Ripinator
Old Man with a Hat
I wanted to install seat belts in the rear seat of my 300L. Gotta have them for the grandkids.
I pulled the seat bottom and discovered the foam had hardened and turned to dust... So that meant a bit more work.
Rear floor covered in foam dust.
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A tag shows this is a Legendary cover made in 1997!
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Foam was so dry it crumbled.
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And interesting that it had a Forward Look logo.
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Burlap was bad too.
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New burlap with the metal stays inserted. That was a PITA.
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I forgot to take a pic of the new foam. I used some 1" 44lb high density foam I got from Amazon.
I like to do this when it's warm out, but 55 degrees was the best it's going to get for a while. With the cold and a used cover, it was really tough to get the bottom of the cover down far enough to clip it with the hog rings. I can't remember where I saw this trick, but it works nice... You use zip-ties to pull everything down and stretch the cover. Push and tighten until the cover is in place and you can use the hog rings to secure it.
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Finished... Came out OK.. I think if the cover was new, and stretched easier, I could have done a little better, but it's good. Still have to do the seat belts!
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Very nice work, John!