Upholstery Wild Hair Adive Needed
 

Yes, another wild hair. I posted this over in the 88' to 99' section, but no response. Has anyone redone a set like below?

I have a 60/40 truck seat that I will be using in my 72 like the pic shows (not my actual seats). My seats are in decent shape, BUT I have always dreamt of having denim seats and I think I can sew my own out of 20 years of saved up old blue jeans. I was thinking about removing all the existing coverings and using them as a pattern to develop my denim set. Is it that straight forward or are these newer seats all formed and glued together? I would hate to try to remove a good set of covers to find out that I am over my head and possibly ruin the upholstery. I have recovered three sets of late 60's seats and they are what I am used to...

Are the newer seats similar when it comes to taking them apart?

Re: Upholstery Wild Hair Adive Needed
 

Those seats are foam inject (mated) to the fabric covers ,they don't come off the foam .They are a real pain to recover , :chevy:

P.S. you can't spray dye the fabric it turns hard and cloth dye doesn't work because they are nylon based .

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Thanks Grumpy! I guess it's time to think outside the box. I do not like the idea of just making seat covers for them. Time to combine some old technique with the new!

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If you made seat covers out of jean material you could just toss them in the washing machine when needed .:lol:

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Wash n wear eh? ;)
I have the same seat w/o headrests. For a driver I intend to just scrub em up good and drive it. I suspected that back side would be a booger to deal with.

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Hmm. I have a similar seat I was wanting to recover. Can the fabric be taken off with a heat gun?

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Google Levi gremlin interiors. They came thru with jean style seat covers. I also like the 60/40 seats, maybe I would take off the head rests all together then the seats would look more early 70s.