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DaveWM
09-03-2014, 07:12 PM
recommendations on decent setup for auto upholstry work? working on the Explorer putting together a franken seat (left leather/foam on right frame)

Username1
09-03-2014, 08:38 PM
Multiple pairs of vise-grip pliers of different sizes.....

DaveWM
09-03-2014, 08:49 PM
looking for a dedicated tool. I see lots out there but hoping someone that has used them can make a recommendation. Its hard enough to get them in the tight areas so I really need something that was designed for the job.

looking at this now

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hog-Ring-Pliers-and-200-Hog-Rings-for-Auto-Seat-Covers-/171446093228?vxp=mtr

or

something like this

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Republic-Fastener-Hog-Ring-Pliers-/251631627142?pt=Pliers&hash=item3a9669eb86

or

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hog-Ring-Pliers-STYLE-L-/390727378344?pt=Pliers&hash=item5af92aa5a8

DaveWM
09-03-2014, 09:09 PM
these look very nice.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Upholstery-Installation-Hog-Ring-Pliers-Straight-Nose-/371136003987?hash=item56696dff93&item=371136003987&pt=Motors_Automotive_Tools&vxp=mtr

DaveWM
09-04-2014, 09:38 PM
process started.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scm0ETmZCfc

walterbeers
09-05-2014, 02:00 PM
When I was a kid, my dad used one of those tools to attach seat covers in his car. He always referred to them as EEEEKKK! things, at least that was the "baby talk" he gave to the staples. I had forgotten all about them, until I saw this post.

DaveWM
09-06-2014, 12:35 PM
got some at harbor freight, of course they had no rings so I stopped at ace. works very nice so will get on it sometime this weekend, right now watching SEC football roll tide roll (poor owls FAU, last week they played Nebraska this week Alabama, but at a mill a game I am sure they are fine with it).