seat paterns

paulsgarden · Post by **paulsgarden** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:31 pm

dose anyone out there have a set of upholstery patterns for the seats (front and back) and the door panels. as i would like to have a go at making a bespoke interior . thanks in advance
paul

Big Brother · Post by **Big Brother** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:32 pm

Are you talking about pictures or what?

Roo · Post by **Roo** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:48 pm

There are pictures of all the seat material styles on the main site if thats what your after. I doubt very much if you'd find some original seat material for a retrim though. Best thing to do would be sourch a new style to your own taste and go from there. Go for it though, I reckon it would be cool to see a re-styled 480 interior.

paulsgarden · Post by **paulsgarden** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:40 pm

what i need is the plans for cutting the material to . rather than having to unpic the seats and make them from scratch.
paul

Roo · Post by **Roo** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:12 pm

I really doubt you'd get those. I've had to retrim some recaro's before and the easiest way is to use the old material as a template.

paulsgarden · Post by **paulsgarden** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:51 pm

yep it's starting to look like thats my only option just did't want to be without any seats in the car for that long. unless i can get some very cheep from a scraped car!

Roo · Post by **Roo** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:10 pm

If you've got any scrapyards local to you i'd suggest going and "skinning" a seat for the templates.
Both front seats are the same mind you so you would only need to skin one (obv the tilt mechanism handle is different per side) and it would be a good incentive to complete the job asap.

piper1st · Post by **piper1st** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 11:15 am

paulsgarden wrote:what i need is the plans for cutting the material to .

cool, well when i was in the Volvo dealership a few months back i asked if they had any replacement seat panels or whole interiors, but their all long gone!

I've a hole in one of the side panels of the leather, so would be interested in your findings!

Ross