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C3 Seat Recovering Project: by: Pat Kopecky
Seats are from a 75 coupe. Special thanks to Spider Man....
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I was very lucky to get  Spider Man to help me       with this project.

Remove back cover held on by two screws.

These screws will be very tight & may need to be heated to remove.

Start disassembly by removing all the hog rings & clips.

Then you can remove the old foam to get to the frames.

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If you have any cracks in the frames, now is the time to have them welded.

Sand blast or sand the frames the best you can.

Spider man did a great job on the paint & primer.

Since the bolts are over a quarter of a centry old expect them to break.

The finished frames, now lets tackle some of the other parts.

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All the springs were removed. Replace if they are rusted to bad.

This is the seat release parts repainted.

Try to salvage your old trim since the new ones are $50 each.

The seat tracks need the same treatment & some greasing up.

Save old foam to make outdoor cushions for when you work on car.

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It's always  a happy day when the Fed EX man comes with new goodies.

I needed a little help opening the box as you can see.

Here are the new covers, foam & hardware.

Now its time to put it all back together. Lets Get to it.

If you don't use new foam the material will be loose. Note heights.

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Note: you will ride higher in your new seats.

A view of the new hardware. I bagged the clips seperately.

Cut the material on one end when the rods will slip in.

A view of the new clips which you will pull through the foam.

Ready to place the foam on top. Don't pull up material yet.

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After you pull the hooks through to upper rods place the frame on.

Spider Man easily squeezed on the hog rings.

Before & after photos.

The whole project cost about $350. Saving over $400 to do myself.

Heres the whole gang at our recent club photo
shoot !!!.

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