Restored Car Seats - Complete Seat-isfaction

Once in place, the top half is wrapped with a light cloth basting in order to keep any separation from occurring during cover installation.

The next step is to install the seat hardware, which resides behind the seat cover. Many new parts were installed from Mid America Motorworks' stock. After all hardware installation was complete, Matt begins the task of sliding on the seatback leather. This usually requires an extra set of hands.

Once the cover is tightly installed with hog rings, remaining exterior seatback hardware is installed.

Finally, the seatback is complete.

Matt now moves on to the seat bottom. The mating of the frame to the bottom foam is similar to the seatback. Here, Matt stretches the cover over the seat bottom. In order to achieve full coverage, weight needs to be applied to compress the foam slightly. The necessary clips are then installed.

Now that both the seatback and bottom are complete, it's time to reunite the two via the chrome side rails.

At this time, the new seatback panel is installed, along with the seat bumpers and remaining miscellaneous hardware.

Coming down the home stretch, both seat tracks are now installed.

Here's a rear shot of the before and after photos. Mid America Motorworks installed a new seatback panel. These back panels feature a "Bump-Safe" design. They're reinforced and built to last. No more brittle factory seatbacks. Overall, the seats looked awesome.

e can't wait to get the Vette on the road for some extended seat time. At a labor cost of $199.99 per pair, it's hard to go wrong. Seat covers, foams, and hardware are sold separately.

Seen here are the before and after photos. Big difference, huh?

Notice the different pattern. Leather seat covers (factory Custom Interior) have a horizontal pattern, while the base vinyl contains a vertical pattern. Mmm ... love the smell of new leather!