Fitting seat trims

[yeadon_m]

Chaps, I've got a new seat which comes trim-less, and an old trim, plus one of Reiners seat trim fitting kits (rivets and spring washery things).
Anything to watch out for doing this job? don't want to make holes in the wrong place or reinvent the wheel. Love to learn from what you've done before!
Cheers,
Mike

[BAZ]

Yes done this but I used the fixings from the old seat. Just make sure you drill the holes in the same place. Also the strip is stainless steel so while it’s of put it on the polishing mop and it comes up like Chrome! Cheers BAZ

[yeadon_m]

Baz, yep, discovered the polish-ability last night. You can even get rid of nasty scratched by starting with 600 or 400 grit wet/dry, then up to 1500 and then polishing. Now it does look chromey!
Cheers,
Mike

[bandit 1]

hi chaps i need to do mine as well but cannot find the trim any idears

[yeadon_m]

Fraid its a matter of lurking on fleecebay and putting in a bid bid.
I did notice some of the 70s Hondas and yams had similar looking trims, but never got around to researching whether these are available and adaptable. Worth a thought. Another might be to contact some of the more famous seat recovering firms, they might know whats possible.
Cheers!
Mike

[mart]

I used a car self adhesive universal chrome trim bought on ebay for a temporary make do until i found one on ebay for £50 the one in the picture is is the car trim i have not changed it for the original yet.

[yeadon_m]

Well, I found fitting this not too bad, but hard to get the shape 'right'. If I was doing it again, I'd take a little longer to try and get the profile at the sides towards the tail a bit closer to the seat base/edge, but the trim resists being bent that way.
Reiner's seat trim fitting kit works a treat, and Baz is spot on - it does look like chrome!!
Cheers,
Mike

[yeadon_m]

Did a bit better with the seat & trim for my GT750A (a keeper). Trim came up even brighter and after a bit more patience, I persuaded it to follow the seat edge more evenly all round. One tip if your seat strap is a tad slack is to add a wider diameter washer under the two nuts that secure it to the seat base - try different diameters until it just nips the strap down as you'd like it.
Also, I used the stem of a 2.5mm drill, heated with a blow torch, to melt pre-marked holes through the cover before drilling to avoid the fabric unravelling when drilling through the seat base. Worth using a centre punch to help locate the skinny pilot drill as you first go through the sides of the base, then a clearance hole. Much neater.
Cheers!
MikeY

[yeadon_m]

I know its a free country, but it makes me a bit cross that someone sells a seat trim fitting kit (winning bid £36) when Reiner will supply a better kit for half the price. I guess its a case of buyer beware eh?

[yeadon_m]

LOL
Out 2mrw for a blast over to surrey on the GSX1400