#13. 1978 El Camino SS. DIY bucket seat upholstery. I saved over $1000 doing it myself!
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2023
- In this video I bought some bucket seat upholstery and put it on myself saving over $1000. Complete time lapse of doing it is in this video. If I can do it, you can too!
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Lee the best way to do the lasting hog rings it to fold the cover partially inside out and then you can go through the top of that welting and feel your hog rig hit the metal rod. Then just close the hog ring and fold the upholstery back over. It saves you a lot of time and headache trying to hunt for the sleeved lasting going back to front. Thought I would tell you for the next time to save you some time and make it easier. When you were showing the bottom hog rings you can see that you can just hog ring since the seat cover is partially inside out.
It works either way but it’s so much faster to go from the front to hook the two lastings together. When you do another set sometime if you do that you will be so surprised how easy it is. That’s how the factory and most custom upholsterers do it. Looks like you go it done pretty good, the wrinkles can be heat gunned and hog rings moved slightly to pull the vinyls slightly different angle to get all the wrinkles out easy.
You did great and they look good but I hope these tips save you time in future projects. 👍🏻 love that you tackle any project that comes your way.
I actually liked seeing you in fast motion actually working in a music you chose do more videos like that
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You're welcome for the little car. The Caminos are coming together!!
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You did a really good job Lee. I can't believe how much better the cab looks like.
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Hollow from Australia love your show and it’s great you’re getting the old cars back on the road l love all the old classics cheers 🍻
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Just saying right away in the video tie in with string then hog ring it. Great video
awesome job lee on the bucket seats have a great weekend i enjoyed the laspe video and the music
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Those turned out good ! You could never get all of the wrinkles out . Yes i would paint that console for sure.
Seats look great on the restoration on the 1978 El Camino SS good job
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Nice!❤❤❤
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Thanks for video Lee. I enjoyed learning how to do this.
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I got lucky and bought a set of Katzkin leather seats covers for my 2011 Toyota Prius for $190.00. They were on clearance. Two front bucket seats, rear bench seat with folding armrest. Front arm rest cover as well. I took it to a local shop that did the installation for $500.00. It looked better than the fake leather Toyota originally put in, and the shop did an amazing job.
Interior looks AMAZING
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Really enjoyed the time lapse as well!!
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hey Lee good way to fix the plastic part is sand scrathes and gouches out and hit it with that truck bed type spray liner that leaves it looking nice gives a little raised affect and then paint they come out really nice. any keep up the great videos
Yup the clear truck bed liner. Then the camel.👌
The seats turned out awesome man great job love them seats they look really good
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The time lapse was awesome!
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I'd say paint the console, why not? Looks good man! I like your vids, thank you for sharing brother.
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Hog ring tool
Interior iBooks AMAZING
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I guess it all depends where everyone lives... here in sc (cola) I got my elcamino seats here done for 675. But when I called around I had different prices 600- to 2000 ! The city shops were the most. Nice job Lee!
Looks about better.
Great job Lee you're hired. 😁✌
Maybe grab 1 of those steam machines they're pretty cheap good for the wrinkles. Good tool to have in your arsenal. 😉
I saw the ashtrays in the back covers at the beginning of the video but right at the very end I figured... why in the hell would GM put ashtrays in the back of the seats of the El Caminos??? 😂 That's probably why they look unused! Anyways, weird shit right there. The seats turned out really nice and they're giving the interior a fresh new look.
Cheers from Argentina, Lee!
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Nice job on the seat covers! Looking better every video!
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Great Timelapse 👍🏻
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They look really good. Your really good at what u do
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Looking good. 😊
I will tell you one guy sent you a good reply i am impressed you did a good job and you may even find it easier to do it your way however most people fold the sides and hog ring in the front however you do you sir the only pro tip would be steamer hot steam will make material sort and pliable and get the unwanted wrinkles out cheapest type steamer will work for home shop have a good day sir and thanks for videos
I had a Bench seat recovering from a 72 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme 20 years ago and it costed me $800 and that was someone locally.
Seats look awsome great job!!!!!!
