Re: HELP! my Seatcover WONT fit!!

[David Raistrick <xi8940@freenet.tlh.fl.us>]

On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Melissa & Jim wrote:

<snibble>
> 
> >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.
> >
<snibble>
> 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 
<snibble>

For that makeshift cover, i've always had VERY good luck using the thin 
plastic from drycleaners.....real thin, and real slick...:)

and, when things still dont fit just right....a heat gun..:) (sparingly 
applied of course...)

later....david



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