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<blockquote data-quote="flyboypuoi" data-source="post: 785690" data-attributes="member: 25768"><p>With the fabric traced, they were ready to cut. Stupid me wrote L and R on them and realised that, because the fabric is very thin, the ink is visible on the other side. So I did them much smaller on the right two. Not that I even needed to specify which side as I'm sure they're the same, and the red/green is for which half they fit.</p><p>The odd assortment of tools was to weigh the fabric down as it was blowing away.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]70577[/ATTACH]</p><p>Nice!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]70578[/ATTACH]</p><p>There they are, all four.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]70579[/ATTACH]</p><p>I decided to get the headrests done, so I sanded them a little too, one took it a little worse than the other.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]70580[/ATTACH]</p><p>It was then that I realised, the fabric I've bought isn't the same as the sample! I must've selected the wrong colour. Whoops! Well, this colour is fine too, and I don't want to stop now.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]70581[/ATTACH]</p><p>The headrest fabrics were super tight, but they're on and they've been cleaned a bit.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]70582[/ATTACH]</p><p>So now, I pinned the fabric in place, and it looks neat!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]70583[/ATTACH]</p><p>It took a couple of attempts, I found that pinning the curved edge first and doing left and right alternately let it go on right.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]70584[/ATTACH]</p><p>Looks okay! I cleaned off some of the ink.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]70585[/ATTACH]</p><p>So here I go... Very inexperienced but I'm keen.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]70586[/ATTACH]</p><p>A bit sloppy, but it went on slowly.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]70587[/ATTACH]</p><p>That actually looks pretty good!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]70588[/ATTACH]</p><p>Now for this metal band. This holds the middle fabric bit down on the seat.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]70589[/ATTACH]</p><p>So on went that, but I stitched it a little sloppily.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]70590[/ATTACH]</p><p>Not bad.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]70591[/ATTACH]</p><p>I pulled it over the seat.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]70592[/ATTACH]</p><p>It was very very hard to get the fabric tight.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]70593[/ATTACH]</p><p>But that doesn't look too bad.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]70594[/ATTACH]</p><p>I tried to straighten it out a bit more but it was being a pain. Some of the stitches are showing at the top, where I've been clumsy, that sucks.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]70595[/ATTACH]</p><p>Today!</p><p>I noticed that when pressing the seat, or test-sitting in it, a crinkley noise like a plastic bag or something could be heard. I took the fabric off again and found that the foil sheilds were making the horrible noise. These aren't exactly required, so I binned them.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]70596[/ATTACH]</p><p>The heating fabric needed some glue to help it stick again.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]70597[/ATTACH]</p><p>Fitted again, this time I did it much better, and it's okay. The extra side bolstering was being difficult, though. It was curving around, and may be responsible for the fabric not being tight. The wrinkles look worse in the photo.</p><p>I may need to remove the extra bolster padding.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]70598[/ATTACH]</p><p>Something small arrived today, that was a replacement USB drive for the radio. The old one still works, but it's really worn, and it's lost a lot of plastic on the end, bit by bit. This meant that a slight knock would disconnect the drive and the music would pause, which was annoying.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]70599[/ATTACH]</p><p>They're the same, down to the volume label. I've formatted it as FAT32 so it'll work with my vintage computer.</p><p>Actually, the new one is double the capacity, though I didn't get close to filling the old one.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]70600[/ATTACH]</p><p>Small things add up to make it look better.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]70601[/ATTACH]</p><p>So, time for the bottom fabric! I first sewed in the metal rod that holds it down, then pinned the fabric in place. This also took a couple of attempts.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]70602[/ATTACH]</p><p>This time I've done much better! Much more neat, and I haven't really stitched too far out making the thread visible like on the previous one. I had to unpin it halfway through as it wasn't lined up quite right still. I only got this far and had to stop, but I was going much faster this time.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]70603[/ATTACH]</p><p>Nearly forgot again, I could hear the steering needed a bit more oil, and I was right. This was all I had left, which should do it.</p><p>I then noticed that there was a wire quite loose near the exhaust.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]70604[/ATTACH]</p><p>So I tidied it up, first I got a standard cable tie, but decided to flash one of my MCM ones.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]70605[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I've got loads of work coming up so I'll have very little time to do stuff. But at least I'll have some money for stuff!</p><p></p><p>One last thing: The 200Ω resistors arrived and I fitted one to the steering wheel radio buttons. The source button still acts a bit iffy, but I almost never use that button anyway. But now, "Track +" works! So my steering wheel finally has functional buttons for controlling the radio. Awesome!