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[GiroUnit]

not sure if this is the right section.. anyhooo.. ive just been given some cobra bucket seats.. only problem is that they are red and have started to fade to a lovely shade of pink.. is there anyway i can save them? spray on black dye or something? be a shame if i cant use them because they dont have a mark on them

cheers if you can help...

[Retro_10s]

Hmm fabric paint realy aint something i know a lot about. You could alwyas buy an industrial sized Vat of dye and dip the seats

I'm sure you could paint them....

[fatmini]

go to an art or fabic shop and ask for some hard wearing die ! but be carefull as some are wash in style

*imagines u getting ur seats in a washing machine *

[GiroUnit]

paint as in spray?

[GiroUnit]

[GiroUnit]

waaaaaaaaa....

[Edmonds87]

foliatec do a paint for vinyl in a can, but think its more for dashes and door furniture rather than seats. best route is prob to dye them like the guys above recommended

[Amy]

Have a look on here.... Woolies Trim

These guys usually stock anything you need to restore a car interior.... if they don't have any dye for seats, send an email, they should know where you can get some!


Any ordinary dye won't work, as they only work on cotton mix fabrics... to my knowledge Cobra seats are made from a high nylon/polyester based fabric and you can't change the colour once it's made, it's dyed during the manufacturing process. Which means you will need a something that will coat the fabric weave rather than dying/soaking into it.....

[GiroUnit]

excellent.. thanks very much ill chuck them a email and see what they say

[mad4mins]

great i was going to ask the same question

let us know how you get on Giro!

[Purple Tom]

title edited to something that actually describes what the thread is about...

[Jammy]

Faded red to black Tom?! Thats quite a colour change!

[Jimmyarm]

The easiest (and probably cheapest) way is to.....


Sell your seats and buy some black ones

Anything you spray on will just rub off eventually anyway

[The Matt]

Get a retrim??

[edjohnson]

some one was on about special die for seat vynl in a post about some cobra's that were for sale, i think it soaks in rather than sits on the surface