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    Posted: 05 July 2020 at 7:16pm
Thanks for this interesting tutoriel.
I have a questions where did you found your upholstery? He is look like very closer than the original?
Thanks and tale care
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Its been over a year nd you are still helping a brother!  Thank you Unclemoak for the seat upholstering help. It was very helpful to me!!

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Its been over a year nd you are still helping a brother!  Thank you Unclemoak for the seat upholstering help. It was very helpful to me!!

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Originally posted by LuzonRed47 LuzonRed47 wrote:

How about using a thin sheet of plywood (sealed to protect against moisture) in place of the cardboard?

I suppose you could use that.  I think cardboard is used because it will flex a lot more than plywood. It’s really just meant to act as a barrier between the springs and foam so the foam doesn’t get cut by the springs. 
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Great tutorial - thanks.
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How about using a thin sheet of plywood (sealed to protect against moisture) in place of the cardboard?
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Did you sew the covers yourself, or did you purchase them somewhere?

Is cardboard really what they used?  I'd think that moisture would be an issue and they'd use something else.  Maybe not back in the 40's...?
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Beauty job!! TU for explicit, easy to understand instructions.
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Very nice, Thanks!

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Unclemoak, you are now the official SRG (seat restoration guru) of the 2Apage.com. Excellent step-by-step instructions, thanks!
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WOW!  That is an excellent write-up !!

Hope to do seats for my '3A one day . .  this will help a lot.

THANKS!!
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Well done Dave.Thanks for posting.Thumbs Up
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This is on my to do list so your efforts are appreciated and timely LOLThumbs Up
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Fantastic write up! Clap  Thank you for doing this.
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Thank you for making the effort to put all this information together. I imagine this will be great help to many jeepers.
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Final Product 

The seats ended up coming out great. I was pretty pleased with the results. They were firm, but comfortable, didn't have any wrinkles or lumps, and looked great.


Of course I couldn't wait to get them back in the jeep as I had been driving around sitting on the gas tank for the last few days.



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How to install the Back Rests

The back rests were a little more challenging than the seat pans. I quickly learned that I might have used foam that was a little too thick because my seats were somewhat over stuffed and I have to compress everything to get the screws in.



This first step was marking the two center hole locations at the top of the back rest. This helped figure out about where to start the screw. I made sure to put the screws equal distant from the edge of the cover and the stitching.




Next was starting the screws back hand through the cover. 



Followed by compressing the foam, while my helper turned in the screw 90% of the way.


I used this same pull taunt, mark, and screw technique all the way down the side being sure to pull the cover snug as I went so there were no ripples and any excess fabric was at the bottom.


To take some of the tension off the cover, I would compress the foam as my helper tightened the screw.


Once all the screws were in, I went back and tightened all the screws.


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