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Just like the majority of our older seats, mine were in poor shape when I bought my truck. The passenger seat was faded from green to blue and ripped and the driver seat was... abused.... no big deal to me.
I am using State Farm for my insurance and it was recommended by my agent that I recover my seats before she sent the pictures to the classic vehicle underwriter.
I looked up seat covers from several vendors and the average going price was between $200-$250 and a 6 week- 9 week lead time depending on the vendor.
I told my girlfriend about it and she took a look and said "let me see what I can do". We went to a local craft store, bought a bolt of fabric for... I want to say $25.00 after a coupon and tax.... Monday the 22nd I pulled the seat from the truck and she started the project Wednesday the 24th, the day I went offshore. This morning, she sent me the pics I insisted she take during the process.... she **also** reinstalled the seat by herself, finding all the parts etc I had put in places **I** knew where they were, but she didn't. She also works as a nurse full time, so this was done between shifts...
I think she did an OUTSTANDING job and I couldn't be prouder!
Here are the before, during and after pics....
Just like the majority of our older seats, mine were in poor shape when I bought my truck. The passenger seat was faded from green to blue and ripped and the driver seat was... abused.... no big deal to me.
I am using State Farm for my insurance and it was recommended by my agent that I recover my seats before she sent the pictures to the classic vehicle underwriter.
I looked up seat covers from several vendors and the average going price was between $200-$250 and a 6 week- 9 week lead time depending on the vendor.
I told my girlfriend about it and she took a look and said "let me see what I can do". We went to a local craft store, bought a bolt of fabric for... I want to say $25.00 after a coupon and tax.... Monday the 22nd I pulled the seat from the truck and she started the project Wednesday the 24th, the day I went offshore. This morning, she sent me the pics I insisted she take during the process.... she **also** reinstalled the seat by herself, finding all the parts etc I had put in places **I** knew where they were, but she didn't. She also works as a nurse full time, so this was done between shifts...
I think she did an OUTSTANDING job and I couldn't be prouder!
Here are the before, during and after pics....
