Seat & Belts - Finito

This blog covers the work to finish the ftont seat and belt installation

Overview
The motor trimmer was less than enthusiastic to modify the headrests and suggested the use plastic cover to hide the openings then showed a sample - pity he only had 1.5 and did not know what car they came from and the trip to the motor wrecker proved to be just as fruitful.

A pair of 3D models were created, sent to China for manufacture which arrived in 6 days ready to install and where primed, painted in Wyattl Satin Black for installation.

The next task was to cut the openings - with the head rests positioned they were marked from the slots cut in the back of the seat previously using a white fine tip paint marker. With the openings marked the back of the headrest was cut using a X-Acto #11 blade with the foam removed and then shaped using the Dremel Motor tool fitted with their small sanding drum. 

Next the front leather was cut with the X-Acto #11 blade to clear the plastic covers. To allow the headrest to be removed the plastic covers were glued in position using black acrylic sealant. With the cover's in position they were covered with a paper towel and weighed using two house bricks to flatten and hold them in their correct position until the sealant set.

This operation was repeated at the seat back openings using similar techniques.

Trial fit with seat covers installed in the front seat
Compare this to the photo in the previous blog
The foam dust at the top is from the sanding to prepare 
the openings and was hard to remove

Trial fitting the dog clips showed a number of small modification were required to clear the new covers.

Dog clamps

Crutch strap attachment

Lap belt attachment
typical both sides

Adjustable lumber support

Comment
Worked as planned and while the added weight of the full leather covering is an issue, the final appearance and that smell of leather is hard to beat. 

Was it worth - I think so...!

With all the bolts tight this is a solid as a rock for the addition of 
two pieces of aluminium tube. The seat belts just reached using 
the extended D shackles.