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Thanks for the great replies. No need to send a seat sample Doc, but please post a picture if you can, would like to see it and it'll add to the knowledge of this already awesome forum. Wonder if those light color threads in Rdslesstaken picture were darker when new and appear lighter now due to fading? Wouldn't matter to me, looks great either way.

Tried installing the new Classicparts seat cover and gotta walk back the quality comments I made earlier, in case someone is interested in buying some. They seem rugged and look good but beware there's NOT ENOUGH vinyl to tuck under the seat frame for proper hog-ring use. Even with zero padding, I doubt there'd be more than an inch of vinyl overhang to wrap under the seat frame. I'm not an upholstery guy but common sense says you really need to at least double the vinyl over whatever it is you're hog ringing it to so it doesn't rip out. And you can't hog ring it to the front bottom edge of the frame because then they'd be visible (and ugly)...sides also.

All is not lost though because my wife is INCREDIBLE and was able to sew remnants of my old covers all the way around the new seat cover skirt to give the required extra vinyl. With a little $69 Brother sewing machine! I was shocked! Picture below.

In case anyone's thinking I got the seat base cover and back covers mixed up, I measured them, compared to the seat frames, and there's no mistake. Only buy the Classic parts cover if you're prepared to do the extra bit of work to make them right.