davey_jack
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Registered: 28th Jan 06
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hi all just picked up my new seats today, they are sparco milano 2's in black alcantara. I found them on ebay, but bought them outside of ebay 
heres the listing
The pictures dont do them justice, they are so gorgeous, mint condition too apart from 2 of the reclining knobs and some plastic covers, but all these parts are manufactured as spares by sparco! just need to find somewhere to buy them, demon tweaks didnt show them on their website, although they can probably get hold of them!
I've also ordered a big roll of black alcantara to retrim my door cards with, ill post progress pics when i actually start fitting everything  anyone retrimmed their own door cards before?
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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Lovely seats 
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powey
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Davey never done it before but from programs ive seen just use plenty of staples and pull as tight as you can after every shot
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mark_gsi
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cant you get like a spray adesive or something that makes fabris stick to it?
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davey_jack
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yeah i bought some evo stick spray adhesive to stick the original fabric back to the door card (because it started to peel off) and that worked pretty well!
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-wylo-
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did corsash not retrim his own door cards? Lovely seats btw
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CorsAsh
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Remove door cards and after peeling off the existing fabric, use a "dry" Evo Stik type glue (I used Timebond) to coat them.
Then lay your material over the centre, and trim around the card, allowing plenty of excess around the edges.
Work from the centre and smooth the fabric into all the recesses/shapes etc and you should end up with something like this:
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davey_jack
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they look bloody gorgeous, what material did you use? and was it the evo stik adhesive in an aerosol can?
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mark_gsi
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by the look of it, it was in a tin and used a paint brush 
could be wrong tho 
[Edited on 03-12-2006 by corsaflip]
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CorsAsh
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Nope it's that tin in the pic, paint it on nice and thick with a brush, let it go dry, then press the fabric into it.
I used a fairly stretchy cotton material, shiny one side and slightly fuzzy the other. Was £10 from local fabric shop and had enough to do door cards and retrim back seat too.
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M6RKK
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Registered: 21st Jan 06
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thats minted ^
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davey_jack
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durrr silly me, didnt notice the tin and the brush! lol! my main problem is alcantara isnt very stretchy, i might take it to a pro as alcantara is kinda expensive!
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CorsAsh
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Can't find my old thread, but here's the finished result
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CorsAsh
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quote:
Originally posted by davey_jack
durrr silly me, didnt notice the tin and the brush! lol! my main problem is alcantara isnt very stretchy, i might take it to a pro as alcantara is kinda expensive!
Yeah, think it's done in a similar way to leather, when it's cut and stitched to fit.
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Robin
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I prefer the rainbow patter before Ash.
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jamesvalver
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very nice. my new seats arrived yesterday also so im going to try and retrim my door cards myself
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davey_jack
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ah cool james, i was admiring the pics of your car in the features section on here the other day. Very nice car mate!
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davey_jack
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I want to retrim them myself, because I always feel much better when I have done something myself, and generally speaking I put alot more effort in than people I pay to do things!
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