seat tear

[ANDREW]

Hi
i have a 1984 honda spree and it has a one inch tear on the seat is there patches i can get or should i reapalster the seat?
andrew

[Crazy_Fro]

It depends, on a few things: How stiff is the vinyl? If it is stiff, it probably doesn't have much life left. How does it look? is it faded? Does it have stains? If it looks good, it might be worth fixing. How much does a patch cost? If it is more than 20 bucks, you might want to have it recovered. If you like me, A patch might annoy you. How much do you want to spend? I know at the Upholstery shop i worked at, we charged about 75-80$ to recover a seat, no foam work. Think of the benefits of a new cover. It looks good, will last you along time, not to mention you can get custom stitching and vinyl if you want.
or if you can try upholstery your self. All you need is a heat gun or hot hair dryer and an electric or nematic staple gun.

feel free to ask me any questions

[Kenny_McCormic]

Duct tape looks decent if applied properly and holds up for at least a year of riding.

[coffeekittie]

I've seen them up for bid at EBay - spoke to the guy and he said they come in black only but they look pretty decent in the pics....

Edited to add: they seem to be going for around $30 plus s&h.

[uspmale]

I carry new seat covers. They have the Honda logo on the rear. They look awsome when installed.
$35.00 including delivery.
Let me know, greg

[coffeekittie]

Gosh - wish I'd known that! I spent $100 on getting my badly torn seat recovered. I mean, it looks amazing but not $65 worth of amazing. Ah well.

[Crazy_Fro]

Just recovered my seat yesterday for 10 bucks i will post pics tomarrow.

[Crazy_Fro]

sorry its late guys but my camera died a few days ago, had to use my phone


here it is,

5 bucks worth of marine vinyl and a buck for staples