18 replies to this topic

[bert998]

yeah they tested some vinyl dye in one of the old mags. seemed damn good!

[deathrow4life]

id say sell them nd buy sum ones the colour that you want

[Dan]

Faded Cobra seats, there's a surprise. I've lost count of the times I've said on here that Cobras are junk...

Anyhoo that doesn't help you much does it so lets try something else.

Are they vinyl (as lots of people seem to be assuming) or are they rock fabric (the wierd velvety fabric that Cobra make)?

Vinyl you can paint with the vinyl treatments available from places like Halfords and Demon Thieves, be warned though. Having seen some cars that were painted wth this stuff a while ago, it doesn't last. It wears off especailly from flexible surfaces and while that's not really a problem in areas like dashboards, on your seats it will wear off onto your clothes.

Rock fabric will be harder to deal with. As Amy says, it's a poly acrylic stuff so it won't take dye. Worse than that, most car trim fabrics are actually laminated. They are coated with a very thin laminate, almost like a varnish when they are made to seal them. That stops most paints sticking and so again as Amy says you'll need something specialised.

The only truly satisfactory way to go about this is to get them re-trimmed. Cobra will do this for you but personally I'd go somewhere else. Somewhere who uses light fast fabrics would be a good idea.

[GiroUnit]

yep its the fabric stuff.. im seriously tempted to take a can of black spray paint to 'em