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Post by skip20 on Jan 18, 2010 9:56:25 GMT -5
Back from sunny warm CA with the body shell for the GoldWing Trike I'm building now. However having to fix my friends fiberglass seat from his GT, so thought I would post it here. This has the headrest broken off & no where to be found. So made a copy from his other seat seat. Clean up the part & the seat. You need to sand the gel coat off the back as resin won't stick to it. Sand the front also to gave you a good surface to glass to. Aline up the replacement head rest & used 2 pop rivets to hold it in place. You must have a taper on the overlap parts to get a good clean & strong repair. Check out the pictures.
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Post by Jeff Troy on Jan 18, 2010 10:33:25 GMT -5
Hi, Skip,
Instead of repairing the seat, I would have suggested removing the head rest from the other one. Getting carry-along items onto the jump seat is much easier when they can be passed over the seat and into the rear, especially if the car has a non-removable rear window.
Another suggestion, even with the head rest, is to slice a garden hose along its length and press it over the entire perimeter of the seat. Doing this prevents the hard fiberglass edge from cutting through the upholstery over time.
Just the same, you do great work!
Warmest...
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Post by skip20 on Jan 22, 2010 16:17:13 GMT -5
Attached head rest with to pop rivets. Tapered the to edges together. Layed 3 layers of 1.5oz mat front & back. trimmed & seats is finished .
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