How to cover the center storage lid with pics!!

[steve101]

this is my first how to might of not covered everything but this is a general idea
got a cracked center compartment? like you see hear

tools i used:

first start out by taking it out of the car
second take off the back plate

remove factory staples
next mesure ur fabric with the shell
then tack along the straight edge as seen here (use 7mm stables and a strong staple gun mine had a hard time going though)

now its time to work on the curves
tuck and over lap and when you get a flap tucked do this to make a slight slit

make sure its not all bunched up on the edge then staple but watch out the shell you are attaching to is kind of britle so dont force to hard

hope this helps some what im no expert but i did do it myself probly saved $200 hit me up if u have questions. doing the seats coming soon

 

[dcdyd]

Two questions.

1) Why does the 2nd picture from bottom show two lids? DId you buy a new lid?
2) From where you got the fabric?

 

[Joe Dirt]

Nice writeup Steve!

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[steve101]

Two questions.

1) Why does the 2nd picture from bottom show two lids? DId you buy a new lid?
2) From where you got the fabric?

looks like two of them but the top one is the old shell
at any fabric store was looking for leather but its expensive you could use anything you like but regular cloth fabric would just get dirty fast and hard to clean
thanks joe

 

[dcdyd]

THanks!

 

[my98nnj]

$50 bucks at my local auto upulstery guy and I had a new leather cover.