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It's small consolation, but it offers you the chance to add a nickname.. want us to help you come up with one?
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and here's actual footage of my seat cover being delivered cross country |
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I kid you not, they are less than 20 miles away and it will take them 2 days to get here???
first it was supposed to be here on Monday I checked last night and it literally said today aka Saturday and now this morning it says next Monday |
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That's because it has to go by way of New York and then back to CA :)
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What? Already, that was fast! Not
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FedEx has air and ground hubs in Sacramento but that doesn't preclude the idiots doing thier logistics from routing packages through Oakland or Fresno or Reno NV or Portland OR ... The USPS ships letters I mail to Woodsville from the Wentworth Post Office to Nashua and back to Woodsville. Nashua is an hour and a half South of here right across the border from Lowell Massachusetts. Why not send the bloody letter to Boston and back or round trip it to Providence RI or Hartford Ct or Rutland Vt or NYC. Small wonder they're in financial difficulty. |
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The seat cover looks good! I'm waiting patiently for the next step. |
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How long did it take USA1 to make your seat cover? I inquired a long time ago about some bucket seat covers and they said it would be an 8 week turnaround. Curious if that's how long it took for yours.
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ha ha, I guess you missed the ordeal I went through in the last dozen posts, no problem, here it is in a nutshell Ordered the seat on September 1st heard nothing for two weeks so emailed them and they said, exactly what they told you, the seat will be 8 to 10 weeks out then couple days later I got a Shipping confirmation with a Tracking number (WTH ?) and it miandered all across the country for about a week and a half and I just got it yesterday September 25th |
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Mandatory Stare and Compare
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Very Nice! Can’t wait to see the seat after you get the cover installed.
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That cover will look great and totally change the look of the cab. Can’t wait to see it in
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You probably could have gotten a couple more miles out of the old one.
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I got mine from Fastenal if there still around, hog rings
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thank you all, I have these BLUE HAWKs from when I did the seats on my '71 and swore I would never do another set again, ha ha, these suck cause you don't place the ring in the very tip, so it's impossible to push it in deep enough through the material unless you are doing the edges only
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so I got these on AMAZON couple days ago, just waiting on them to get here
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That one works good for most of the seat back. The other set I showed, works the best on the seat bottom. It helps to pull the cover. I’ll try and find a video to explain better.
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alright we got an update, the right sized stainless steel zip ties arrived today (third try mind you)
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I started in the center and worked out ,left and right ,sorta like welding a panel. Make sure when you do the other seat bottom or top that the sewing lines match to the the other. I didn,t and had to remove some hog rings and pull and tug to get it to match.
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so being too excited and not a patient man instead of waiting on the new hog ring pliers to arrive tomorrow I decided to mod ours, so I ground about 1/4 inch off the nubs, I swear these things were completely useless otherwise, see how far back the ring sits in there it needs to be at the very tip
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so when I bought my new foam I snagged this tarp like backing, I like it cause it keeps the springs from digging in to the foam, so I hog tied it in a few places to the frame first to prevent slipage
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then I placed the new foam on top of that black backing and boy it fit like a glove
then I had the idea of using the pillow case technique in order to slip on the cover, you know you turn it inside out, align the two corners and fold it over back on itself, but there was no need, there was also no need for the slippery garbage bag trick as the cover is just loose enough to slip right over the foam snug but effortless |
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Oh O! TKCR Help, what am I supposed to do with these tails?
Of course the seat in this LMC video does not have these loose ends How to Install a Seat Upholstery Kit | Kevin Tetz with LMC Truck |
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Well other than those silly loose ends I think it looks great!
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alright I think I found what to do with these loose ends in this 1967-72 Chevy & GMC Truck Seat Cover replacement! #5 of 6! video
good thing I left them loose, I was tempted to tuck them under and hog clip those rat tails to the seat back frame, ha ha |
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