removal of interior upolshery

[mike149k]

I am trying to redo the interior seats and padding on my 91 Advance and was wondering if anyone knows of an easy way to remove the pads so I can send them out to be redone

Thanks

Mike

[RonT]

Assuming the 91's were built similar to the 90's which panels are you asking about? The side coaming had studs with nuts on the back side reachable from below, the rear seat corners have similar studs on the sides but the back side against the aft deck in front of the fuel tank would have a screw that is a bit more difficult to find & remove. The rest is pretty easy & held on with staples.

[mike149k]

Ron thanks very much

Mike

[wetamb]

Mike,

I just had all of my interior redone this spring and summer before the reunion on my 92 Legend and there are just a couple of things to watch out for.  It should only take a few hrs to remove all of it as Ron said, its all studs and phillips screws with brackets.
I would say to make sure that whomever is redoing your interior knows that it has to go back together exactly like it came apart.  My long side panels (2 pics attached front & rear) are 2 seperate pieces of wood(marked by red box) so when the took them apart to recover them, they did not quite go back together in the same holes so they were too long to fit in the boat when I went to reinstall them.  Luckily, I was able to unscrew the 2 panels and slide them together about 1/2 inch to make it fit back in the boat.  Also my front passenger seat attaches to the dash and flips up.  Well they put the wood upside down causing the seat to not flip up thus it needed to be recovered.  I discovered that during the whole process that most upholstery folks are behind and in a hurry without much attention to detail, so stay on top of them and check on your stuff weekly.

BJ

[RonT]

Another Upholstery note: The newer the boat the more complex the interiors, with that comes different approaches to how to fasten. If you look at the part & there seems to be an easy access to the backside it probably has a stud with nut reachable from behind. If you cant find a stud but cut your finger on a sharp point of a screw on the back side look for pleats in the vinyl where the screw is, "spread the cheeks" & look for a surface driven screw. Many open bow sections & newer boats use clips where the panel slides down into position then a single screw is used to hold it down. I have a new Ski Nautique in the shop & found hidden screws accessible through a drink holder that needed to be removed to access the screw. Sometimes you have to be a detective to figure these out. My answer to the above request is generic, unlike the automotive industry where everything is stamped, & punched in the same place every time, boats are built by people & and at best have a jig to place fasteners, otherwise an upholstery installer may place a screw or stud in the same general area but never the same exact spot.

[Marko56]

Just curious, about how much did it cost to have all of the upholstery done?

[wetamb]

Mike,

I had everything replaced as close to original colors as possible and replaced all of the foam for just under $3000.  If you average that out over 19yrs, thats about $150 a year so not too bad even thought the boat new in 92 was only around $17,000.

BJ