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Yowza!
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You're on the right track with the clapped out reference, but none of the above, it's a 2000, ish, I forget, Honda Civic. Since we're doing pictures, I think it deserves one. 
I took this for the quad, when I'd finished it 5 years ago, but my UK Honda Civic is in the background.
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Sadly, the damaged area is just out of view, but it was 5 years ago, and it was acceptable then anyway, since it kept passing the annual test. Shows the car at least.
I took this for the quad, when I'd finished it 5 years ago, but my UK Honda Civic is in the background.
Sadly, the damaged area is just out of view, but it was 5 years ago, and it was acceptable then anyway, since it kept passing the annual test. Shows the car at least.
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Like the seat cover 😆, that looks like ingenuity at its 2nd best .😀You're on the right track with the clapped out reference, but none of the above, it's a 2000, ish, I forget, Honda Civic. Since we're doing pictures, I think it deserves one.
I took this for the quad, when I'd finished it 5 years ago, but my UK Honda Civic is in the background.
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Sadly, the damaged area is just out of view, but it was 5 years ago, and it was acceptable then anyway, since it kept passing the annual test. Shows the car at least.
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Why thank you. It might look a little Heath Robinson, but that's 2" Gorilla tape, and I kid you not, it's still holding perfectly, 5 years later. Whilst we're fishing, it obviously gets wet, when it rains, as we have no cover for it down at the river side, so it often gets drenched, and yet still it holds strong. Looks adequate too, if not actually nice. I told you I'm not one for looks. As long as it functions, I'm happy. The original was almost completely destroyed when I set about the restoration. I looked up new seats at the time, and nearly dropped my lap top when I saw the price. OEM covers were equally expensive. I have since found after market ones, that are reasonable, but, as of right now, it doesn't need fixing, so I won't, lol.
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I been looking at covers on ebay too . Its often ridiculous freight cost that put the kybosh on it .
Its going to cost nz$185 to get my seat fixed ......that would keep me in gin for 2 months ....,so when one applies such solid logic ........pass the tape sutty 😆😆
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It's horrible how vehicles rot. You'd think that they would be able to stop that. FB marketplace here is full of stuff with 100,000 miles and so rusty you'd break em in half if you jacked them up. That machine looks like new compared with mine. I've the same seat cover though.
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Rusty cars is not something we see that much here .....no road salt ....we use grit , and cars have got better too . Still see farm vehicles and ones living near the sea that have rusted out .
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All too common here, sadly. Not that I have a modern car, to find out if they're any better. My current, main runner, is my 25 years old Jaguar. No rust at all, but then all of the body work is zinc plated, so it would seem that's all you need to do? I'd like to believe modern cars are better, but I simply don't buy it. In my experience, everything new is of lower quality than how they were made in the past. Might be more efficient, safer, along with a whole bunch of other improvements, but longer lasting, I doubt it very much.
My wheel horse garden tractor is simply unbelievable. 45 years old, runs like a champ, and any rust is only superficial and surface at worst. The steel is a whole other quality compared to any car I've ever owned, apart from the Jaguar, with its zinc coating. Judging by the degradation so far, another 45 years should be no problem at all, and probably much longer, but I won't see that, lol.
My wheel horse garden tractor is simply unbelievable. 45 years old, runs like a champ, and any rust is only superficial and surface at worst. The steel is a whole other quality compared to any car I've ever owned, apart from the Jaguar, with its zinc coating. Judging by the degradation so far, another 45 years should be no problem at all, and probably much longer, but I won't see that, lol.
But why would they. They need you to come back and by more. I believe every manufacturer realized a while back that if they built things to last a long time, they would'nt sell as much product. Boy have I become cynical in my old age.....
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I had the seat recovered on my 300. But I didn’t buy a new seat cover for it, I simply brought the whole seat to a guy who reupholsters seats. Cost me $100 CAD to get it reupholstered, which was fair I thought. Obviously it’s not the actual Suzuki seat cover, which I would if loved to have gotten again to keep the whole bike as original as possible. But the cost was more than I was willing to pay. And the guy who reupholstered my seat did a fabulous job. I had that done several years back and it’s still in great shape and holding strong.
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Doesn’t always have to be the best looking nor have that factory look. Sometimes it’s simply about functionality. No need to look pretty, just has to work. Heck, if you make a seat cover with a tablecloth then you’re all set. You can ride and have a picnic on it afterwards, lol.
