HELP! my Seatcover WONT fit!!

[jadney@vwtype3.org (Melissa & Jim)]

>From: parkkj@orion.crd.ge.com (Keith Park)

>I couldn't get the first seatcover to fit the rear lower seat cusion in my 65
>Notch so I sent it back to TMI with the original and said: "make one of these"
>and they supposedly added 2 inches.
>
>Last night I finally got time to try this again and.. well.. it just WONT fit!!
>
>They reccomended starting at the front and working back and I tried everything,
>I just couldn't get it around the lower seat frame rail, I stretched and 
stretched and it finally ripped through!!!
>     So now I have another ripped seat cover!! Question:  
>
>Has ANYBODY sucessfully installed their own LOWER REAR seat cover in 
theirearly Fast or Notch??  who made it??  is there anybody out there other 
than TMI??
>Can they get the same vinyl as TMI so it will match??
>
>I'ma at my absolute wits (and budgets) end with this Hoping someone can offer
>some advice!

I have always had a terrible time with replacement seatcovers.  With the 
combination of physical and mental stress it's always a guaranteed way to 
work up a good sweat in any weather.

I have gotten covers which were obviously cut to the wrong pattern; these 
have always been replaced without question.  Other times it's just a matter 
of getting the damn things streched on.  The thing that finally worked for 
me was to cover my padding with some kind of cheap, slippery 
fabric--something that the inside of the new cover can slide over easily.  I 
have used old bed sheets and dish towels, anything handy.  It is just that 
the new covers often have some foam stuff stitched to their insides and this 
stuff WILL NOT slip into place when it is facing another piece of foam rubber.

The makeshift cover doesn't have to be fancy.  Just throw it over your seat 
and stretch the cover over it.  You can cut away anything left hanging out 
when it is all over.

Jim
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       Melissa Kepner                                    Jim Adney
       jadney@vwtype3.org              jadney@vwtype3.org
                             Laura Kepner-Adney
                             Madison, Wisconsin
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