Leatherette Gb#2 Orders

[DECIM8]

The front and rear.. I removed the rear last night to find its un-removeable . so its just stuck on hey.. Going to be an interesting experence to make it look perfect then :S

Im gettin the Skyline word and S tattooed into my leather headrests too .. woot

[DECIM8]

Well I installed all the seats.. Didnt bother threading the white strings in the front bottom parts of the seats..

The top half of the middle seats the middle strings fell out .. another BS time when I didnt need it to happen.. but most of the side ones are fine so worked with them and got a nice fit..

You deff need to run the white lines with the front top halves of the seats and the rear bottom half of the seats just to contour everything..

Tried to fit the centre console but it seems like a two man job hey..

No have to work out how to fit the side pannels .. Im using black leatherette to do large R34 Lettering on the red to make it look custom and the centre console and head rests are getting a "S" and SKYLINE embroided into them.. Yet to find out on that cost ..

Hope everyone is doing well neways

[Jetdat]

Im a little pissed with these covers.. So far ive done the back seats..

The right hand side of the back bottom cover was nothing to be excited about.. two of the white strings came out when I was pulling the needle onto the string .. ! no hard force! Then the whole stitching on the back (thank god it was back) with the black strings attached to it .. ripped away from the leatherette. Under force yes.. but not more than the rest of the seat!

what can be done about this? I can live with it but im assuming if a few people sit on it a few times its going to go bye byes!

Doing the fronts and rest today .. well see how they fair

Also on the point .. how do you remove the interior facia on the pannels I removed the whole pannel from the wall but seems you need just to lift away the pannel .. can it just be popped off? wtf am i going to slide behind it but not cut it to lift it away?

if you have issues with the quality or whatever with your covers i appriciate if you let me know or contact ultimate directly to resolve the problem..

there has been over 50 people in the two GBs and noone complained about the quality...there were a couple of minor issues in the first GB and they were resolved very quickly and without any pain/cost to the buyers..

pm me if you want my help, please dont bag the covers here, as per the rules of GB too i might add.

[drmafia]

hey jetdat, i got one more order for u i hope we can fit in its an audi quarto a4 ill make payment n details of collor tomorow if u conferm we can still order

[DECIM8]

I can say what I want! dont tell me to supress what happened.. It broke .. people can know so they try not to break other sets!

It was quite a large rip but it was on the back of the cover which slides under the top part of the back seat so its not an issue!

I didnt remember signing a agreement or entering into a contract to not comment on the covers tearing. Therefore I will not shut up.

Thats quite rude. Its like saying I cant tell someone I had bad service at a shop because it will ruin the business! (for everyones sake I did NOT have bad service it was quite good just had a little problem)

And in the 50 people who have bought the items I do remember someones head rest doing the same and she told everyone about it and it was recified.

* I have chosen not to worry, and for future reference you should prob just tell them to sew the middle strings a little better, not tell me to shut my face. Shit happens

NOW FOR EVERYONE READING THIS GOING.. THIS GUYS A NUT.. I AM .. Secondly the covers are awesome and look very stock or custom whatever your trying to achive, may I add feel very very very similar to leather and generally make driving alot more enjoyable (feel like im back in my BMW)

I would recommend them to anyone!..

While im at it any advice on how to install the back panel facia? just trace and cut and stick?

Edited May 9, 2007 by DECIM8

[skybarge]

haha yeah dude, i get what you mean

For the back parcel tray, if you have spacers, make some new ones up, I have 1cm thick MDF spacers to suit my 6X9s

you just trace over the top then stick it down and cut to suit

I can say what I want! dont tell me to supress what happened.. It broke .. people can know so they try not to break other sets!

It was quite a large rip but it was on the back of the cover which slides under the top part of the back seat so its not an issue!

I didnt remember signing a agreement or entering into a contract to not comment on the covers tearing. Therefore I will not shut up.

Thats quite rude. Its like saying I cant tell someone I had bad service at a shop because it will ruin the business! (for everyones sake I did NOT have bad service it was quite good just had a little problem)

And in the 50 people who have bought the items I do remember someones head rest doing the same and she told everyone about it and it was recified.

* I have chosen not to worry, and for future reference you should prob just tell them to sew the middle strings a little better, not tell me to shut my face. Shit happens

NOW FOR EVERYONE READING THIS GOING.. THIS GUYS A NUT.. I AM .. Secondly the covers are awesome and look very stock or custom whatever your trying to achive, may I add feel very very very similar to leather and generally make driving alot more enjoyable (feel like im back in my BMW)

I would recommend them to anyone!..

While im at it any advice on how to install the back panel facia? just trace and cut and stick?

[Jetdat]

hey jetdat, i got one more order for u i hope we can fit in its an audi quarto a4 ill make payment n details of collor tomorow if u conferm we can still order

hey champ..

no worries

what year is the audi?

