Ginger the 83 wagon

[68AMXGOPAC]

Make sure you get all the grease and crud off before blasting if you are reuseing the blast media.If you sre it pays to rescreen it too when going back in the cylinder.I know, I spent probably a month straight over time blasting every single piece of that 52 Molines I did last year.I had made a big booth though for it, and I know some people just blast outside in open air and don't worry about media recovery.  Good Luck !!!

[shanebo]

Im gonna use degreaser, a scraper and a preassure washer before I get it blasted...I dont know how much that media costs but proably not the cheapest stuff...I cant wait till hes up and running so I can get my parts all nice and clean.

Oh yeah...I got those seats from Patton today...Super nice guy by the way!!...he even threw in some extra parts!! Like I always say...the nicest people drive Eagles!!!  The seats are real good condition...just real dry, especially the fronts...I installed the back seats already...I got the fronts in the spare bedroom/Eagle parts day spa getting a serious leather conditioner treatment. Im gonna do this repeatedly and hopefull moisten that leather up a bit.

[shanebo]

Ya know looking closer at these seats the cover itself looks pretty simple to remove...I would make it easy to get a new piece of vinyl or leather sewn on...if I can get a close color that is....hopefully these babies soften up...they are already starting to feel alot more stretchy and soft. ive been rubbing leather cream on them all night

[83Eagle!]

Those leather seats look in great shape.  Very nice.

[tougeagle]

You will enjoy those seats, they're extremely comfortable. Even though my driver seat is kinda falling apart I don't get stony butt after an hour and a half on the highway.

[doneagle]

            HI        Hay those seats look grate and you said you have ben rubbing on them all night they do look good
                        I bet I know what your wife said .......................later  .....Don

[LaGuardia]

Wow, what a beauty ! Exactly like mine (well, maybe not ) http://forums.amceaglenest.com/index.php?topic=34825.0

This makes me think about a couple questions (don't want to hijack the thread, though): what can I use to clean them ? I mean *clean*, bring them back to the original color without risking to dry them or ruining them ?

And this other one: the driver's seat is somehow sitting lower than the pass. one. I bet it's because I'm in the 220 pounds range and the PO was even heavier... What could I do to "lift" it to a normal height ? I thought about stuffing it with something, but I can't figure out where to start...

[shanebo]

I bought Blue Magic leather creme conditioner and sprayed the  out of them and let it sit and soak in...I wiped them up then sprayed them again...Ive use up like 2 bottles so far just on the front seats...they were like a rawhide dog chew when i got them...now they are beginning to get much softer and shinyer...its soaking up that leather conditioner like a sponge!!!

As for the saggy seat..My 82 limited had these same seats an it sagged...over time the foam breaks down and loses its pillowy properties. The leather cover on these seats are attached with plastic clips on the underside that hook on to the wire seat frame..you could probably pull the seat covering off and cut a piece of memory foam place it on the seat and then pull the cover back over it.

[tougeagle]

One of the few negatives of a Colorado car: faded paint, brittle plastic and stiff leather Being a mile closer to the sun has its downfall.

[shanebo]

Yup, leather lasts forever if its frequently treated...but 99% of them were never treated ...and they sit in sunlight for years then...use lots of leather cream. and it does begin to soften up...alot

[tougeagle]

If it were legal you could drive naked on hot summer days and soften them up that way too

[68AMXGOPAC]

Ewwwwwwwwwwww ,lol. that's just not right !!

[shanebo]

Its only illeagal if ya get caught

[maddog]

If it were legal you could drive naked on hot summer days and soften them up that way too

that is so very wrong on so many levels.

[tougeagle]

lol! It seriously would! Though, you could drive shirtless if the backs are stiff. I'd imagine though, at least from what i've seen with leather seats around, that just the bottoms are all stiff.