Post by wayne on Sept 11, 2020 20:52:18 GMT -5
This is an edited version of a recent GROUP BUY thread. As it generated discussion not relevant to a GROUP BUY post, I replicate most of it below as a catalyst should anyone wish to discuss.
One of Australia's most fastidious and multiple award winning restorers (Mike Samootin) has been pulling down his spectacular RE5 restoration because he believes he made too many compromises.
One of those is his AM seat cover. There are many available, none of them are exact matches. Mike has enlisted Australia's premier AM seat cover manufacturer to attempt this. He has another board member who is contributing an original seat cover and they will attempt to make a precise heat stamp replica. When I say precise, they will not only attempt to match width and length of the stamp pattern, but the curvature at the corners of the individual rectangle patterns and even the angle of the individual stitches. This sort of detail may you suit you, it may not.
I've also pointed out to Mike that some of the AM seat covers fail around the rear of the seat. They don't quite match the profile of the original. He assures me that this will be accounted for.
On the right is a very nice example of an AM seat cover. It looks fantastic on the bike but next to an original, you can see the differences. Note also the slight untidiness at the rear.
One of Australia's most fastidious and multiple award winning restorers (Mike Samootin) has been pulling down his spectacular RE5 restoration because he believes he made too many compromises.
One of those is his AM seat cover. There are many available, none of them are exact matches. Mike has enlisted Australia's premier AM seat cover manufacturer to attempt this. He has another board member who is contributing an original seat cover and they will attempt to make a precise heat stamp replica. When I say precise, they will not only attempt to match width and length of the stamp pattern, but the curvature at the corners of the individual rectangle patterns and even the angle of the individual stitches. This sort of detail may you suit you, it may not.
I've also pointed out to Mike that some of the AM seat covers fail around the rear of the seat. They don't quite match the profile of the original. He assures me that this will be accounted for.
On the right is a very nice example of an AM seat cover. It looks fantastic on the bike but next to an original, you can see the differences. Note also the slight untidiness at the rear.