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I think you done one damn fine job on the seats.
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The backs look pretty good and you will only see them the few times you have to get into the back.
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The seats turned great. Even the seat backs look good. Looking forward to see how the rest of the interior turns out!
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That WATABURGER commercial at 28:16 got me jonesing’.
Looks good though Lee. Can’t wait to see what’s next.
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Lee man the seats turned out really well 👍, I did the covers in my 67 Mustang a few years ago and I had a few wrinkles, they are black and heat during the day the wrinkles worked themselves out,and in rhe sun ot your way those will do the same, awesome job my friend 👍
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NICE JOB
Looks pretty dam good man that thing is really coming along nicely
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Seats look great also
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I bought some of those seat covers from the same company a few years back for my 79 Malibu. They are pretty decent for the price. Still holding up great even with 3 kids jumping around on them since I got them
Lee, I am amazed by your motivation to get it done!
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Hello Lee the seats are looking great. You have a lot of patients. I don't think I could have done a job that good. Thank you for taking us along for the ride. Take care.
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Good work there man, you can figure out anything on these projects
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Great job Lee looks good
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Looks good that was interesting to watch my 67 LeMans I'm doing the backseat the upholstery is good just a cloth is so I'm going to try and go right over the upholstery.
back seats are a lot easier
Had my 1974 F350 bench seat dun as pudding might say. I bought the cover and had a Guy come to the house and installed it for 125$. 45 minutes later it was done
Bench seat is a lot easier
Sir that's looks AWESOME thank you for the video i got to do the seats on my VETT 76 stingray
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Nice Covers and install. I got worried when i seen you use the vice grips pulling the material. I did that on a motorcycle seat upholstery and it ripped a small hole. Lucky there was a chrome strip to hide most of it. I bet those metal bending pliers with the flat jaws would work good for that.
Hey bud at least it looks better than it did those backings turned out pretty decent like the channel Keep On Keepin On
The seat covers look great Lee. I would definitely paint the console and the black lower door panels with the camel paint.
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I think the truck bed liner paint first would be a good idea
looks really good you did a great job
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Very nice cool interior so far.
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Dang!!!! that hook trick is genius. I just finished redoing the seats in my 67 Cougar and 23 Ford Ranger. That would have made both jobs easier. Great tutorial. Pretty universal process across all makes. Looks great. I got a buck of evaporust that made the tracks look like new.
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Great job.
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Outstanding!!!
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Looks great Lee!
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Real good job Lee great video
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Looks Good Lee!
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Time lapse and the jams were very cool! Seats look awesome. Great job.
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Looking good
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Local upholstery shop wanted 700.00 dollors per seat just to install the foam and covers that i had already purchased, 68 impala ss strato bucket seats, needless to say i did it myself
By the way nice job on the time lapse and the tripod 😅. Like too see more of that 😂
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Upholstery Guy in my town said he would put the bottom seat cover on my Silverado for $100. So I would assume around $400-$600 just to put two seats together plus the cost of the covers.
Love your work. I can relate, im not rich either. Try to save when i can👍💯
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Nice job, Lee! Way better than it was! Looking good!
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We had a customer come to our shop wanting his seats reupholstered. We sent them to a upholstery shop and it cost $1200 . It ain’t cheap
My uncles does he charges 400 per seat for buckets, 600 for bench. He been doing this for over 50 yrs....
Odd there’s an ash tray on the seat back of a 2 seat car, those buckets must have been also used on Malibu or other G body coupes. Wow the interior is transformed, nice work Lee.
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Early 70s Firebird seats, hand done, 100% match original, inc piping and stitching was $1500. Not including foam, frame repairs or color matched seat trim pieces.
Always good videos...
Check foam, because if it's the same Driver Side Passenger Side, SWITCH THEM.
The original foam will be in better condition on Passenger side, and the softer / worn foam will be towards the center console and be like new on the outside edges that takes abuse getting in and out.
I traded an engine rebuilt for front buckets. A 70s Corvette 350 hot roddef slightly
Yep there's a RUclipsr called Nikki Bobby he's got a Chevelle with set of GTO seats, and they're about in the same shape your El Camino seats were in before you recover them he wanted $1,200...
