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baybuscamperkid - December 30th, 2003 at 12:08 PM

hey guys, just starting to re-upolster the bus, getting my grandfather to make new seat covers (he is an ex fletcher jones tailor) and was wondering where is a good place to get vinyl from? i have gotten a quote for $23 per metre for black UV treated. is this a good price?

kombi_kid - December 30th, 2003 at 06:34 PM

suppodsly leather is the same price as vinyl??? might want to check it out just to add that nice smell to ya car
cheers
rhys

baybuscamperkid - December 31st, 2003 at 06:45 PM

leather comes in hides tho (not on rolls) which means u usually have to buy more to do the same job because of the odd sizes of the skins. tempting thought tho...

vw54 - January 1st, 2004 at 07:43 AM

The prices sounds pretty cheap to me. Go for it. I would add a cloth insert section on the cushion and squab faces much nicer to sit on then the Vinyl.

Astro Boy - January 1st, 2004 at 02:37 PM

im with vw54. unless you are going to put A/C in as well cloth inserts are a great idea. Aust is a hot country!

baybuscamperkid - January 1st, 2004 at 03:34 PM

already got the cloth, basically copying the original upolstery on the seats (buckets out of an RX3), grandfather doing the work also managed to supply suede look cloth for the center of the seats. oh yeah, and aircon's in the pipeline too!

kombi_kid - January 1st, 2004 at 04:42 PM

u do need pipeline for aircon :P
cheers
rhys

karmannghia60 - January 1st, 2004 at 08:40 PM

$23/m for Vinyl is pretty steep. Try Vyfab (or something like that) in Moorabbin
Raf

karmannghia60 - January 1st, 2004 at 09:14 PM

Found them in the whitepages
Vyfab
12 Bignell Rd Moorbn-
Sales (03) 9555 6033
Administration (03) 9555 9998

Astro Boy - January 2nd, 2004 at 09:53 PM

Lincraft have it for $9.99/m. im not sure if it is uv treated but cheap all the same.

Adam_C - January 2nd, 2004 at 10:14 PM

make sure you got auto vinyl not the cheap shit at spotlight, and you get what you pay for, the $10 stuff will look like $10 stuff, just passing on sum advice given to ,me


oh and make sure the sewing is done properly, close fine stitching will tend to weaken the material around where it is sewn from and therefore rip easier

cheers
adz

karmannghia60 - January 3rd, 2004 at 11:49 AM

Thet actually look identical. One is UV treat one is not but there is no difference in apperance

baybuscamperkid - January 3rd, 2004 at 04:02 PM

kg60, ur right, they do look basically identical (the higher quality one may have a better knit on the back side of the fabric). UV proof is much more expensive then basic stuff and is 100% necessary for doing seats and any other area in direct sunlight. all the stitching will be done by a pro (my grandfather, head fletcher jones tailor in warrnambool in his day) to the exact specs of the original, so no problems with stitching.
thanks for all the replies guys.

Adam_C - January 3rd, 2004 at 10:42 PM

yeh, like i said passing on info from what was told to me ..... :) personally i have no idea