YY1
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Update-
After driving around and leaving it parked outside in 80* weather, they are starting to get slightly better.
I am also starting to suspect that the wrinkles near the buttons are from the button installation.
I can also see pencil lines where the workers were finding the center lines.
I did the bottom of one of the buckets over the weekend, and did the other one last night.
On the last one I put a 1" layer of fiber fill foam under the original foam, in order to preserve the listing lines and clearance for the button attachments.
It did fill out the cover more, but it made the rear portion sit quite a bit higher (above the metal where the latch bracket bolts) and stretching the cover did not make it sit right. Hopefully this does not cause interference with the seat back operation.
I'm going to drive it a while with each seat bottom on the drivers side and see how it feels and wears/shrinks.
Interestingly- I have a tool not shown in that video- the listing wire pliers.
Those have been extremely helpful for me as they spread the stress of pulling the cover along 4 inches of the wire instead of 1/4 inch, like regular pliers. The also have a built in fulcrum so you can get additional leverage by prying against the frame or spring, and also somewhat anchor the pliers to help hold them in place.
After driving around and leaving it parked outside in 80* weather, they are starting to get slightly better.
I am also starting to suspect that the wrinkles near the buttons are from the button installation.
I can also see pencil lines where the workers were finding the center lines.
I did the bottom of one of the buckets over the weekend, and did the other one last night.
On the last one I put a 1" layer of fiber fill foam under the original foam, in order to preserve the listing lines and clearance for the button attachments.
It did fill out the cover more, but it made the rear portion sit quite a bit higher (above the metal where the latch bracket bolts) and stretching the cover did not make it sit right. Hopefully this does not cause interference with the seat back operation.
I'm going to drive it a while with each seat bottom on the drivers side and see how it feels and wears/shrinks.
Interestingly- I have a tool not shown in that video- the listing wire pliers.
Those have been extremely helpful for me as they spread the stress of pulling the cover along 4 inches of the wire instead of 1/4 inch, like regular pliers. The also have a built in fulcrum so you can get additional leverage by prying against the frame or spring, and also somewhat anchor the pliers to help hold them in place.
