Bench seat redo for less than $150.00

The Jewish Guy · Oct 19, 2013

I reupholstered my bench seat from cloth to vinyl

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Here is the long arduous steps..
I bought the bench seat perfect fit from GTJ Convertible tops in North Hollywood CA for about $130.00
Their Hog Ring pliers with 100 hog rings was $13.00
Shipping was $20.00 which is not bad considering the box weighs about 12 lbs

1st Step
You will need a set of good dyke pliers and a flat tip or needle nose pliers.
Study everything and take a pic before you start. Each of these bench seat panels has old coat hanger type rods going through the edges so if you cant get the old ones off make sure you drop by your local dry cleaners and pick some up hangers from them.

I watched a couple of YouTube videos to see how the pros do it... I saved about $150.00 bucks installing the covers myself.

These rubber stoppers you will not need them any longer unless you are a purist then you just have to have them.

The horn rings on here some of them were rusty so they were easy to shear off and others were a bitch to get them off.

Finally got everything taken off and used my dry vac to clean up the loose foam and dirt.
I also dislodged the seat frame and slide rails by 13mm bolts

The new seat cover will need two hanger rods going thru the sleeve near the center of the seat so make sure to hog ring these two pieces.. its simple i should have made a video.

Here it is getting the seat all hog ringed tied.. make sure to use the marked center line so you will know how everything comes together... it is very simple to do.. first time it takes about 3 hours and next time i will do it in 1 hour.

For the backrest make sure to remove the old cover carefully because the headrest foam falls apart and you might have to tape it together to keep it in tact.
I took some carpet material and glued it to the back because i didnt want the foam exposed..

I recommend using a hole puncher from Harbor freight tools.. attach it to your drill and it makes a nice clean round hole for where your seat bolts will go.

Here it is installed...