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Old 03-04-2017, 09:27 AM   #10
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Re: Too short upholstery

I bought a Cheyenne seat cover in '01 when I bought my '72 and the guy said he got them the same place LMC did. My upholstery guy had a heck of a time, but finally got it on. Even though he took 3-4x the time to get it on and it wasn't his fault, he was so disappointed in the results he wouldn't charge me. He told me go buy a good one and bring it back. I went home and looked at the LMC catalog and saw they sell an "economy" grade. It's hard (well maybe not) to believe in all those years those same not worth the lower price covers haven't been corrected. I mean, the lower cost is in the material, not the poor fit. Couldn't they just copy the pattern of their better seat?

On mine the piping was way in front of the edge on the back upper corners and low across the top...after he split it and added material. I think if they hadn't used such cheap material it would never have stretched that much. You could see the threads were pulling hard on the corners, the stitch holes were stretched
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