So, in building a new rider I've been attempting (and failing) to keep the costs down, one such cost-cutting measure was a bright (at the time) idea to buy a worn out pivotal seat for cheap and re-upholster it, all things considered i think it went quite well.
Snagged a pivotal seat for a few quid in desperate need of being binned.
So me and oldschoolace set about turning this binfodder in to a nice seat for my new build.
At this point I'd already pulled out the staples, but you can still see how nasty and worn out it is.
After separating the cover from the foam and the seat and giving it a bit of a clean up we're ready to roll.
Due to small pieces of the foam being missing from old tears, and of course small bits here and there pulled off by the old adhesive, we used some cheap packing foam as an in-between to smooth things out and hide the defects.
Along side we have the leatherette cover we'll be using, with the hex key hole nicely stitched in place by oldschoolace (ooooh matron!)
After positioning the sewn hole above the seats main bolt we tension the fabric/material and throw in two heavy duty staples to hold things in place.
After working your way around the edge, pulling the material to the right position and level of stretch, banging in a few more staples as you go, you can cut off some of the excess material to help move things along.
With that out of the way you can bang a fair few more staples in, taking care to avoid the holes needed to re-attach the plastic bumper sections.
Once all the staples are in, you're ready to finish off with trimming any excess portions and screwing the bumpers back on.
All done!
Just a fair warning, try and direct staples inwards, and check that you cant feel them after every single one you bang in, unless of course you're alright with the idea of ripping a hole in your gonads every time you sit down of course.
Matches my tanwall momentums perfectly!
