Thanks, very informative. My Chevy Volt has hog rings that clip onto a short piece of wood that was glued to the foam, probably a method loved by GM's bean counters. When reassembling the seat I just tied some string around the hog rings and secured it to the bottom of the seat. I figure the string method works better than trying to figure out what kind of glue to use and blindly hoping I used enough.
As long as it holds you should be good, a lot of people including ourselves will use zip ties just make sure you don't leave an angled edge so that it has a possibility of damaging your cover from the inside.
I'd love to get the gray leather seat covers for my 94 SE tuner as well! It'd make the interior better looking, easier to clean & certainly more comfortable. And we have a Harbor Freight store in North Olmsted for the tool.
If your going spend 3-4 dollars hog ring pliers. Expect those to break If yoy really want durable hog ring pliers expect to spend anywhere between $20-$40 or uo for some really good ones
I was wondering how difficult installing new factory replacement leather covers can be. Besides the hog rings, I have heard that you also have to use steam and some type of drying or heat gun tool. Is this something common? I figure the covers alone are pricy, but if had inferior installers tell me to put them on just the front driver and passenger cover is 800$ I think that's crazy
Hi and thanks for the comment, since our covers are pre-made ready for installation you should not have any difficulties installing them. If you were to sew or repair a section that is when it becomes difficult. We make these videos so you do not have to pay for an installer and instead do it as a DIY project from home. Steam is used when you want to puff up your foam cushion a bit ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DBHxwh2x-EM.html and when you are trying to get rid of small wrinkles after an installation. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DBHxwh2x-EM.html A heat gun or a hair dryer can be used (NEVER ON CARPET... IT WILL MELT) to let you vinyl sections stretch a bit if you are having difficulty clipping your covers to the indicated spots. Here is a video showing both processes - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DBHxwh2x-EM.html Let us know if this helped or if we can answer anything else for you.
Since it is a strip of wire that the hog rings connect to you can add as many as you want but basically you want to connect anywhere from 2 to 3 rings per section. Here is our link to the hog rings we use - www.theseatshop.com/store/accessories/
Do you guys only do leather? I am looking for a new replacement grey cloth seat cover, 1994 Ford Probe SE. I think that the foam is also compromised though, which then led to the cover tearing. (I can feel the metal bar and see it under the cloth, I dont think I should be able to.)
Hi, Erkki thanks for reaching out, just to make sure we are answering your question correctly, do you need the velcro strips that are on the foam cushion? or the velcro strips on the Leather/vinyl cover?
@@MrJapjapp since the material we get is only sold in mass quantities you will need to search online for upholstery velcro that you can stick or sew onto the leather covers.
Hi Eddison, we're not going to have anything for the Toyota Prado at this point in time. We haven't had a lot of demand for it but if it increased, we may consider looking into it in the future.
