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From: vacaville,CA.
as far as the vinyl and plastic go that new vinyl paint works great, you can get it in spray cans or go to a auto paint supplier and have custom colors mixed up, I even did the vinyl seats in my sports car and it's holding real well, on my bronco I covered the inside of my fiberglass top with fabric, just need to make sure that the fabric has sizeing on it so the contact adheasive dosent bleed thru, I used a commerical fabric wall covering that came with the sizing on it, it really made a difference with the sound from the sterio and stays warmer in the winter, just remember you are only limited by your own imagination, good luck.
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From: Danvers MA, USA
take your damn time, otherwise youll end up like me, seats that come loose, paint that scratches off, center consol that flips over when i make hard corners, and a wiring mess under the dash, racing harness's in only one seat, carpet that wrinkled, a speaker box that takes up all my trunk space, and it goes on and on
but i guess thats ok cuz then u can flick ashes on the floor and not care, this aint no show truck, its a utilitarian vehicle which i dont need to shovel out
but i guess thats ok cuz then u can flick ashes on the floor and not care, this aint no show truck, its a utilitarian vehicle which i dont need to shovel out
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I'm adding new seats, a security center console and a roll cage kit. The original carpet hit the burn pile last week, and I plan to Herculine the floor. It's easier to clean all of the mud out that way! I like what 92EBnTX did with the camo fabric. I've also seen diamond plate aluminum scattered throught the interior in another Bronco. Looked very sharp!!!
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From: Danvers MA, USA
i did my interior with grape purple fabric, unfornutatly it was felt, and it looks like crap now, so i hope to replace the interior with diamond plate, my bronco doesnt have all the plastic extras, just those cardboard things that go from 6x9 to tailgate, if i could afford to buy the diamond plate, and had a means to cut them properly i would ( i live in an apartment on the 3rd floor so no garage) but yeah thatd look sweet,
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From: Boise
JustShootMe84. Where did you find your seats? I'm in the market too and since I haven't been able to find much that has the same mechanics (flip/slide/etc) so I thought my only option was to re-upholster. Any hints would be appreciated.
Ungeheuer666, make sure to take before and after pics. Post ocassionally too. Good luck.
Ungeheuer666, make sure to take before and after pics. Post ocassionally too. Good luck.
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Drusplanet, I bought new racing seats from Premier Racing Products (www.prpseats.com) and have them mounted to the factory seat brackets for now, until I can build a subframe for them. I just posted some pics at superford.org on how I mounted them by using a piece of 2" angle iron. Very easy to do, and I now have a reference for the original ride height for my custom frame. The factory seat brackets are junk, and I've welded mine a few times. PLus the floorpan is rather thin. One bolt had pulled thru on the passenger side, and I had already repaired a crack by the seat mount on the driver's side floor. You'd think a 600 lb gorilla had used the seat like a piece of luggage. I weigh only about 1/3 of that, BTW.
Last edited by justshootme84; Mar 8, 2005 at 12:36 AM.
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From: Danvers MA, USA
i had the same problem with mine, only i bolted mine to the factory brackets, and they always come lose, the passenger side used to flip, but since the racing seats are so high, it smashed my windshield and broke it
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Justshootme84 I just Herculined my rig and man lemme tell ya, its the best $100 ive ever spent on the damn thing. The water that im still getting in(due to what I believe top's rubber) but it workds great. If you want a real thick coat, then you'll need another quart. I did my tailgate and all factory metal.
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The fabric is used is Realtree hardwoods from the Barre Army/Navy store. Found them on Yahoo. Redoing the headliners was labor intensive. First step is removing the old fabric. Mine wasn't too hard since it was falling down anyway. Second, you scrape the old foam off the board. I found out that this step isn't necessary if the foam is in good shape. Third step is cutting your fabric to size, oversized actually so it can fold around the board. Then, you spray the board and fabric with a good headliner adhesive. Applying the fabric is a 2 person job. Start from the middle and work out, keeping the fabric smooth. A busy fabric like the camo hides some mistakes but not all. The doors were a similar job except you don't have to remove the panels. Cut your fabric a little oversized then take a thin, blunt instrument and run it around the edge of the door insert to tuck the fabric down into the groove. Then trim with a new razor blade. Good luck.
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From: SE Texas
Originally Posted by mikefraz01
i had the same problem with mine, only i bolted mine to the factory brackets, and they always come lose, the passenger side used to flip, but since the racing seats are so high, it smashed my windshield and broke it
I can envision the passenger-side seat flipping up and hitting the windshield. I mounted my seat on that side so it hits the roof well before the windshield, and would hit the top hoop of the rollcage as well. I don't really need this feature since I'm topless.
Cjbronco, thanks for the advice on the Herculiner. I put 2 thick coats of the rattlecan DupliColor bedliner stuff on the inside of my tailgate, and it seems thin to me, too. It's held up really well, but I think Herculiner will last longer and be cheaper to cover the entire floor. I may use the leftover DupliColor I have on the seat brackets I made.