Upholstery Thread

[Rigger]

@bulldog77 that looks like nice work!

 

[Rigger]

 

[Rigger]

The above pics are from @oregon fj

The top pic is the driver seat back, stripped of all of the soft material.

Bottom pic is complete driver seat. That is what I'm hoping my upholstery work looks like when done.

 

[bulldog77]

The Coral is awesome. Looking forward to seeing it complete. I stripped down all of the seat parts, frame, backs etc, and painted them using rattle can pewter paint ( I think from JT outfitters). Also used the same paint for my cluster and glove box door.

 

[oregon fj]

The above pics are from @oregon fj

The top pic is the driver seat back, stripped of all of the soft material.

Bottom pic is complete driver seat. That is what I'm hoping my upholstery work looks like when done.

The stripped seat back shows that the seat back and springs were powder coated prior to adding foam and cover.

Best seat covers in terms of quality and price. CCOT seems to imply theirs is the best available in quality and fit

I installed SOR in mine. But I did get samples of vinyl from both SOR and Cruiser Corps before ordering. I went with SOR because the coral color was a better match to the remains of the original coral covers on my seats. The CC vinyl was heavier, really good quality stuff, but it was really just dark tan, not coral. I did not get samples from CCoT.

Here's a picture from the thread I made while selecting it - When is “coral” not “coral”?

 

[dodored]

I bought the SOR kit and had an upholstery shop install it. Came out great. On the back jump seats, I saw a photo on a craigs list ad that I really liked, and will have my shop make the covers from scratch. The jump seats in the photo reflect the pleats on the front seats and ties everything together visually. I think its an improvement over the stock flat "school bus" seat interior.

 

[Rigger]

I'm starting with the driver seat.

Remove the hinge bolts to separate the seat into two pieces.

 

[Rigger]

Remove the screws at the perimeter of the seat back and pull the seat back off.

 

[Rigger]

This seat back had some hog rings, stuffing, burlap, foam and lots of dust.

I pulled it all off and trashed it.

 

[Rigger]

There's the frame, the back panel, and of course my tub with hardware collection.

 

[Rigger]

I removed 4 nuts (12mm) to separate the frame from the seat bottom.

 

[Rigger]

The slider tracks can be separated from the seat bottom by removing 4 more nuts. You have to slide the tracks back and forth to get to all of the nuts.

I intend to further disassemble the track thingamajigs to clean and lubricate them.

 

[Rigger]

OK, so that's where I am for now. This is a close up of one broken spring I found in the seat back.

 

[Rigger]

FJ40 Rear jump seat covers install 101

Iam finally getting around to rebuilding my FJ40 jump seats. Recovering the jump seats is very straightforward, but after searching ih8mud, I still had questions. So I decided to write up my observations, here are a few tips from my upholstery supplier, and the parts and tools I used. Let's...

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[Slapshot]

Hey Rigger, did you ever get your seats finished?

I’m looking for options for my ‘73 buckets.

 

[SheilaFJ40]

Has anyone found an option for the seat back rubber edging? I cant seem to find a solution on any of the cruiser part sites. Thanks in advance!

 

[3mountaineers]

I am on a long term quest to restore the seats in my 1970 FJ40. I'm occupied with brakes right now, but thinking about new seats in the future.

I've done some searches, and am not finding much on this topic.

So, if you reupholstered your own early 40 seats, post up pics and any tips you have. Did you buy premade covers? From where? Or did you start from scratch? Progress pics?

If you paid a shop or someone to do it, post up pics, who did the work, cost, etc.

If you have links to other threads, please post them.

I have a 1970 FJ40 and I has the seats reupholstered by Lance at Iron Pig Off Road. I bought the kit from SOR.