Meat's EB Progress **11 APR** new glow in dark guages and aux light pics!

[meathead333]

Well I thought Id start my own thread for my progess since I am home now and will be spending lots of time fixing up my ride. Some things are small fixes or improvements, but it will be cool to see how things evolved in the end.

Heres some pics of my finished front and rear seats. The were pretty beat up before, I bought the set on ebay, seems to be pretty nice. I hope I never have to re-upholster seats again, what a bitch.....anyways, I think they turned out pretty well.

 

[69marquisragtop]

That's a good looking upholstery job! I bought a set from the eBay guy too, can you give us any install tips???

 

[meathead333]

well, i did have some trouble with the front seats. the bottom of my new covers didnt seem to fit underneath the seat like the old ones, so i had to improvise. the seems to small or short. rather than attaching it to the bottom of the seat like the original ones were, i ended up securing it with 550 cord. i laced it like a shoe on the underside for both the front seats. so far its working, hopely the vinyl wont rip where i laced it. like others have recoomended, i would definately get the special tool(i forget what its called) for the little clip things. i used vinyl spray paint for the rear arm rests and a hammered spray paint for the rear frame. the biggest problem was trying to get the driver side seats, right rear bolt. that thing was burried. took me like an hour to get it off. i wont be putting that bolt back in till i line the tub.

 

[astark]

It looks Great meathead ;D

I look forward to following this thread and seeing lots of pics of your progress

 

[Flash69]

Dont tease us... Give us more pics.

 

[agent_orange_71]

Those are some pretty nice lookin seats. Im dreading reupholstery myself, fortunately its a LONG way away.

 

[MnkyBiz]

Meat!

That looks fantastic!

I wish I had been there to help you! I am assuming you got the covers from Uphulsterman on Ebay? If you did, the seat bottoms are designed to be just a weeeee bit small. So that when they expand in the sun they don't warp & get all nasty displaced & what not. The key is to ever so slightly heat the Vinyl up & it will stretch like a doozy! Oh well, you idea has an even better solution where if it does stretch in the future, you can just readjust!

I haven't a clue if I sent this to you before or not, but this is how I did it.

http://classicbroncos.com/recoveredseats.shtml

MnkyBiz

 

[meathead333]

I am assuming you got the covers from Uphulsterman on Ebay?

yes

If you did, the seat bottoms are designed to be just a weeeee bit small. So that when they expand in the sun they don't warp & get all nasty displaced & what not. The key is to ever so slightly heat the Vinyl up & it will stretch like a doozy!

crap...so do you think mine will strech out later on once it warms up? yes, i guess i could go and retighten them...uuggh, not again! thanks, nice tech article by the way.

 

[MnkyBiz]

IT may expand a bit, but may not.

Wait until Summer & see how it reacts!

It looks nice!!!!

Bill

 

[meathead333]

ok, i figured its about time i posted some updated pics...i have been doing some small things while i wiat for a good time to start on my floor pans and rust removal.

finally got my door panels and new door cups on, now i just need to get some new black paint!

i removed my visors and wiper box right after i bought my EB, they were white, now they are black. i used this cool "plastic dip" spray paint. it has a neat texture to it.

also installed my new brushed aluminum colum cover to macth my doors.

i posted a pic of my new J-shifter already, but it was in another post, so here it is again.

and finally, my new tuffy console and glovebox.

i cant wait to get all my rust out of the tub and have my liner on finally, it will look like a totally different EB!

 

[Flash69]

Looking real good meathead. It takes a little time but it sure is worth it aint it.

 

[agent_orange_71]

Sweet looking interior. I was starting to lean away from using stock seats but your stockers and tuffy console look really nice.

 

[MnkyBiz]

Meat!

She is looooking Niiiiiicccceeeee!!!!!!

Keep up the good work & enthusiasm!

Bill

 

[77TexasBronc]

That's coming along nicely! Great job!

 

[meathead333]

YAY! new door lock Knobs!

 

[KJHill]

Oh man!, Your getting me motivated again ;D

 

[MnkyBiz]

Meat!

You should have gone a bit snazzier than that! I have these!

 

[HotWheels]

hhahaha...Meat, it is looking sweet!! Keep the faith man...

 

[astark]

Looken good meathead and seeing the primate lock knobs got me to thinken. I might just use some bullet casings to modify mine to something unique

 

[MnkyBiz]

Astark & Meat.

If you go to www.mooneyes.com they have tons of different styles of locks.

Meat, I am not trying to down-trod your locks. They do look nice. I am going for a surf-mobile look so I go for the Tiki goofy.

I hope I didn't cause any not so good feelings due to my suggestion of tiki gods!

Bill