rip in srt4 seats :(

dodgegirl2003 · Post by **dodgegirl2003** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 8:10 pm

so i just bought srt4 seats, and i dont know how to go about fixing this, they are both in brand new condition and no staines EXCEPT the one rip/hole in the driver side seat..any opinions?

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 8:18 pm

Epoxy it and seal it shut. . . Otherwise slap some fabric or something over it, or do some deliberately gaudy stitching. You could always pay an upholstery shop too much money to fix it.

Post by **occasional demons** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 8:27 pm

You could pull the plastic retainer loose on the bottom, and peel it back to the metal rib that is right at the tear. Then glue some strong fabric on the underside to hold it in place. Might not show too bad doing it that way. You may need to remove the seat to get to the retainer underneath. Just pull down and inward, and it should come off. Install is just stretch it back down and hook it back in place.

If you can get some pics of the bottom side, I can tell you if it is the same set up that I am thinking of.

DOSneons · Post by **DOSneons** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 8:27 pm

they make that leather patch shit, never used it on car seats but works on couchs lol

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 9:05 pm

Ignore it! You got them super cheap, no?

dodgegirl2003 · Post by **dodgegirl2003** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 9:14 pm

i did get them cheap, but that still doesn't matter

SlvrACR · Post by **SlvrACR** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 9:15 pm

They will all do it at one point. Almost every SRT seat ive seen has um lol

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 10:01 pm

dodgegirl2003 wrote:i did get them cheap, but that still doesn't matter

of course it does. if you pay less, you get less. there's no way to fix that short of putting a new seat cover on it. otherwise just deal with it. it doesn't look too bad.

dodgegirl2003 · Post by **dodgegirl2003** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 12:14 am

it does look bad

but i guess your right

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 2:08 pm

You'll never know when you're sitting on it.

Post by **occasional demons** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 2:24 pm

You can't see an ugly face while you're sitting on it, but you still know it's there.

Sorta ruins the mood.

eastwoodsn352 · Post by **eastwoodsn352** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 2:41 pm

wow thats catastrophic. Get rid of them...no on second thought mail them to me and i will "get rid" of them for you

Fuzzyneon · Post by **Fuzzyneon** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 2:48 pm

dodgegirl2003 wrote:it does look bad but i guess your right

welcome to srt seats they rip you get what you pay for clearly there not "like new lol" if you want to fix it right have them re upolstered anything else will never look stock or you can use some leather repair ish and do it ghetto. I would just leave it honostly or send me the drivers seat LOL

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 2:49 pm

occasional demons wrote:You can't see an ugly face while you're sitting on it, but you still know it's there.

Sorta ruins the mood.

Sounds like you've had a few "winners" in your day

Fuzzyneon · Post by **Fuzzyneon** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 2:50 pm

heydockyle wrote:
occasional demons wrote:You can't see an ugly face while you're sitting on it, but you still know it's there.

Sorta ruins the mood.

Sounds like you've had a few "winners" in your day

Bzevey · Post by **Bzevey** » Sun Dec 19, 2010 9:18 am

Didn't Billy Mays sell a product for something like that?

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Sun Dec 19, 2010 12:07 pm

ask your Mom what she did when you were a child and had a crack in your trousers:

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Sun Dec 19, 2010 12:49 pm

Fuzzyneon wrote:
dodgegirl2003 wrote:it does look bad but i guess your right
welcome to srt seats they rip you get what you pay for

I bought a set used that was in perfect shape and still are. The only ones I ever see rip... are ones that are owned by fat people. They sit on the bolsters and destroy them. fat people shouldn't be allowed to own nice things.

j-king · Post by **j-king** » Sun Dec 19, 2010 5:12 pm

Bzevey · Post by **Bzevey** » Sun Dec 19, 2010 6:06 pm

Might Mend It!!!!

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Mon Dec 20, 2010 10:04 am

My seats never ripped either, even before I re-upholstered them. Serious rofl at the fat people comment.

But a local upholstery shop would be able to fix that for you so it would look brand new. They could replace that entire dark slate vinyl panel on the lower cushion and you'd never know it was done.

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:50 pm

I don't mean to be rude... (but I don't mind being rude either), I'm just calling it as I see it. Fat people destroy these seats then bitch that they are junk.

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 1:03 am

hehe - and it looks like:

Post by **occasional demons** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 9:45 pm

In those cases, the doors literally bend out at the bottom. A relative literally bent the doors on her car, so the dome light wouldn't shut off. The switch was the type that the bottom of the door at the latch end pushed the pin in. We had to tape shims onto the pin.

Midsize/compact cars, and large ppl don't mix too well.

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 12:50 am

and you need stiffer springs / coilovers on the driver side...

Post by **occasional demons** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 12:54 pm

Her husband balanced the load.

Caraudioholic24 · Post by **Caraudioholic24** » Thu Dec 23, 2010 10:54 am

If you wanted to wait till spring I may have some left over fabric...im doing a repair/custom work to mine....

C1DoG · Post by **C1DoG** » Thu Dec 23, 2010 11:15 am

Jenni wrote:hehe - and it looks like:

That's not fat... that is obese!

Post by **occasional demons** » Thu Dec 23, 2010 12:20 pm

Caraudioholic24 wrote:If you wanted to wait till spring I may have some left over fabric...im doing a repair/custom work to mine....

Glad to see you back, Mike!

C1DoG wrote: That's not fat... that is obese!

Actually, it is a chair in mortal danger.

RayWolf · Post by **RayWolf** » Thu Dec 23, 2010 10:26 pm

occasional demons wrote:
Actually, it is a chair in mortal danger.

no the chair is a lost cause. the floor is in mortal danger