I bought a leather set from Moss for a TR4, and it seemed to be very well
constructed.
D. Brown
-----Original Message-----
From: Kinderlehrer's <kinderlehrer@mindspring.com>
To: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, November 01, 1997 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: Seat reupholstery
> A question for the seat rebuilders:
>
>The kits you bought from Moss, were they vinyl or leather? Or are they all
>garbage?
>
>TIA,
>
>Bob
>
>>Atwell (Buff) Haines wrote:
>>>
>>> At 03:26 PM 10/29/97 -0800, Stu wrote:
>>> >A few months ago I redid my seats using a Moss kit for the TR8. The
>>> >foams were junk, and I added extra padding, but after a thousand miles
>>> >or so the seat cushion look about ready to split at the seams .
>>> >About how much should it cost for an upholstery shop to redo the seats
>>> >using the same covers?
>>> >Anyone have any reccommendations in the Delaware,South Eastern PA,
south
>>> >NJ area? Thanks Listers. Stu
>>> >
>>> >Stu,
>>>
>>> I'm looking into that very question myself for my Spitfire, and I live
in
>>> Northern NJ (Morris County).
>>>
>>> I checked with four local upholsterers so far. Each told me to buy the
>>> foam kits, none wanted to do it themselves. Three would were willing to
>>> replace the fabric only on my seats (with a similar but not exact
pattern)
>>> but I got prices for installing the kit pieces too.
>>>
>>> Prices ranged from $200 USD to $450 a pair to install both foams and
seat
>>> kits.
>>> The high price was a restoration shop, not a boat/auto top place.
Average
>>> was $250.
>>>
>>> It would save me about $100 on the job just to have the fabric portion
sewn
>>> in.
>>>
>>> Email me directly if you want me to name names. Or if any Listers in
the
>>> area have experience with other shops, let me know that too.
>>>
>>> Atwell (Buff) Haines
>>> '79 Spitfire FM 96062
>>>
>>> Succasunna, NJ USA
>>> CarBuff@scooter.net
>>
>>Buff, Ihad a similar experience. If you want a really good job, I think
>>Ragtops and Roadsters inPerkasie PA may be the best bet.I saw some of
>>their work at a car show a couple of weeks ago. They wouldn't give me a
>>price at the time because the upholstery guy wasn't there. I have a
>>feeling they will be pricey, but if you drive the car a lot it has to be
>>money well spent. My seat is really uncomfortable already, and if the
>>foams are not firm, it puts a lot of stress on the covers. The covers
>>from Moss are prettty junky, one started to split when I was pulling iot
>>on.
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