Re: what a SHITTY day for my 87..

[David Liu <dyliu@pacbell.net>]

i'm going to have a look at it tomorrow morning (i hope the fabric -
leather - doesn't rip!!). is this an intuitive dismantle project?? does the
bentley have any info on it? if it's the metal frame and it's salvagable
(the way i've pictured it in my head) i may just try to bolt the thing
together. more details later.
seeya
dave




At 09:44 AM 7/30/99 -0700, Ian Overholt wrote:
>I looked more closely at your original message and saw that you have broken 
>the upper half.  Bummer.  You will need to find a driver's side upper from a 
>Scirocco.  If your fabric is still good, it can be reused on the new frame.  
>Like I said before, switching the foam & fabric on the upper part of the 
>seat is hard!  One of the hardest parts was removing the plastic plugs in 
>the top where the headrest mounts.  I think the method that finally worked 
>was jamming a socket on the inside end while pulling up on the top side.  
>Talk about overengineering!!  That plastic piece just pops in, but it's not 
>intended to come out!
>
>Ian Overholt
>'88 16v (with rebuilt lower driver's seat)
>'78 pre-S S (needs upper fabric on both front seats)
>
>
>----Original Message Follows----
From: Kathy Teulie <104372.1061@compuserve.com>
>To: "Ian Overholt" <ioverholt@hotmail.com>, scirocco-l@scirocco.org,        
>dyliu@pacbell.net
>Subject: Re: what a SHITTY day for my 87..
>Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 12:01:40 -0400
>
>My friend Frank broke his seat frame like you did. You can use
>several upper frames to replace yours. Jetta GLI 2 door  A1 and A2's will
>fit.
>If you can, get a Scirocco seat back.  You can even use a passenger seat
>back but all the controls will be on the other side.   I've replaced upper
>and
>lower seat fabric before. It is best not to try to replace the upper seat
>back
>fabric if you are new to this stuff. Just get a good frame with matching
>fabric.
>The lower frame is Scirocco only! Do not try to put a Golf or Jetta lower
>seat
>frame in your Scirocco. You would need to be about 3 feet tall to
>drive your car with out hitting your head on the roof  :  O.
>Doug
>
>Message text written by "Ian Overholt"
> >
>That's some bad news.  Replacing the door isn't that bad, but if the dent
>looks easy to straighten, it could be worth fixing.  I just bought a '78
>with a good dent in the driver's door and I'm going to replace the door.
>
>On the seat issue, is the break in the upper or lower part of the seat?
>The
>lower part is much easier to replace.  If your fabric is worn out on the
>lower part, now is the time to change it.  All the lower seat foam and
>fabric are the same on the driver and passenger seat, so all you have to do
>
>is find a junkyard car with a decent passenger seat (much easier than
>finding an intact driver's seat).  Then get a driver's seat (fabric/foam
>condition doesn't matter) and put the passenger seat fabric and foam on the
>
>new driver's seat frame. Does this make sense?  I've replaced upper and
>lower seat fabric before.  The upper is much harder because there are a lot
>
>more places where the fabric is attached to the frame and there are pieces
>going back and forth and around things and popping out the plastic pieces
>where the headrests mount is REALLY hard.
>
>You're in the bay area, right?  Come to the meet on Saturday.  I'll show
>you
>what I'm talking about.  :)
>
>Ian Overholt
>'88 16v
>'78 Pre-S S<
>
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