By Chris Tropea
May 30, 2024
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Restoration,
Austin-Healey Sprite
Sure, there is probably a decent upholsterer near you, but what if you want to re-upholster those seats yourself?
The seats in our Austin-Healey Bugeye Sprite project were crusty and in need of repair, so we used a kit from Moss Motors to bring the buckets back to life.
Presented by CRC Industries.
11/4/22 10:14 a.m.
My seats are fine but really hard. What is a good leather conditioner or are they all the same?
11/8/22 11:15 a.m.
In reply to frenchyd :
Here is some info on how we refreshed the interior our 997 911. Tim used Gliptone leather conditioner on the seats in there.
11/8/22 4:24 p.m.
In reply to ChrisTropea :
The leather in both Jaguars is in good shape no rips , tears, or torn seams. Except it's really dry. I mean rock hard dry.
Jaguar's leather is typical glove soft. I've got several brands of conditioners but as I read the ingredients on most brands it seem like they all have beeswax and about the same contents.
If that's the case should I just use the least expensive with the same stuff or is one better than another?
1/25/23 11:39 a.m.
In reply to ChrisTropea :
Nice job Tim - way to out wrestle that seat padding!! LOL
5/3/23 7:03 p.m.
I just finished my Tiger's seats, so this came out just too late. Lots of good advice to be had here. One idea not mentioned is to do one seat at a time. Pictures are good, but having an original example to refer to while putting the first one together is even better.
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