</p><p></p><p>Sent from my F8331 using <a href="http://r.tapatalk.com/byo?rid=73708" target="_blank">Micra Sports Club mobile app</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flyboypuoi, post: 785690, member: 25768"] With the fabric traced, they were ready to cut. Stupid me wrote L and R on them and realised that, because the fabric is very thin, the ink is visible on the other side. So I did them much smaller on the right two. Not that I even needed to specify which side as I'm sure they're the same, and the red/green is for which half they fit. The odd assortment of tools was to weigh the fabric down as it was blowing away. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_1349.JPG"]70577[/ATTACH] Nice! [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_1350.JPG"]70578[/ATTACH] There they are, all four. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_1351.JPG"]70579[/ATTACH] I decided to get the headrests done, so I sanded them a little too, one took it a little worse than the other. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_1352.JPG"]70580[/ATTACH] It was then that I realised, the fabric I've bought isn't the same as the sample! I must've selected the wrong colour. Whoops! Well, this colour is fine too, and I don't want to stop now. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_1353.JPG"]70581[/ATTACH] The headrest fabrics were super tight, but they're on and they've been cleaned a bit. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_1354.JPG"]70582[/ATTACH] So now, I pinned the fabric in place, and it looks neat! [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_1355.JPG"]70583[/ATTACH] It took a couple of attempts, I found that pinning the curved edge first and doing left and right alternately let it go on right. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_1356.JPG"]70584[/ATTACH] Looks okay! I cleaned off some of the ink. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_1357.JPG"]70585[/ATTACH] So here I go... Very inexperienced but I'm keen. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_1358.JPG"]70586[/ATTACH] A bit sloppy, but it went on slowly. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_1359.JPG"]70587[/ATTACH] That actually looks pretty good! [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_1360.JPG"]70588[/ATTACH] Now for this metal band. This holds the middle fabric bit down on the seat. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_1361.JPG"]70589[/ATTACH] So on went that, but I stitched it a little sloppily. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_1362.JPG"]70590[/ATTACH] Not bad. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_1363.JPG"]70591[/ATTACH] I pulled it over the seat. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_1364.JPG"]70592[/ATTACH] It was very very hard to get the fabric tight. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_1365.JPG"]70593[/ATTACH] But that doesn't look too bad. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_1366.JPG"]70594[/ATTACH] I tried to straighten it out a bit more but it was being a pain. Some of the stitches are showing at the top, where I've been clumsy, that sucks. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_1367.JPG"]70595[/ATTACH] Today! I noticed that when pressing the seat, or test-sitting in it, a crinkley noise like a plastic bag or something could be heard. I took the fabric off again and found that the foil sheilds were making the horrible noise. These aren't exactly required, so I binned them. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_1369.JPG"]70596[/ATTACH] The heating fabric needed some glue to help it stick again. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_1370.JPG"]70597[/ATTACH] Fitted again, this time I did it much better, and it's okay. The extra side bolstering was being difficult, though. It was curving around, and may be responsible for the fabric not being tight. The wrinkles look worse in the photo. I may need to remove the extra bolster padding. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_1371.JPG"]70598[/ATTACH] Something small arrived today, that was a replacement USB drive for the radio. The old one still works, but it's really worn, and it's lost a lot of plastic on the end, bit by bit. This meant that a slight knock would disconnect the drive and the music would pause, which was annoying. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_1372.JPG"]70599[/ATTACH] They're the same, down to the volume label. I've formatted it as FAT32 so it'll work with my vintage computer. Actually, the new one is double the capacity, though I didn't get close to filling the old one. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_1373.JPG"]70600[/ATTACH] Small things add up to make it look better. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_1374.JPG"]70601[/ATTACH] So, time for the bottom fabric! I first sewed in the metal rod that holds it down, then pinned the fabric in place. This also took a couple of attempts. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_1375.JPG"]70602[/ATTACH] This time I've done much better! Much more neat, and I haven't really stitched too far out making the thread visible like on the previous one. I had to unpin it halfway through as it wasn't lined up quite right still. I only got this far and had to stop, but I was going much faster this time. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_1376.JPG"]70603[/ATTACH] Nearly forgot again, I could hear the steering needed a bit more oil, and I was right. This was all I had left, which should do it. I then noticed that there was a wire quite loose near the exhaust. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_1383.JPG"]70604[/ATTACH] So I tidied it up, first I got a standard cable tie, but decided to flash one of my MCM ones. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_1384.JPG"]70605[/ATTACH] I've got loads of work coming up so I'll have very little time to do stuff. But at least I'll have some money for stuff! One last thing: The 200Ω resistors arrived and I fitted one to the steering wheel radio buttons. The source button still acts a bit iffy, but I almost never use that button anyway. But now, "Track +" works! So my steering wheel finally has functional buttons for controlling the radio. Awesome! Sent from my F8331 using [URL='http://r.tapatalk.com/byo?rid=73708']Micra Sports Club mobile app[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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