Custom Seat

[johnny_i]

Im thinking about creating my own seat. Im thinking something similar to a mustang daytripper. I was wondering if anyone here has made a seat from scratch. Seat pan up to upholstering. I want to do everything. I found a helpful video on youtube for creating the seat pan but after that I was hoping for some tips. What kind of foam to use, what glue, what type of leather? Any help and guidance would be great.

[GadgetDad]

Here's the link to my thread where I talk about my experience, making seatpan starts on page 2. Wasn't too bad making it. The hardest part was attaching the cover. You can't use staples like you would with a plastic seatpan. So you have to use rivets. My fingers were killing me after doing it. I just went to a local place for foam. It was just "ok". Only comfortable for about a half hour. Great for around town, but for my trips to work, 1 hour each way, it wasn't enough. I ended up getting an airhawk cushion.

Seat Mod on my 83 750

[johnny_i]

looks good, very similar to what i want to do for my seat. what kind of leather though and where did you buy it from? Also how much of it did you need?

[GadgetDad]

I just got marine grade vinyl from a Joanne fabrics store. I measured the seat pan front to back and side to side. My mistake was I didn't give enough extra to compensate for when there is foam. I'd give at least an extra 1-2 feet each direction.


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[johnny_i]

I'm curious about leatherworking, im wondering how much is involved in doing this and what materials i need to get