Hog Rings: Educate me (1 Viewer)

[60 toy ota]

That's some electrician stuff going on there.

As a former electrician I literally used stripped 12g solid core copper wire I bent with pliers
(I wasn't doing a full seat, just had to do a half dozen or so and used what I had ‍♂)

 

[clx16]

I've done hog rings and zipties. zipties on my old tacoma... 16 years still no issue and they were the cheapest i could find... There are some places hog rings are easier and others zipties.

this is the time to add heaters or change the padding to your liking...

 

[Malleus]

Nearing 15 years by now on the ones I used on my 80’s cushions.

I did specifically suggest Ty-Raps though. Far better than regular zip ties. I’m sure regular ol zip ties will survive just fine in this situation too though. It’s a very low stress location with no UV.

I'm putting new leather covers on the front seats, and they haven't been pierced with hog rings before. If I use Ty-Raps, who's done this and what did you use to insert the tie – knife or hole punch? If I cared about the quality, I'd use the hog rings, but it's a back up truck and it hasn't been well cared for (before me), cosmetically. I'm really just trying to make it serviceable again.

 

[clx16]

I used a punch and a pencil to open it up for the places I used tiewraps.