Porsche Front Seat Strip Down And Repair

Hello to you all here is a pair of front Porsche seats out of a 911 car, These seats are very rare as the covering on them has Porsche written across the fabric....The customer was keen to keep this material as its no longer available. I had to carefully strip the seats down so he could hand wash the covers ready for me to repair and re fit.....enjoy.....

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email : incavilla@aol.com

tel : 07794978914

This is the seat with it half striped down.......you can see the dirt on the lower left back corner......all of the foam seat swabs were in good condition and with a bit of work and new over foam added they were re used....

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This is the back and the inner foam striped down and ready for repair and the cleaned cover put back on.

A close up shot showing the wear and split in the foam seat swab.......a easy repair and it be as good as new.

There is the back ready for strip down you can see the writing that makes this cover special.

The seat striped down needing some new piping making up in matching vinyl and sewing in,

This is the back laid out with the outside back panel removed also the piping removed read for cleaning and new piping fixing on...Time for a cuppa.....

This shows the piping cut and sew ready for re sewing....

Here you can see the new piping sew in place a very close match to the original.

The old piping laid  out next to the new....you can see were the old one has worn !!!!!

This is a close up shot of the hand stapler clipping the outside back to the newly washed inside back with the new piping fixed.

A close up shot of the sewing process.......with the piping foot on the sewing machine allowing the piping to be sewn.

All done......wow what a difference a good clean and a new foam layer....it looks as good as new.......Hope you all liked the photos....if you have any questions please feel free and email me....

Thanks....Colin. 

BMW R1150 GSA Moter Bike Seat Re Cover...................



Hello  to you all.... well this is a bit of a different job.......A BMW  motor bike seat as you can see the original cover was in two tone colour ,The customer needed major adjustments to the seating height, as he has  long legs the seat height had to be adjusted as you can see in the pictures bellow, I hope you all like.

You can contact me on :

email : incavilla@aol.com 

tel : 07794978914

The angle of the front seat showing how low this made the seat.

                 

Here  you can see the shape that has to be reproduced when add extra foam

The cover all removed ready for my artistic side of me to have fun sculpting ....

This is the very first stage of gluing and shaping the foam.....slowly and carefully till it starts looking right.

There you can see the new foam shaped and ready for the foam topping to go on..... I used a specialised foam cutting electric cutter but a cheap and easy way is a electric calving knife.... dose the job as good.....Remember to ask mum before using...lol.

There all done ready for the top covering. again preparation is key to the finished look.... any lumps or hollows will show up now....very hard to put right.

All done.....just like that.... well not quite.....a few hours of stretching and gently heating the vinyl to help it stretch round the shape.

I hope you all can see the extra shape and height that i achieved..... if you need any help or advice please feel free to ring me or email me.

cheers Colin

VW Bay Window Van, Complete Rear Interior.........

Hello to you all  its time to think about all those jobs that need  to be done to your bus......let me know and i be happy to quote for any trimming needed. Well bellow is some update on a bus that i worked on the front door cards and fitting of IKEA micro kitchen units, i hope you like .

This is the bus ready for me to get stuck in.......

This is a picture showing the rock and roll bed fitted and in place....there are some more pictures in detail of this bed being done in an earlier blog.

This shows the table i made and fitted , it folds away
 allowing the rock and roll bed to be used.....

The IKEA units made up and fitted in to the bus.....a very cost effective way of having top quality units which fit very easily .......

As you can see the rock and roll bed out in all  its glory....ready for the shows .

A closer picture showing the table... note.... you can see the hing joint on the left side.... also you can see the folding table leg...very neat.

A birds eye view showing how important it is to get the upholstery all lined up.

This shows a add on which the customer asked for.... in blue at both sides a pocket for there  phones and bits when in bed.....nice....

Striped back to the bones....... the floor was already down so a good clean and ready to go....You can see the new Blue Bird Kustoms rock and roll bed fitted with new seat belts.

All the units arrive....now the fun begins.....wares the instructions...lol

There we go the first unit being put together and trial fitted, always double cheek as mistakes can be costly as i found out .

The unit in place and you can see the sink bowl ready to be fitted with the pump and drain all fitting in the one cupboard. A jump in picks to the door cards which the customer asked for to be done in the same style as the bed.

The finished look.....looking cool and with those speakers cruising with sounds..........

I treated the  inside of the door with a waxol treatment ...silly not to as how often do the door cards ever come off..............

Here is a picture showing the door card almost done... ready for the final stapling and new fixing clips.

Here you can see me sewing the plain boarder to  the tuck and roll panel, note  the stitch line to help sew too makes the job much easier.

The second door panel all cut and ready to be sew together.

This is were you can see me marking out were the stitch line goes to make the tuck and roll.

This shows the seat of the rock and roll bed being fitted....looking good. PEW......

A close up picture showing the piping just sewn to the top panel. 

Almost done.....the last piece to go on is the back border,this then allows you to fix the covering to the base board.

The large rear cushion in place that makes up the bed when needed.

At the beach with a brew on.....mmm roll on summer.

How important i feel to get all the lines matching up, this makes the van.

The picture says it all..................

The full width rock and roll bed in all its glory....

Plain and simple but looks great in the real.......keep an eye out as I'm sure the table design will be seen on many more buses.....

The van in all her glory........ready for some show sleeping.................

A closer shot of the rear area showing the glove pockets.... i hope you liked the pictures and the info.... if you need any advice or prices on any of the above please feel free to contact me  on : 07794978914

email : incavilla@aol.com

see you all soon Colin.