[DECIM8]

anyone got any tips on sticking the side facia on? im attempting now with hot glue just for a pre test but shit damn its hard to get it right.. the door trims cant be removed .. unless I drill the rivets?

[DECIM8]

alright I ripped off the padding, pannel covers etc and removed all the padding .. now im just going to glue straight onto the plastic .. anyone got an idea what type of glue to use??

The old man suggests contact but I feel it will be to thick .. I was thickin resin? to hard maybe? any suggestions?

whos retrimmed an interior what glue was used?

[siknis]

your run of the mill contact adhesive is all you will need. i just go into my local trimmer with a paint tin, say fill it up and give the man $20. save yourself alot of money and get good stuff compared to what comes from supercheap auto.

if your covering a large area, get a gravity fed spray gun with a 1.5 tip and spray it. if not get a paint brush and spread it very thin. contact adhesive works best when its practicaly dry and spread very sparingly on both surfaces. heat the stuff with a heatgun before stretching corners to aviod any rips

[skybarge]

yeah, I have used the selleys kwik stick on mine

although, you can also go down to your local fabric place and get contact adhesive, or bunnings sells it for $15 in the paint section, works very well and the coat is so thin you won't notice

your run of the mill contact adhesive is all you will need. i just go into my local trimmer with a paint tin, say fill it up and give the man $20. save yourself alot of money and get good stuff compared to what comes from supercheap auto.

if your covering a large area, get a gravity fed spray gun with a 1.5 tip and spray it. if not get a paint brush and spread it very thin. contact adhesive works best when its practicaly dry and spread very sparingly on both surfaces. heat the stuff with a heatgun before stretching corners to aviod any rips

[DECIM8]

guess ill do that then .. should be right .. anyone know where to get 5mm thick foam .. the r34's need it to make the door pannel look puffy..

[Trav33]

you need to unscrew the console lid, put the cover on tight and then put the screws back... you are not meant to just put it on like a shower cap over the lid....

Looking closely at my console lid, i believe it only goes on one way. You'll notice the stitching is different at one end, which i assume is for the locking mechanism... correct me if im wrong...

Can anyone give advice on how to install the gear-boot, or handbrake boot?

Old gear boot is held on by little metal crimped clips - do you cut these off, and how do you attached the new boot?

Handbrake boot - how do you remove the old one, do you have to take out the centre console?

Edited May 12, 2007 by Trav33

[DECIM8]

To remove the metal clips get a table fork put two spikes of the fork behind the metal round thing and gently rock back and fwd to off .. if that doesnt work yank the shit out of them..

As for the glove box dont even worry about doing up the screws for a few ways unless u wack a hair dryer on it now to remove creasing.. it will uncrease in the next 3-4 days u just unscrew the lower part of the lid pop it in and strech as well as u can and screw it up ..

For people installing the wall/pannel plates.. heres what I did..

Take all doors, and pannels off.. with a small screw driver dive into the material and work it off the plastic - for r34s there is foam benith which has to be removed(and replaced) with metho and a paper towel (towel worked best i duno why) it will take some nice elbow work to remove it tho!

Get some 5mm thick foam (soft type) and some quick grip or upholestry glue for the next steps.

With the removed pannels flip them ass up and place them on your material (also ass up) trace pannel onto material and then cut shape out..

do the same for the foam you have aquired however cut it 5mm smaller than the original dimentions on all sides.

now glue these together!

slide in the material and foam into place and begin gluing the middle and sides of the door, pannel arch the material and slide into the slots and flatten out .. once all the right place use a hair dryer to hold all the shit in place..

then youve got urself new accessories... enjooy!

BTW if in sydney PM me if you need foam .. I bought to much .. got about 1.5 x 1.4 meters of the shit

Edited May 13, 2007 by DECIM8

[dr1ft3r]

JETDAT - you have pm about my order mate. cheers.

[The Mafia]

hey mine arrived over a week ago too. Very nice. Thanks jetdat.

They are pretty damn good quality for the price you pay!

[Jetdat]

JETDAT - you have pm about my order mate. cheers.

cheers mate

[Jetdat]

hey mine arrived over a week ago too. Very nice. Thanks jetdat.

They are pretty damn good quality for the price you pay!

no probs jono glad you like the covers

ALSO ULTIMATE JUST ADVISED THE PRICE OF MATERIAL JUST WENT UP SO NOW THE PACKAGE DEAL IS $620 OR $650 DELIVERED.

[siknis]

deposited my money on friday morning, so hopfully he will be able to start on mine soon! looking forward to it

has anyone else installed there covers yet? keen to see some more pics

also, cheers for your help jetdat

[Jetdat]

no prbs mate