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Satan
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Post Sun May 19, 2019 9:27 pm

Seeing as I have some spare time I decided at last (its taken a year) to replace the bolsters on my eldest's passenger seat, what a sod of a job as the hinge closest to the door decided to weld itself on to the arm, it must be the water ingress over the years as the car is a convertible, anyways not too many photos as to be honest I couldn't be arsed,

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Post Sun May 19, 2019 10:46 pm

I've stripped and re-upholstered more sports seats than I care to remember. I feel your pain.
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Post Sun May 19, 2019 10:55 pm

Cloggy Saint wrote:
Sun May 19, 2019 10:46 pm
I've stripped and re-upholstered more sports seats than I care to remember. I feel your pain.
At least you have the experience.........

Forgot to mention Brutus and say thanks for supplying the replacement bolster covers.
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Post Mon May 20, 2019 1:58 pm

Good on you,

I have a set of stripped down and repaired sport seats in my loft that need new foam and new leather,....i look at them periodically but have yet to muster the wherewithal to start them.
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