Bruno

Here’s a link http://www.brightlight-customs.co.uk/

I was considering this too but then I found a U.K. company that made the curved lenses. It’s Bright Light Customs. Check them out. Full disclosure, I’m not at that point in my build so I haven’t purchased any yet. Let me know how it works out if you go that route.

I went to a place in Sacramento. They used a plastic media and it did a great job. No warping and they use different stages to blast the metal then clean/etch before epoxy. Looked like some high end cars (shelby mustangs, corvettes, etc) we’re in there too.

I think it has its place and has many pros but it can get messed up. That goes with any form of stripping whether it’s media, acid, soda or just plain old DA sanding. I think problems arise when people look for the cheapest place available. I was going to take my car from California to a place in Oregon that appears to do some very high quality builds. Anything can get screwed up by the lowest bidder.

I had my ‘69 media blasted completely. No warping and epoxy was applied. I originally was going to have it acid dipped but had issues transporting it to Oregon.

Decided to tackle some of the rust where the A pillar and cowl meet. Still a good amount on the passenger side that I’ll get to next. Thought i would share some of the pics i took. I’m not a professional welder so be gentle.

Third pic is upside down for some reason. That is actually a patch on the front bottom corner of the passenger door.

Got the car down to American Stripping in Sacramento so it can be blasted down to metal. I believed the car had a ton of filler, primer and paint and I was honestly a bit nervous to see how much damage was actually there. I got some time to go down and check out the car after the inital plastic blast so I'm gonna post some pics of the bare shell. The blasting was not complete as it still had to go to mineral blast for metal cleaning and then it will go to epoxy. There were clearly some "repairs" that had been done previously. What confuses me is that someone thought it would be a good idea to braze some patch panels in as opposed to welding them...weird. Anyway, check out the pics. I should get the car back in a week or two so I'll post some more pics then.

Thanks det0326. Looks like I'm not the only one with this problem. I guess I'm just gonna have to throw some shade tree mechanic engineering at it. I'll update when I either fix it or damage it beyond repair.

MikeStang, I got them on sale from CJ Pony Parts but I can't remember exactly what I paid. I know that it was cheapest price I could find anywhere. The seat back is what is crooked, I can definitely feel it when I sit in the seat. The upholstery actually goes in pretty easy and it is kinda hard to put it on crooked if you install the listing wires into the seat foam pretty tight. I can say that the foam is very comfortable but I am only 5'9", I could see how someone over 6' would like to be a little lower seeing as how headroom is always a concern in these fastbacks. Again, I have never attempted upholstery before so if I can do it, anyone can. Just ready to have sore hands and forearms.

It would have to be bent, that's why I'm going to try to adjust the brackets. I looked at the frames pretty thoroughly and there were no broken welds.

I didn't notice but the original upholstery on this seat was pretty trashed so it may have been crooked already. I just checked the drivers seat and it is straight. I think I'm going to take the seat back off from the bottom and use a BFH to adjust the brackets and see if that fixes it.

I have only done the passenger seat. The driver seat is still intact in the original upholstery. Do you think the brackets on the seat back are twisted?

I purchased all new hardware and the little seat stops were installed. I'm thinking that maybe the hinges that connect to the seat bottom are bent from years of someone getting in and out of the car the seat came out of? Here's a couple pics of the seats. For the record, I did the TMI upholstery myself without ever having any upholstery experience. I think they came out good considering I'm not a professional.

Hello, all. Hopefully you gave give me some help on a problem. I purchased a set of high back bucket seats out of a 1970 mustang to be installed in my 69. The upholstery and foam on these seats were pretty trashed but the frame appeared to be in good shape. I took the frame apart, removed all of the old upholstery and the frame looked to be in good shape (no obvious damage, bends, etc). I installed my new TMI Sport R foam and upholstery which went on pretty straight forward. The problem is that when I reattached the seat back to the bottom, the seat back is leaning to one side. Everything went on the exact same way it came off so I'm not sure what the problem is. Has anyone had this same issue with their seats? Any help is greatly appreciated. Unfortunately I have already installed the new upholstery so it would be a drag to do it all over again.