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Cleaning 355 Challenge seats in situ

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  1. moretti

    moretti Five Time F1 World Champ
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    I've been wanting to do this for a while, can't see how to get the cloth covers off the race seat and would like to clean (wash ?) the material as it hasn't been cleaned in many years and is looking a little dull.

    Is there a method of cleaning the race seat cloth material without damaging it by forcing it off the CF seat ?

    Has anyone recovered these seats ?

    Thanks

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  2. wrxmike

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    1: Leaving it a bit late
    2: Millard
    3: I'll have a look tomorrow, but I don't recall them being glued down
     
  3. tres55

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    Have you considered a heated extractor?
     
  4. thibaut

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    When Indidnmy seats I glued foam onto the seat but the red cover is held into place by a string that you tension to lock it into position. You may need to unbolt the seat but you can access the string and release the tension to free the cover from the seat.
     
  5. ShineKen

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    Seats are no good JM. Time to part ways with them.
     
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  6. mclaudio

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    Haha. I’m happy to help.
     
  7. moretti

    moretti Five Time F1 World Champ
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    Thanks for that, I'm gonna give it a try :)
     
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  8. moretti

    moretti Five Time F1 World Champ
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    You know they are still making them ?

    I wrote to OMP and they said I can still buy the seats and covers :)

    I thought I'd buy a second seat
     
  9. ShineKen

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    I’d double-check on that JM. You should be able to buy the cover “material,” but not the actual cover. It’s also a new updated version of Nomex.

    As for the seats… no way in hell you can still buy them. Triple check :).
     
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  10. moretti

    moretti Five Time F1 World Champ
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    You're right mate, I got a PM telling me where to get the red material .

    But here's the PM reply I got from Lluck when I tracked down someone who made them

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  11. ShineKen

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    Who makes them? Show me.
     
  12. moretti

    moretti Five Time F1 World Champ
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    He's a member on here ..... Liuck420

    That was my conversation with his 2 years ago
     
  13. thibaut

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    I had both of my 355 challenge seats redone a few years ago. The material isn’t complicated to source, any decent trimmer can do it easily when you supply the old cover.
    They even reproduced accurately the sitching on the headrest.
     
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  14. ShineKen

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    Spoke to Liuck420. He’s LMclassicauto on Instagram. Perhaps I misunderstood, but he made/sourced reproductions of the period correct Nomex material, not the seat itself. The seat can’t be reproduced unless one can source the exact plastic belt hoops.

    He also denies ever working for OMP.
     
  15. ShineKen

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    Pics?
     
  16. ShineKen

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    I’d probably go with F40 material. Seems slightly more durable. Original Nomex isn’t the greatest :).
     
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  17. SoCal1

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    What OMP location?
    They would not give me the time of day

    I need like3 sets for my cars
     
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