I am tired of the reproduction non-breathing comfort weave. So I'm going to try this and see how this works out. I want to buy your original comfort weave seat covers (front and/or back). Whatever you have. I want to see if I can make a recycled set for my cars. Please pm me if you have any laying around or if you are going to recover yours so I can make you an offer on yours.
Thanks.
1968 Black Firebird 400 4 speed convertible 1968 Red Firebird 400 Ram Air I, 4 speed convertible 1968 Red Firebird 400 4 speed convertible 1969 Warwick Blue 350 Auto convertible and 3 GTO's, Two Vettes, and a 67 SS396 Chevelle convertible Yes...I have issues.
I don't know what they have left but you may be able to find some NOS original Comfortweave and Madrid vinyl material at SMS Fabrics: http://www.smsautofabrics.com/
I had a new set made with material I bought from them.
I haven't called them. I read on a Camaro board SMS no longer had Comfortweave. I am still interested in the recycled material if at worst it turns into a bad experiment.
I am tired of the reproduction non-breathing comfort weave. So I'm going to try this and see how this works out. I want to buy your original comfort weave seat covers (front and/or back). Whatever you have. I want to see if I can make a recycled set for my cars. Please pm me if you have any laying around or if you are going to recover yours so I can make you an offer on yours.
For what it is worth, I called SMS about a year ago to see about getting original comfortweave material for my Firebird. They sent me a sample and if memory serves, it was a different grain than the original Firebird stuff...more course. I could be wrong so would recommend calling them yourself. The material is quite expensive, but would be brand new!
And here are two repro versions available at the time I did mine. One has a much closer appearance to the origianl material but is solid with no venting. Real Comfortweave you can somewhat see through all the tiny breathable holes. (Hence the "weave".)
The SMS is the real deal then. I purchased Legendary for one of my birds. I'm calling SMS today. I still am interested in buying Red and Black original comfort weave. Jim- My RA I 68 bird convert is also Solar Red with Red Deluxe Interior and 4 speed. You have a beautiful bird.
Robocop What shade of red did you order? I understand there is a light medium and dark shade of red? I want to order this for my car as well but want to make sure I the exact color if possible. Also what did you get for the other vynal material?
Robocop What shade of red did you order? I understand there is a light medium and dark shade of red? I want to order this for my car as well but want to make sure I the exact color if possible. Also what did you get for the other vynal material?
I have the solar red/ red interior as well in my HO vert. You have to go off your PHS to get the right code for the shade of red.
Jim,
When you had them re-upholster yours- how close did they come to matching the original "Piping" that goes around the seats? Was it expensive (excluding material) to get the seats re-done? I will be going with SMS as well.
Cant wait for summer... 68HO4004spvert Sleddog Iowa
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Chris, Was the info on the WayBack Machine copy of my old dead website the info you wanted?
Sleddog, When I purchased the red Comfortweave, I also bought their matching vinyl. At the moment I cannot locate my receipt but I recall something in the neighborhood of $400-$500. Note that was ten years ago now. (Time does fly.) I had them done at Fryer's Auto Upholstery in Vancouver Wash. Soon after Ron Fryer did mine they changed hands so I don't know how they are after they did mine. If by "piping" you mean that bead along the seams, I believe they make that fresh with the Madrid vinyl and stock cord when they do the work. Here's some info I posted and lost years ago when Geocities killed my free website. The Wayback Machine had made a copy: http://web.archive.org/web/20091027092458/http://www.geocities.com/jims68fb/Comfortweave.html
Chris, Was the info on the WayBack Machine copy of my old dead website the info you wanted?
Sleddog, When I purchased the red Comfortweave, I also bought their matching vinyl. At the moment I cannot locate my receipt but I recall something in the neighborhood of $400-$500. Note that was ten years ago now. (Time does fly.) I had them done at Fryer's Auto Upholstery in Vancouver Wash. Soon after Ron Fryer did mine they changed hands so I don't know how they are after they did mine. If by "piping" you mean that bead along the seams, I believe they make that fresh with the Madrid vinyl and stock cord when they do the work. Here's some info I posted and lost years ago when Geocities killed my free website. The Wayback Machine had made a copy: http://web.archive.org/web/20091027092458/http://www.geocities.com/jims68fb/Comfortweave.html
Thanks Jim- very informative. Also - the seats look great!
Cant wait for summer... 68HO4004spvert Sleddog Iowa
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Jim Yes it was thank you very much im in the process of having mine done now . I like this comfort weave so much I might have other sprint car redone in the dark green metallic.
Thanks for the info Jim, I am definitely going to go with the SMS material..
Your car looks great!
Cant wait for summer... 68HO4004spvert Sleddog Iowa
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How much of the CW material is needed to do the two front buckets and rear bench. I had to have mine redone two years ago but are kind of hot on the sunny days. They were purchased through Ames Performance (I think the were PUI) along with new foam. They are ok on the not so hot days but am with the original poster's comments regarding wanting the seats to breath, especially with a hard top and no ac until going 55 mph.
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Restoring and maintaining old cars and old boats....oh what fun we invent for ourselves. Seems to go in stride with ....You don't live it until you own it....Three steps forward....two steps back ....
Bump on the comfort weave question. Has anyone ordered it to redo the two front buckets and rear bench of a first gen firebird and how many yards were required?
Thanks in advance,
Kevin-
Restoring and maintaining old cars and old boats....oh what fun we invent for ourselves. Seems to go in stride with ....You don't live it until you own it....Three steps forward....two steps back ....
Kevin, The Wayback Machine still has a copy of my old website where I had a page devoted to my Comfortweave story from about 9 years ago. It includes the amount they wanted me to order to do the job. I don't recall the amount of left-overs they returned to me but I also ordered a little extra Comfortweave for future repairs when the same material might not be available.
SMS will tell you how much you need. I ordered 3 yds of comfort weave. That was enough to do both buckets and the rear seat with some left over for repaired.
Thanks for the Help HaroldB and Jimc2002. Will give them a call.
Kevin-
Restoring and maintaining old cars and old boats....oh what fun we invent for ourselves. Seems to go in stride with ....You don't live it until you own it....Three steps forward....two steps back ....
