Painting/dying Recaro's

[dbarwick@sprynet.com (Diamond Dave)]

Sounds like you are describing the Recaro interior from the very low
production Helios Blue Wolfsburg Edition Jetta GLI. Those are very uncommon
seats, but still that pattern must be dreadful to match with any other
interior pattern.

As for Dying or recovering, that all depends on your standards. I have only
seen one decent restich. It was done on a local PDX car for sale a few
months ago advertised on the VWvortex. Here is the link to Dean's page where
he goes into detail about getting the job done:
http://www.vdubn.com/vw/77rabbit/interior/Front_seats.jpg
The tough part is getting the fabric to lay correctly on the foam. The other
tough part is getting a quality fabric. Yet another tough part is finding
someone that can do a decent job on automotive seats that don't belong in a
Bronco or in a boat.

But since you've got $50 seats, you've got nothing to lose. There is fabric
dye available that won't come off on your clothing. Just go to an upholstery
shop.

Good luck. Document your job with photo's and then let us know how it turned
out.
Diamond Dave
88 Scirocco http://scirocco16v.com/profiles/david_b.htm
84 Jetta GLI
Portland, OR



-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Mardak
Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 11:13 PM
To: Julie Macfarlane; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: Painting/dying Recaros


Then they're not $50 seats anymore :)  Anyone got a source for quality
covers that won't be prohibitively expensive?

Mark.

--- Julie Macfarlane <juliemac57@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Forget it. Get the seats and buy new covers for them. You can then
> specify
> the correct colors and they will look good.
> The other stuff is like applying house paint with a brush to your
> car.
> Blechhh.
>
>
> >From: Mardak <maardak@yahoo.ca>
> >To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >Subject: Painting/dying Recaros
> >Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 23:56:15 -0400 (EDT)
> >
> >I can pick up a mint set of MKII Recaros for my MK1 for $50, but
> they
> >are VERY blue...  The vinyl is all blue, and the fabric is mostly
> blue
> >and black IIRC.
> >
> >Has anyone dyed seat fabric or painted vinyl seats?  I'd like to
> make
> >em all black.
> >
> >There's a line of products available at Crappy Tire that claims to
> do
> >the above, but "how well" is what I'd like to know...
> >
> >How about applying a die to the fabric?
> >
> >Anyone, anyone?
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >Mark.
> >
> >
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