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I like the idea of taking it to an upholsterer. Great thinking there. They know just how to pull a fabric tight, into and around corners, etc, and how much padding is required for a seat. When my tape job fails, I'll definitely be trying this option. Thank you for posting this.
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Wot sorta of Jag ? My Grandad had a 1978( I think ) XJ12 coupe .I have a mk3 Capri which Im fitting a 3.9 rover and 4hp22 trans . I have to change it to auto coz I dont have enough feet left for a manual so I figured tick the V8 box at the same time .😀
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No problem, glad that info proved useful. Think I had a before and after picture of the upholstery job on my 300. Believe those images are on my PC though. So I’ll try and post them a bit later if I can remember, lol.
And yes, I’m sure an upholsterer could cut the appropriate foam if your seat needed any. Luckily for me the foam in my seat was still in excellent condition. Just needed to have the cover replaced. My old seat cover was still relatively intact. Just had various slits in it. So I decided it be best to have it redone instead of waiting last minute till the foam gets damaged or wet.
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Pros do some nice work. I've 5 seats that unfortunately sat outside for years. No telling what I may come up with.
Indeed! Nice ride.
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Xj8 . Mmmmm something about 8cyl and Jaguar dont gel . V12 or straight 6 🙂.
Nice looking car tho sutty .
Funny thing , my Dad had some posh ,cost more than my house, Mercedes cars but I never felt as good riding in them as I did in Grandads Jag . The Jag smelt like a posh pommy car ,the old leather ,wooden dash , mercedes just smelt like a car .
He used to throw it round a bit too , like a frikkin rally driver in the gravel . When he got older often the car wasn't running so well 😀, Dad and I would drain the carb float bowls ( 6x 44dcnf webers ) thrash the arse off it round the outskirts of Christchurch and it would run like s swiss clock for ages afterwards . I think it pretty much idled everywhere once he hit 80.
Nice looking car tho sutty .
Funny thing , my Dad had some posh ,cost more than my house, Mercedes cars but I never felt as good riding in them as I did in Grandads Jag . The Jag smelt like a posh pommy car ,the old leather ,wooden dash , mercedes just smelt like a car .
He used to throw it round a bit too , like a frikkin rally driver in the gravel . When he got older often the car wasn't running so well 😀, Dad and I would drain the carb float bowls ( 6x 44dcnf webers ) thrash the arse off it round the outskirts of Christchurch and it would run like s swiss clock for ages afterwards . I think it pretty much idled everywhere once he hit 80.
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Ah ha, I like it. Mine still smells of leather and wood. My friends sometimes comment about it, when I give them a lift, and we've discussed it as being rather surprising, at 25 years old, but there you are, it does. My first Jag was a straight 6, 4 litre, and I did like that better, but, sadly, it got to the point where it was costing too much to maintain, so it had to go. I never thrash this car, or hardly ever, so I suspect I'm driving round at idle, most of the time, lol.
Just drifting back to the Quad for a moment, I'm liking the bigger, better, earth solution, more and more, but since I'll be armed with a new regulator, come mid March, I'll be able to tackle it either way. Start off with confirming all grounds, reseating, cleaning etc, can't be a wasted exercise anyway. If no joy, confirm if a bigger better ground improves things, by just jumpering in an extra lead. If that works, do the mod properly, by soldering into the ground wire, close to the regulator, a length of 2.5 square mm. If any of that works, I have a new regulator, to keep as a spare, and if not, I can just fit the new one, knowing that the grounds will all have been confirmed anyway.
If that doesn't work, back to square one, but by then I'm sure it will be working as it should.
Just drifting back to the Quad for a moment, I'm liking the bigger, better, earth solution, more and more, but since I'll be armed with a new regulator, come mid March, I'll be able to tackle it either way. Start off with confirming all grounds, reseating, cleaning etc, can't be a wasted exercise anyway. If no joy, confirm if a bigger better ground improves things, by just jumpering in an extra lead. If that works, do the mod properly, by soldering into the ground wire, close to the regulator, a length of 2.5 square mm. If any of that works, I have a new regulator, to keep as a spare, and if not, I can just fit the new one, knowing that the grounds will all have been confirmed anyway.
If that doesn't work, back to square one, but by then I'm sure it will be working as it should.
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