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  1. Has anyone taken a stock miyata seat cover and put grommets in it and
    then laced it to a CF base? I need it for a trials uni. I just need a
    minimum of padding in it, and looking at it today made me think, I can
    just pull it down lower with only a minimum of padding in it and then
    lace it up in specific spots. The fabric/plastic in the cover looks a
    little weak.

    John Childs has shown, in another thread that a Fusion seat cover will
    work. I am just looking to see if it's worth my time to do the mods on
    the miyata seat cover, otherwise I will go for the fusion. My money
    goes into my Muni and the trials takes whats left over.

    Any opinions?

    Cheers.

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  2. Most people just leave the Miyata cover loose. The wire that's in the
    seam will kind of keep it in place once the handle and front bumper are
    in place.

    Another option would be to use car body side molding similar to 'this'
    (http://tinyurl.com/4ot5m) to clamp and hold the seat cover on the CF
    base. You can get the car body side molding at auto parts stores in
    short lengths. It's intended to protect the edges of car doors from
    getting scraped on a curb or hit when the door is opened wide. I
    haven't tried the side molding thing yet but I saw it on a seat at the
    Salt Lake City NAUCC and it looks slick and held the seat cover on
    nicely.

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  3. http://tinyurl.com/9jky9

    That thread may help. I just used the miyata vinyl cover and pulled the
    wire tight. An alrenative is the gemcrest cover from UDC. It is nice,
    and has a cord to pull the cover tight.

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  4. Rod,

    I have my 24" Miyata seat with carbon fiber base set up that way except
    I'm using the double height leather air seat cover. I'll try to find
    some pictures, I believe I took some once upon a time.

    Bruce

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  5. John,

    Thanks as always for the tips on the car trim.

    ObieOne,

    Thanks for the link on the other thread. I missed that the first time
    around. Good stuff in there.

    Bruce,

    Thanks for the offer to find those pics. Don't spend too much time
    looking for those pics. I am doing the seat cover mods on the trials
    uni on the cheap, so it doesn't look like I will be buying the leather
    gemcrest cover.

    BTW, I want to email you soon about Dad stuff.🙂

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  6. teachndad said:

    *John,

    Thanks as always for the tips on the car trim.

    ObieOne,

    Thanks for the link on the other thread. I missed that the first time
    around. Good stuff in there.

    Bruce,

    Thanks for the offer to find those pics. Don't spend too much time
    looking for those pics. I am doing the seat cover mods on the trials
    uni on the cheap, so it doesn't look like I will be buying the leather
    gemcrest cover.

    BTW, I want to email you soon about Dad stuff.🙂 *

    Rod,

    I'm at yoopers at verizon dotnet

    Bruce

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