I found a small rip starting on my driver's seat at the point of ingress/egress, and it pissed me off. The interior on my car's nearly perfect. Anyway, it's all black, all original. Should I:

a) spring to have them repaired and hope for the best...
b) leave them and keep saving for a set of Kirkey Pro-streets. (who knows when the money'll be there though, right?)

 

Have the seats repaird and then when it comes time to get the new seats, you can sell the old but repaired ones on ebay... just a thought.

 

Let me guess; the rip's on the left-butt-side of the seat? I had that tear on my original seats; and now have it on my "newer" junkyard seats. Damn shame, eh? I keep meaning to get a tube of epoxy out there; I remember hearing somewhere that by adding a drop of epoxy to each "end" of the tear, you stop the tear from going further. Might want to give it a shot; make sure the epoxy dries before you sit down!

 

Sure it'll work, but won't you have a hard lump on your seat?

Bret

 

What is your definition of "a drop"??

 

Hemorrhoids. Definitely sounds like hemorrhoids. Get plenty of excercise and use a seat doughnut.

 

Preperation H

Seriously, I don't think using epoxy on your seat is the smartest thing to do.

Bret

 

Unless you just had Taco Bell.

I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself.

Just so I'm not being completely worthless on this thread, I'd say go have it repaired. A small rip shouldn't cost a whole lot unless they have to remove the upholstry to do it. If they can repair it while it's in the car, be sure to do it on a nice weather, cool day, too and have a cooler with some drinks iced down in it.. Helps keep people in a nice (cheap) mood.

 

Ha Ha Ha!!! You crack me up! :sillylol:

 

Why wouldn't it be smart to put a drop in each corner of the tear? Do you think it'll harm the cloth? Just curious, I don't know how (or if) epoxy reacts with cloth.

And I wasn't talking about putting a large blob in there, or, trying to "sew" the rip back together with the epoxy. Do you know how they repair cracks in fiberglass body panels? Before filling the crack, they first drill a hole at each end of the crack, to keep the crack from spreading further. This is the same principle. It would keep the tear from going further until the seat is repaired. By drop, I mean something the size of the head of a pin. If you can feel that as a hard lump, you've got one hell of a sensitive ***!

 

OK, I understand. Altough there is vinyl and cloth repair kits you can buy at a fabric shop. Epoxy would work, just make sure you buy the kind for fabric, etc. and not the one for plastic and some metals.

Bret

 

He said a drop, not a glob.

Anyway I would either have it repaired or just use the epoxy to stop it until you can get the new seats.

 

heres where my personal quote comes in "if it looks like sh*t, cover it up". Seat covers, got mine from wal-mart. 20/piece. hot wheels, silver flames on black background.

 

I got seat covers at wal mart for I think right around 28 bucks. They are grey and say chevrolet on them with a bowtie. Very nice for the price.

 

Wow, those look nice! Way to go, Walmart! They sell the damndest things, I tell ya...