Got a good lead on some 4th gen seats for $100, might pull the trigger.

Do you think cleaning or dying would be better. If I dyed them, how have others turned out?

 

 

I did some carpet and interior panels on this thread but never done seats.

Do you think they are worth 100 and would turn out OK?

 

Just clean em up. They look great for a buck!

Keep the dye off your butt and legs!

 

Yeah bud, just clean the hell out of them.
Good deal for $100 IMHO.

 

These's are a before and after photo with a professional cleaning =

 

id jump on those. Coming from some one who searched for awhile for reasonably priced 4th gen seats, $100 is a great price for those especially being a black(ish) color. Depending on the die your talking about i would not D.I.Y. these seats. parts store spray can will leave a rough texture on the fabric. I would personally take the covers to be professionally dyed or leave the seats as is after a good cleaning.

 

Just clean up the seats.

Nylon hand brush and some "Folex". I used Folex to remove the stains on the doors of my old TA and worked amazing. Just like new.

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So I decided to pull the trigger and bought the seats. I had to drive 3 hour round trip, half tank gas, $10 tolls, and $100 later the seats are mine.

 

So, I am really thinking about doing some sort of rear seat delete, and the guy wouldn't sell just the front seats any cheaper, so since I might not use the back seats, I am going to experiment and dye them.

 

This is with SEM Carpet and fabric dye, one light coat. I am going light coats so the fabric doesn't mat and get ruff.

Before:



Midway:



One Coat:

 

If after 3 coats it goes well, I am going to do the front seats.

 

Wow. Nice cleaning. I didn't realize stains like that can come out of seats :P

 

I didn't clean them, I used SEM fabric dye.

 

Look for a post from a month or so ago, keyword 'Barbasol' as in Barbasol shaving cream. The final results looked great. From there you could also do light coats of paint (SEM etc) to freshen up the look.