Author Topic: my Â£8 kashi mx ebay purchase bought back to life (Read 2365 times)

trasher · « **on:** October 25, 2009, 10:35 AM »

bought this old shitter off ebay a while back ,,thinking i can something with that

so the cleaning started ,the guts went in the vinegar ,came out pretty good ,,the rails where pitted to hell ,,so they got a blast of plasticote chrome effect

i started to rub the seat down with the intention of keeping it blue ,,got it back to the original colour ,but got fed up with it and i needed a black seat for a build ,,so sent the missus to the local material shop ,,she did well ,,

a quick blast of black underneath ,,,might do a bit of rubbing down underneath and paint again ,,,some of dels decals ,,and hey presto ,,,not bad me thinks

as it came

after some rubbing down ,,,i did some more with wet and dry

,and it was getting quit good

as it is now

Gashead · « **Reply #1 on:** October 25, 2009, 10:38 AM »

stu27 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 25, 2009, 10:40 AM »

superb glen that is

sweetbeats · « **Reply #3 on:** October 25, 2009, 10:41 AM »

Awesome resto...love kasi mx.

mark 2 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 25, 2009, 10:47 AM »

We're in the same club! Mongoose seat, which is a kashi mx underneath - Â£6 posted (thanks , you know who you are

). Wish I had a before and after, was battered, rusty and with torn suede. It'll get a decal this week and bingo.

poolysheriff · « **Reply #5 on:** October 25, 2009, 10:50 AM »

Kashi-Tastic

rollin72 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 25, 2009, 11:19 AM »

mint nice resto job

magna13 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 25, 2009, 11:22 AM »

always wanted a suede kashi mx $:-\$ might try get a cheap one and do my own resto

Steve P · « **Reply #8 on:** October 25, 2009, 11:31 AM »

Nicely done

I've done a couple of seats myself and it's very satisfying bringing the old sh!t back to life

(((sonic))) · « **Reply #9 on:** October 25, 2009, 11:33 AM »

Cracking work,

Well done fella's

B

trasher · « **Reply #10 on:** October 25, 2009, 11:43 AM »

cheers lads ,,it is satisfying

and steve that troxel is mint

it was your thread a few months ago that made me have ago ,cheers fella

NORTY40 · « **Reply #11 on:** October 25, 2009, 11:58 AM »

Some great seat resto work there lads

fouronethreeoh! · « **Reply #12 on:** October 25, 2009, 01:56 PM »

Quote from: mark j. on October 25, 2009, 10:47 AM

We're in the same club! Mongoose seat, which is a kashi mx underneath - Â£6 posted (thanks , you know who you are ). Wish I had a before and after, was battered, rusty and with torn suede. It'll get a decal this week and bingo.

DIRTBIKER250F · « **Reply #13 on:** October 25, 2009, 01:59 PM »

Glen your up there dude, this site has the best restorers in the World, i should know cos i know them all

mark 2 · « **Reply #14 on:** October 25, 2009, 02:19 PM »

That's the seat, 2 posts up, thanks Chris for the pics

It made my stomach churn tearing off the old suede but it was worth it in the end.

monkian · « **Reply #15 on:** October 27, 2009, 11:25 AM »

Really nice work fellas

Any details on the materials you've used and the application process?

mark 2 · « **Reply #16 on:** October 27, 2009, 11:37 AM »

Suede dug out by mrs, contact adhesive from wickes, £2 ish. Cut the material to fit seat with a generous overlap, cover seat in adhesive and stretch material over smoothing out the creases. When it dries start work underneath. Trim the excess material back leaving about a 1cm all around. Glue the lip underneath, about 1cm all around, do a section at a time so you can concentrate on getting it right and not racing against time with glue drying. The nose is the trickiest bit, depending on how thick your material is. Usually needs a couple of slits so it doesn't bunch up too much and to sit right. Press the material into the glue and fingers crossed it won't look shit

safc1 · « **Reply #17 on:** October 27, 2009, 01:30 PM »

top job

oldboyburner · « **Reply #18 on:** October 27, 2009, 07:27 PM »

top job on them seats chaps heres one i did for my wood burner B&Q kitchen cobard vinal

bobafett · « **Reply #19 on:** October 27, 2009, 11:36 PM »

Quote from: oldboyburner on October 27, 2009, 07:27 PM

heres one i did for my wood burner

That's fookin mad ! Definitely a one off ! Had any splinters off it ?

Quote from: Steve P on October 25, 2009, 11:31 AM

I've done a couple of seats myself and it's very satisfying bringing the old sh!t back to life

Steve - master restorer as always

What leather do you use ? Those 2 look better than the originals mate

Zippy · « **Reply #20 on:** October 28, 2009, 09:43 AM »

I was going to bleach this one black but actually fancy the idea of covering it instead now.

Steve, Where do you get your leather from and how do you get it to stick to the plastic afterwards?

Steve P · « **Reply #21 on:** October 28, 2009, 05:01 PM »

Quote from: Zippy on October 28, 2009, 09:43 AM

I was going to bleach this one black but actually fancy the idea of covering it instead now

Steve, Where do you get your leather from and how do you get it to stick to the plastic afterwards?

PM'd ya Si

Mattdub · « **Reply #22 on:** October 28, 2009, 09:55 PM »

nice work glen

(((sonic))) · « **Reply #23 on:** October 29, 2009, 10:50 AM »

I have to give this a go, these seats are inspiring..this is a kashi that has previously been covered, if i could achieve half of what you peeps have done i would be stokes......cracking thread!

trasher · « **Reply #24 on:** October 29, 2009, 06:50 PM »

Quote from: (((sonic))) on October 29, 2009, 10:50 AM

I have to give this a go, these seats are inspiring..this is a kashi that has previously been covered, if i could achieve half of what you peeps have done i would be stokes......cracking thread!

mate get it done ,,,

im on the look out for old dogs of seats know ,,,bring on the covering ,,,,red leather next i think