- Wed Oct 06, 2021 5:26 am
#13721
I’ve finally finished top and bottom seats and got them together. I followed John’s way for traditional stuffed pleats.
What I have found is I’m getting some drift of the pleats as I hog ring the sides and back. Even making alignment marks and double checking as I go.
Should I be glueing the pleats to the base foam to aid keeping the alignment?
I’m also noticing the 2” pleats vary in width also due to pulling the sides. Which means my seams between base and top don’t line up. *these two are not bolted together yet!
Any advice you could offer? Be gentle with me! This is my first time ever installing seat covers!
Car is a Chrysler 66 300
Thanks!
***just realised it does not help that I have sewn my pleats on one of the panels upside down and the pleats aren’t facing the same way!!
What I have found is I’m getting some drift of the pleats as I hog ring the sides and back. Even making alignment marks and double checking as I go.
Should I be glueing the pleats to the base foam to aid keeping the alignment?
I’m also noticing the 2” pleats vary in width also due to pulling the sides. Which means my seams between base and top don’t line up. *these two are not bolted together yet!
Any advice you could offer? Be gentle with me! This is my first time ever installing seat covers!
Car is a Chrysler 66 300
Thanks!
***just realised it does not help that I have sewn my pleats on one of the panels upside down and the pleats aren’t facing the same way!!
Last edited by Andy_M on Wed Oct 06, 2021 6:40 am, edited 2 times in total.