Seat R&R

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <1.5.4.32.19980412112157.006d78e8@sundial.net> Dave Head writes:
> At 09:49 AM 4/12/98 GMT, you wrote:

> >Anyone BTDT?  Are the devilish triangular clips a standard type of
> >fastener that I might find off-the-shelf somewhere, or do I have to
> >devise some other way of holding the covers firmly in place?

> Those are called 'hog rings', and are actually oval when new.  They use a
> special hog ring plier that has grooves in it to insert new ones and clamp
> correctly. I bought mine at the local Pep Boys. JC Whitney has them too.
> Upholstery shops should have them.

Same reply from several sources.  Thanks, guys.


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