivers seat was split just like that, could be that I had a big bum :D but both seats had splits in the bases at the back as well, the wire had pulled away from the rubber mat thing and had no support at the rear, after fixing them no more problems with splitting. They look ok for 34 year old seats though

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damn...wish my old seats were that good :P

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Looks great for 34 years JAM..pull them apart and give them a good once over then re-stich them

sorry I did not come over this morning..Owen was not a good boy last night or morning :twisted:

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If the wire clips underneath have pulled out of the holes in the base tubes,
bring them round and Dr MIG will fix like he did Pops' ones. :wink:

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yea, I have already bought new diaphragms for them. When they go, fat asses make them sag real bad and split the stitching ... :lol:

These can be easily restitched, and would be almost like new, but they still don't look or feel like freshly retrimmed seats.....which is what I am used to.... :P

Found a rear card hiding underneath a plain clubby one today.Someone had fitted a stokko one OVER the GT one!!! :shock:

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gafmo wrote:
Looks great for 34 years JAM..pull them apart and give them a good once over then re-stich them

sorry I did not come over this morning..Owen was not a good boy last night or morning :twisted:


haha, that does not surprise me Jim. Aiden is 20months and he still has his moments, and i can probably say the Anton will be able to tell us tha even at 3 curtis still causes nights of sleeplessness. Kids are like minis, there a pain in the arse and cover you in crap, but you love them dearly!

Anton, the seats look good, you reckon you could clean my seats up and make em look that good.......

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Cheers Arron..hehe..yer I thought we were having to good for to long with the little Angle.
What are you going to do with the door card Anton..you cant re stich that :idea:

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aaron wrote:
[you could clean my seats up and make em look that good.......?


the S ones?? .... in a word....NO!

They are ripped and saggy and...... :lol: Sorry mate..... :(

Yes Jim......welcome to parenthood mate! And get used to it!
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J_A_M wrote:
They are ripped and saggy and...... :lol: Sorry mate..... :(



Don't forgget the HUGE peice of Black vinyl that is glued on over the rips, which of course is itself ripped..... :roll:

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Yep they look great Anton :)...

Have you thought about keep them the way they are though and getting another set of seats to recover?

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yea Erica my wife suggested that....only problem is that my trimmer likes to unstitch the pieces so he has templates for making new pieces..... :roll:
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restitch them as is and put them back in the car - original seats are better than retrimmed IMHO ;)
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