Bench Seat Reupholstery For 1973-1987 Chevy C10's - Skin It Yourself

A T-45 Torx bit was used to remove the two seatback stops, one on each side.

Calin showed us a simple trick to removing the hog rings from the old seat covers.

He laid the Dykes (side-cutters) flat gripping the hog ring, and then twisted 360-degrees to open the hog ring up allowing it to be removed.

With all of the hog rings removed the old seat cover came off by rolling away from the seat frame exposing the unwanted additional foam.

Typically C10 seat springs break on the driver side, and cause sagging. The added block of foam is a common solution to the problem.

Another tip Calin and Sam revealed towards getting professional results was to remove this nylon cord from the lower seat cover, and replace it with something stiffer.

This wire used on chain link fences can be found at any hardware store, and greatly improves how well the bottom of the cover lays flat.

So the wire wouldn't snag going into the seat cover, Calin shaped a hoop at the end like this.

Then to ease slipping the wire back into the cover, Sam gathered it like this then worked the wire into place.

After placing the entire bottom seat cover across the top over the foam, Calin fitted the seat cover corners by reaching his arm in and rolling the corners forward over the foam.

He continued to stretch the bottom seat cover over the foam until...

...it was properly located in place to be permanently attached with hog rings.