Seat R&R

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

In message <199804131640.JAA02088@envy.ugcs.caltech.edu> Alex Rosser writes:

> > 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?
>
> They're called hog rings. A PITA to clamp, a larger one to reclamp(it's
> somewhat easier with hog ring pliers, but it's still annoying).
>
> I used to do a lot of car seat surgery(broken lumbar back supports) when I
> was working as a Volvo mechanic(yeah, yeah.... I don't want to hear it). The
> best replacement for hog rings(assuming you don't wish to show the car in
> concours) is plastic zip ties. Quick, easy and durable.

Yup - four others have given me much the same reply.

Zip ties are a drug on the market in my garage - I buy them by the
hundred.  They'd be MUCH easier to use in reassembly than
any "hog clip plier" could be, even if it were most conveniently built.

But - why weren't they used first time around?  Does the upholstery
industry not know about them?  I can see the great convenience of zip
ties (which we call cable ties) but is there really going to be another
150k of durability?

A pox on concourses, BTW.  I drove a concourse winner at Chatsworth
last year - the engine ran like a dog and it wasn't properly aligned.
Wrong priorities for me.

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