Your cat says thanks, he has new seats to scratch & claw on
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MY fIERO UHPOLSTERY FROM MR MIKES WAS 900 CANADIAN CAME WITH EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO REBUILD YOUR SEATS.tHE LOCAL GUYS WANTED 1900 FOR 2 SEATS
Thanks for showing all this and the descriptions. I def appreciate the tripod work. please do more of that as well. This looked like a ton of work, hard and tedious. Upholstery usually is. Could you give us a guesstimate of how long the upholstery part of the project took you. thx.
about 2 hours a seat
Labor would be pretty equal to cost of covers!
If you were keeping it, I would say smooth roughness off of it and make it a smooth panel, and then paint it like you were painting, a car and putting it that’s what I did in my consul. It was that same plastic type material in my 67 Camaro I’ve moved on to text her off of it and painted it. I didn’t look at that bad. It was just way shinier than the rest of the interior, but it was better than the crack split up mess. It was before when I started
try the rustoleum hammered finish first and then top coat with your camel color on the damaged plastics. the only issue is you may have a chemical reaction when you top coat. aerosols seem to be prone to that in my experience but it would get rid of a lot of the pitting and imperfections. obviously if im watching the video they have already been painted but maybe for the future?
Your lucky to have found a decent buy on those covers, yes it probably took a month too long but you received yours. Legendary is several months behind, been 3 months and still waiting. I’m inspired now when I get them to give it a go. Won’t have to worry about those rods thankfully
They often refoam the seats with the covers,that's why its so much $
Nice job Lee! Major improvement on interior.
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I would cover the seat backs with all sport a 4way stretch vinly or spray them with a textured paint Then cinly paint
Looking awesome bro you know how to build a car I keep saying that but bro that's how it's done fixed to look like the car was made to look like not customized to look like a fuckin space ship from Los Vegas lol keep it up bro 👌
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Bedliner and paint it too match.
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I spose got lost on GM ash tray behind the seats idea..🤔
I thought you'd put some POR-15 on the rusted metal seat pans. Guess it doesn't need it.
could have but didn't feel it necessary
Could use sime tan flex form carpet to cover seat backs…. It has no backing comes in 40” wide and 80” wide
Turn covers inside out put hog rings in listings from top side not bottom don’t take metal off then roll cover over foam and metal together
and by the way $ 900.00 each to recover those buckets.
Have todo the sides first then stretch headrest over
Do you know where those covers are made? I believe the PUI covers are 🇺🇸 made
I don't know
This is a question that of the subject of Upholstery but have you tried out the harbor freight version of eastwoods STC tool i own the eastwood version & it's the best tool i have for stripping a vehicle's paint. The harbor freight version is a fraction of the cost of the eastwood version.
haven't tried
the hogg rings go in from the top , real pain in the ass!
Using a heat gun to soften the vinyl would have made for a much nicer installation
I can't figure out why why why are there ash trays on the back of those seats? lol how would they be of use
in case you have smoking midgets riding in the back
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P why is there an ashtray in the back of a seat of El Camino must be out of a Chevelle
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These repair shops are just too high for anyone, Junk yards or eBay slippers is all we can afford or willing to give, 1200.00 would be a basic starting price, Then you will get add in’s when ever there done
Why do those seats have ashtrays on the back ? I think they turned out great. 👍
smoking was much more acceptable back then. pretty much all cars had ash treys. the fancier cars even had up to 4 🚬 lighters
😄 I just now realized why you asked. my bad. but I'm guessing the ash treys were there because these buckets were the same ones used on the Monte Carlo as very similar ones used on the cutlass, GP and regal. GM just didn't bother to delete the ash trey when these seats were put into the el Camino
I just went back and watched a video I made on one of these SS el caminos I found in the junkyard. That car didnt have the ash treys in the back of the bucket seats so it's possible they just put in what was available that day on the assembly line.
probably depends on year but yeah, universal fit for other g bodies@@ClassicRideSociety