MCNX_BFF
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Well, I am going forward with the reupholstery of my TR7 Spider. Seats were purchased w/out rails from the Bay area, rails are being shipped from Delaware. The upholstery business that my mechanic highly recommends will do a custom approximation of what was originally in the car for $300 per seat. Does that sound about right to you? Also, the headrest, sides and back of the seats were solid black--were they leather or vinyl? Which would you do?
I really don't want to fall into the "since your already doing____, you might as well___", but it seems to make sense to change out all the carpeting, sills, add the dynamat stuff, etc. at the same time as I put in the new seats. The area behind the seats (where the seatbelt retractors and convertible bits are mounted) is looking pretty ratty and needing to be redone, too. It would be a shame to have those distinctive new seats installed and have the rest looking pretty blah. Problem is that I actually want to keep my husband around a while longer, and this expense might just put him over the edge! So if you had to do the interior in smaller more gradual steps, rather than the instant gratification I would love to see, what order (process) would you do?
Thank you in advance for any suggestions/recommendations you can give me. --Monica
I really don't want to fall into the "since your already doing____, you might as well___", but it seems to make sense to change out all the carpeting, sills, add the dynamat stuff, etc. at the same time as I put in the new seats. The area behind the seats (where the seatbelt retractors and convertible bits are mounted) is looking pretty ratty and needing to be redone, too. It would be a shame to have those distinctive new seats installed and have the rest looking pretty blah. Problem is that I actually want to keep my husband around a while longer, and this expense might just put him over the edge! So if you had to do the interior in smaller more gradual steps, rather than the instant gratification I would love to see, what order (process) would you do?
Thank you in advance for any suggestions/recommendations you can give me. --Monica