It'll get muddy Knappster there's no other way that's the only time they look good , I used it on the 110 resto and like you I was impressed . So seats and head lining , first up seats . The back was taken off the bases ,
and the runners rubbed down , that's one in the vice at the start , I left the backs as they looked fine and there not seen once covered , once cleaned they got a lick of gloss black ,
also the bases got a clean and paint ,
that's it for the seats for now , we'll come back to them later . Next up roof lining , rear section wasn't ripped but needed recovering ,
front section was a mess , covering was coming off and it was ripped the back of the sun roof ,
lining comes off as the foam backing on the fabric disintegrates over time parting company with the board part,
so you can either shell out mega bucks on a new one , slightly less on a used one which will probably be in much the same shape or repair it for £50 . I chose the repair as I've done the one on the 110 and that's lasted 4/5 years so far so here we go , first up remove the fabric cover and brush the whole section with a hand brush and hoover off the dust so it's clean ,
then on to the rips , someone on here told me they'd repaired there's this way and I can't remember his name only he came from Shropshire , so thank you to him . I put heavy duty tape on the covering side ,
just to hold it together , if they're only small rips I'll just use the tape , but for big rips I use fibreglass mating ,
and reinforce the bad rips on the front as well ,
I left them over night to dry , then make sure you poke any holes you covered with fibreglass through , to cover it I used this van lining stuff £45ish for 11m square and 6 high temp adhesive and I did more than just the roof lining as you'll see later ,
but what ever you use make sure it's wide enough as most fabrics are sold in narrower widths , so lay the fabric over the roof section then cut too size , leaving enough to wrap round the edges and glue to the rear ,
then cover the back with glue and the lining as well ,and leave to go tacky ,
then lay it central on the lining but don't cut it till you've pushed it into all the nooks and crannies then if you've got one cut the sun roof out but leave a overhang to fold underneath , you'll have to cut and nick it here and ther when you fold it over so it's smooth on the rear ,
and you end up with this ,
this is my rear out off the 110 and its still going strong ,
and all the fabric that I had left did this as well , apart from the floor that's an old bit in there I've got some new to fit later
and I sprayed the sun visors black and they came out okay as well , I've also got some lining left which might cover some other bits ,
I'm going to need to make or buy some corner protectors for the seat box as constantly catching the corners will pull the fabric off but I don't mind that .
cheers Ian .