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| ickle Member Since: 22 Jul 2010 Location: South Vendee Posts: 1728   
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Hog rings onto two or three thin metal bars from memory (replaced the backrest foam last year) easy job though, I used small cable ties to replace though, easier to put in place and tension as required.
Pull it inside out and unroll up the back rest to take off, reverse proceedure to fit. Keep the old one, I bought a spare centre seat cover and used it to trim a wedge of hard foam fixed to the cubby box lid, about 6" tall - perfect armrest! You're not a million miles away, if you nip down I'll help you if required. Keith |
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18th Sep 2011 9:49pm |
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| K9F Member Since: 12 Nov 2009 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 9610  
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Good idea! I too did something similar with cubby box recovering... http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic3632.html?highlight=leather If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!! Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!! |
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19th Sep 2011 7:12pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11240 
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Ha! I've just done exactly the same, although I'm not a seamstress
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19th Sep 2011 7:24pm |
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| Martyn Member Since: 10 Feb 2011 Location: Stourbridge, West Midlands Posts: 151 
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Thanks for that Ickle. Your bang on; 3 bars embedded within the foam and ditto within the new seat cover. Bar fixes to bar using a stainless steel hog ring - 4 either side and 3 on top. Cover arrived today.
Looks like the hardest part will be to get two pairs of long nosed jobbies on the existing hog rings and prize them open. Considering cutting the existing cover off so I can get that done more easily. Hog ring pliers on order. Tried to have a fiddle this evening but was black as a bag outside by 7!! Thanks for your offer of helping, looks straightforward however. I'll have a crack on me own and mssg you on here if I get stuck.  |
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19th Sep 2011 7:32pm |
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| Martyn Member Since: 10 Feb 2011 Location: Stourbridge, West Midlands Posts: 151
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Righty, the job is done. Didn't take the seat out to change the cover. Cut the old cover off and then removed the existing hogs by snipping them with http://www.clasohlson.co.uk/Product/Product.aspx?id=161836413
They were too strong to twist off. Rolled the new cover down and fixed new hogs as I went. All I can say is.... be brutal! 
Decent pair of hog ring pliers needed. Something with a flat nose that you can get in close with. 11 hogs per chair. Few light ripples but they should drop out as the leather dries and the seat foam/cover settles down abit. Forgot to add... the headrest inserts twist 90 degrees anti-clockwise and then need a good hard yank to get them out. Took about 2 hours overall. |
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26th Sep 2011 8:00pm |
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| ickle Member Since: 22 Jul 2010 Location: South Vendee Posts: 1728
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Well done Martyn, centre armrest trim?
Click image to enlarge The foam used is the really dense kneeling mats sold at Billing, the material a centre seat base cover also from Billing, height with Mudrails is perfect for me & much more comfy on long trips. Keith Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated  |
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26th Sep 2011 11:01pm |
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