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Right now I'm trying the velcro and see where it goes. I may have to resort to gluing it in. We'll see. 

Thanks for the help.

I finally got the seats in and yes, the fabric is glued to the seat and back.  I've removed the fabric and it has pulled away from to foam fairly well.   At this point I may need some advice.  The factory allowed extra material to fill the ridges in the foam.

Should I try to re-create the factory 'glue down' idea or just sew pleats to sew foam similar to other seats.  What concerns me is the way the fabric is pulled into the seat and back by the glue. Other seats use velcro glued to the foam and sewen to the fabric seams to hold into place.   I've even thought of sewing listing into the seams with cording and tie it through the back to give it depth and to hold it into place.  I just can't decide a practical or efficient way to make these backs look good once completed.

I've never glued fabric to seats before but I guess I could make this a first.

Thank you for any thoughts.

Thanks again for the help and comments.  I still don't have the seats in the shop but I think I will go with some sort of custom look.  The truck and the customer are open to a look very different from origional without going to extremes.  I'm trying to keep it simple yet I have a free hand at fabricating whatever I feel looks good.

Thanks for all the help.  I'll find out soon enough.   All new to me but I'm thinking it won't be the last ones I'll see.

  It sounds a little more complicated than what I had anticipated but I'll just learn.   

Do you try to duplcate the factory pleats or do you sew new pleats in the sew foam and stretch it over the origional?

The customer has a custom 1994 Chevy Silverado pickup and wants to replace the seat and back panel fabric with a more up to date fabric to bring this truck up from the 90's to a more contemporary look. The seat is a "60-40" two piece seat.  I've worked on GM seats before but these look like the fabric is glued to the seat cushion core in the center.  All the seats I've worked on previously are held with velcro in molded seat cores and of course hog rings on the bottom.  I don't have the them out yet so part of this is still unknown to me but I like to plan ahead for a new experience before I get myself into something.  Anything special I should know about these?  Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Sugar hangover from the cookies and candy ::)

Closed cell foam sounds just like the solution to my problem.  Perfect.   I think my brain went dim for a bit.

Thanks Kyle and everyone.  I think I got this thing moving forward again.

Good thoughts.    I'll be searching for the right glue.   Not sure what pleats or tucks I'll design for it though.  The origional had nothing.  Just  a little sound deadener.   

Thanks.

1941 Chevrolet business coupe.  This is a street rod.   I'm trying to finish up this project and seem to have hit a wall for some reason.   I'm doing the inside of the trunk lid.  Upholstering the inside of this thing is like doing the inside of an egg shell.  It curves several ways.  Will glue hold the foam and fabric to panel in the summer heat?   

I've got several concerns. The first one being will the ulta vinyl I'm using wrinkle if I glue it to a flat panel then bow it in?

For design should I just keep in simple?   Just stretch fabric over it and forget it or should I fabricate a design in it to complement the rest of the interior.  Few people even look up into a trunk  lid at most shows.   

Thanks you for the thoughts in advance.

Very nice.   Custom interiors can be tricky trying to come up with a new look but tasteful.

Just an update.

I took all the advice everyone gave me and went back in to see what needed to be done and formulate a plan.  Fortunately I was able to find my mistake without a lot of complication.

I figured out that I just did not have enough stretch on it.  I pulled it back very firmly and the wrinkles came out little by little.  I worked slowly and very methodically one staple at a time determined not to have to re-do this a third time. 

It looks like a pro installation even if I do say so.

Thank you for the input and help.

Thanks , Mike.  Yikes!  I hope I don't have to take it out and blind stitch the fabric at the seems for the excess.  I've got it installed very well all except the rear area. 

I just need more experience with these.

Thank you for your insight.

Thanks, Kyle.  I think I may try that.  I was a little scared to start trimming back the listing because once you clip it there is no going back.

But I think that makes sense.  If I would trim it back a bit it should relax the headliner enough to help the wrinkles.

Now I hope that I didn't trim the headliner back too far either.  Either way, even if I have to buy another one I'll chalk it up to learning.  Just as long as I get the thing correct is all I care about.

Facebook photos and information looks excellent.