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Where to source seat material?
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 6:03 pm
by Fud
Hi my name is Frazer, I am 16 and currently restoring an EK ute, It is the original pink and I am on the hunt to find new seat material for my ute, it was the pink and brown seat originally and I want to put it back to original. Does anyone know where i can buy the seat material? Any help would be much appreciated.
Re: Where to source seat material?
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 7:04 pm
by parisian62
Hi Fud,
It's very hard to find original vinyl. Somtimes people stumble across NOS stuff but its rare. Theres a mob in Melbourne called Supertrim 43 Charles Street Coburg VIC 3058 Ph 03 9354 1275
- not sure what they have but it may be worth a phone call.
Good luck with it - you just never know what you might find...
regards
Stewart
Re: Where to source seat material?
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:48 pm
by stinky
Do you want to find the material and trim it yourself or get someone to trim it for you?
If you just want to find the vinyl you could try Daleys (
www.daleys.com.au) they have a fairly wide range of vinyls and you should be able to match the colour if not the texture.
Re: Where to source seat material?
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 9:53 am
by FB1960
As already stated, it is hard to find original materials, but you could try a few older upholstery places to see what they may have stashed away. The other option is hunt around on eBay, swap meets or the local trading paper i.e. quokka, trading post etc.
Here are some other options you could try
http://www.nolanuda.com.au/media/PDF/Co ... lstery.pdf (may have a substitute for what you want.)
http://www.smsautofabrics.com/ (in the USA and deal with earlier materials and may have something similar to what you want, you could send them a photo of what you want and see if they can match it)
Goodluck in your hunt