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I am looking to recover/refurb my low back Mk3 seats, preferably in leather, and only seem to find two suppliers - Newtons for the foams, and Gabbat & Brown for leather covers plus "refurb" kit.

Does anyone have any alternative suggestions, or experiences of the available replacement covers etc please. Looking at Rimmers, it looks like I could soend £25 just buying 50 edge clips, etc.

Many thanks

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I am looking to recover/refurb my low back Mk3 seats, preferably in leather, and only seem to find two suppliers - Newtons for the foams, and Gabbat & Brown for leather covers plus "refurb" kit.

Does anyone have any alternative suggestions, or experiences of the available replacement covers etc please. Looking at Rimmers, it looks like I could soend £25 just buying 50 edge clips, etc.

Many thanks




I believe Park Lane Classics are well thought of and certainly, the foams I bought from them for my GT6 MK3 seats were beautifully made, fitted perfectly and were supported with excellent instructions.

http://www.parklaneclassics.co.uk/

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does he do spit mk3 stuff. I know he was prototyping door cards a few years back as I had some boards to reback my originals but not sure about seats. But Owen is very helpful and knowledgeable just not sure how many pre mk4 cars he has done.

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If no one sells the covers you want, you could do what I did - buy the foams and then have the covers made by an upholsterer. I found a guy who works from a shed in his back garden. He used the original covers as a pattern for the new covers. The advantage to doing it that way was that I could choose the leather and piping, and he was able to add a thin layer of foam to the covers to give them more shape. I think that the end result is better than most off-the-shelf covers could manage.

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Thanks for the replies guys. Park Lane, sadly, do not do Mk3, so I may well end up going the local upholsterer route.

Unfortunately, on uncovering the back of the driver's seat, I have found a very bent and broken shell, so first thing will be to get that patched up and straightened. Even the "x-pressing" ribs are buckled and torn. No idfea what the owner did to them - the passenger's is fine. Looking on eBay I see they occassionally surface so I shall keep my eyes open as well.

Thanks

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There is a guy on ebay Classicbritishsportscartrims who does the covers. I think he also advertises in the Courier (TSSC). I have never used him but have read some good reports for Herald seats. Might be worth a call.

Let us knoe as my mk2 seats are now getting a bit tired (original)

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I am making my own seat covers from 0.6mm goat skin Nappa leather ox blood in colour I am also doing all the interior trim in the same leather too. I bought a very old hand cranked Jones semi industrial sewing machine some leather sewing needles for it and some Guttamann leather sewing thread for sewing machines.

I am going for this style of trim finish  :)

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