Fiberglas Bucket Seat

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Hello I have a fiberglass bucket seat that needs new fabric and I do not know where to find a fabric that is thick enough to not let glue deep through and flexible enough not to show too many wrinkles. I have gone to a fabric store that has automotive fake leather but it shows wrinkles and creases badly.
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Why not something like speaker carpet?...
Use something like 3m super 77.... itll look good...
 

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I used fake fleece when I widened my last shifter kart seat. It was less obvious cause it was fluffier. It was hard but it was comfortable for me. It wouldn’t be hard to put some foam between it before glueing the fabric on. Wasn’t hard to widen either !!!
 

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Oops, made a post, but it's missing, I musta screwed up.

Anyway, not up to completely rehashing it, but I second the 3M Super 77. Only contact cement I've found able to stand up to headliner replacement in the Texas heat.
 

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I used fake fleece when I widened my last shifter kart seat. It was less obvious cause it was fluffier. It was hard but it was comfortable for me. It wouldn’t be hard to put some foam between it before glueing the fabric on. Wasn’t hard to widen either !!!

that looks sweet honestly! where did you gate that kinda stuff? just a fabric store?

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Why not something like speaker carpet?...
Use something like 3m super 77.... itll look good...

thats a super good idea thanks
 

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Have to be careful with that stuff.... It's really smelly stuff.. Like right fricken stoned if your not careful... Outdoors or the garage with the door open...
A friend of mine and a few is us had to refurbish a trade show display wall... Needed new felting on the wall panels... In the end it looked really nice, and the help was defiantly needed... We all were looking a bit weary eyed aft that..

It's also super easy to mess up so go slow and might want to get some help aswell... Super stickey and once contact is made, that's it... So Don't glue your fingers together..
 

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I personally never have been a fan of bucket seats.
 

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I built a Billykart when I was a kid using a discarded fiberglass bucket seat. Believe it or not, it took me a while to figure out what was making my back itch.

Yeah, you're not going to have good results with contact adhesive if you don't plan first. A good plan for something like a bucket seat is to scotch tape wax paper over it, with a small edge exposed. Start there and peel back the wax paper a little at a time, replacing it with the covering.

I used to spray paint for a living for a while, and mount fish which required spraying lacquer as well. Got buzzed on it a few times. But, between it, and the deadly PRC fuel tank coatings I sprayed on F-16 parts, I developed an allergy to lacquer. I couldn't be in a house when they were spraying lacquer. It wasn't giggle, giggle, we got a buzz, it was getting all the symptoms of the flu, and being in bed for 2 days.

Quite the problem for a guy working on large houses when some builders just thought they could trow carpenters and painters together.
 

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I used the 3m spray glue and got the fabric from hobby lobby. So yeah a fabric store. But they have a bunch of project stuff. It’s only local around my state tho I think.
 

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Hello I have a fiberglass bucket seat that needs new fabric and I do not know where to find a fabric that is thick enough to not let glue deep through and flexible enough not to show too many wrinkles. I have gone to a fabric store that has automotive fake leather but it shows wrinkles and creases badly.
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Do you have a pic ?.....some of the old highback off road seats you can buy the fitted seat cover if you dont want to make your own
 
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