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 baybuscamperkid
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| posted on December 30th, 2003 at 12:08 PM |
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fresh vinyl
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?
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| posted on December 30th, 2003 at 06:34 PM |
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suppodsly leather is the same price as vinyl??? might want to check it out just to add that nice smell to ya car
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| posted on December 31st, 2003 at 06:45 PM |
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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...
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| posted on January 1st, 2004 at 07:43 AM |
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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
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| posted on January 1st, 2004 at 02:37 PM |
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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!
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| posted on January 1st, 2004 at 03:34 PM |
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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!
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| posted on January 1st, 2004 at 04:42 PM |
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u do need pipeline for aircon :P
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| posted on January 1st, 2004 at 08:40 PM |
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$23/m for Vinyl is pretty steep. Try Vyfab (or something like that) in Moorabbin
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| posted on January 1st, 2004 at 09:14 PM |
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Found them in the whitepages
Vyfab
12 Bignell Rd Moorbn-
Sales (03) 9555 6033
Administration (03) 9555 9998
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| posted on January 2nd, 2004 at 09:53 PM |
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Lincraft have it for $9.99/m. im not sure if it is uv treated but cheap all the same.
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| posted on January 2nd, 2004 at 10:14 PM |
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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
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| posted on January 3rd, 2004 at 11:49 AM |
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Thet actually look identical. One is UV treat one is not but there is no difference in apperance
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| posted on January 3rd, 2004 at 04:02 PM |
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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.
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| posted on January 3rd, 2004 at 10:42 PM |
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yeh, like i said passing on info from what was told to me ..... 
personally i have no idea
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