Hi to you all hope the rain and wind not getting to you......Hear is some photos of a T 5 van that i re trimmed the front seats in leather and alcetara fabric centers, i hope you like as this is the first T 5 van that I've shown on hear ENJOY.
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What a great looking van all it needs is the seats.....lol
With the seat removed , now begins the strip down....careful removing the panels and keeping the clips all together, loads of photos helps you remember were they go when it comes to putting it all back together.
The before look ...... with the fabric centres , let the magic begin....
All striped down and ready for the cutting out.... on the seat foam swabs i swapped the drivers with the passengers...this evened out the wear on the foam swab.
As you can see the foams are in great condition so not much repairs needed
The old covers laid out ready to be marked and unpicked for use as patterns.
All marked...... this allows you to transfer the marks to the new material so when sewing it all lines up....
Head rest unpicked , this might be a small part but it takes a lot of work to get it right.
The cutting starts with the centre material. as this material is over £95.00 meter i made sure i was not cutting it wrong.....gulp.....TIME FOR TEA.
This shows the seat swab all cut out the leather side panels with the cloth centres.
A jump forward hear to the fitting of the new seat cover to the foam swab, these fit to the base frame separate to the main chair...makes life a lot easier.
There all on and i must say myself looking great.
Now for the back........ as you can see you slide the back on inside out . This allows you to access the inner fixing clips.... great care is needed here as one slip and back to the start......
This shows the seat swab just fitted to the base frame......it still needs working into place to remove the fullness you can see on the leather, if this does not go away a ( TIP OF THE DAY ) is use steam.... this softens the leather making it more workable if needed.
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There all done.....just the arms and head rest to go......
There the arms all done.....people think that they are easy..... they may be small but they very hard to get right .....just take your time.
There all on just the over cover for the rear arm fixing to go ready for the van.
There the arms and head rest all on and me very happy with the result.
A close up of the stitching finish.........hours of fun that was......
There as if by magic......well about four days of hard work and some very expensive materials... but wow it was worth it.........
Well i hope you all liked the pictures.... if you have any questions please contact me and i be glad to help.... or pop in for a cuppa as the kettles always on.
Cheers Colin.
