tb3

my seats in my 89 firebird are in excellent shape, except for a big'ol rip in the passenger seat.
are there any places that sell the oem style fabric so I could have just that section of seat repaired? or maybe just one seat cover for sale?
Should I try a wtb ad here and see if somebody has a good piece of fabric they would sell me?
I really hate to buy a whole new set of seat covers just because of this one tear

I think the color is "saddle tan"?

NowhereFast

These guys have rolls of the original pallex cloth if you wanted to have it redone.

Probably easier and cheaper to just find a nice seat though. Grey was super common, shouldn't be hard to find.

tb3

the color is actual "beachwood tan" like in this auction here,

http://www.ebay.com/itm/82-92-Firebird-Camaro-Rear-Seat-Bottom-Beechwood-Tan-Interior-OEM-GM-Trans-Am-/321549485131?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4addd7c44b

I will give the sms site a try and see if I can get a sample.

mantaguy

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If your car is stock from 89 you have Med.Beechwood.

58mark

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I just ordered enough pallex cloth from SMS to redo my front seats.

$89 per yard

Veaceonee

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tb3

Well... I've duct taped up my share of dirt bike seats in my day.... but .....
oh what the hell.....
do they make duct tape in "med beachwood"? lol

at 89$ a yard , may just take a look at classic industries website tommorow

58mark

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Buy one yard, get an upholstery shop to fit it in, and that will be what you need. If you order covers from any where else, it will be velour, not pallex cloth, and you'll have to replace every seat to get them all to matxh

Either that, or put out a call for somebody that has the seat bottom you can just buy.

tb3

Good point about the velour. I didn't realize nobody is making seat covers with the pallex material. that blows.
I've got a pallex sample coming from sms.
thanks guys!

mantaguy

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Classic has Pallex,Classic Industries | Restoration Parts | Mopar Parts | Camaro Parts | Firebird Parts | Nova Parts | Impala Parts | GM Truck Parts | Tri-Five Chevy Parts

58mark

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look again. they offer three kinds of seat sets now. Vinyl, encore velour, and regal velour. No pallex cloth is listed.

They used to offer that, but their supplier, PUI, stopped offering the pallex cloth, so it's no longer available

If you do find an old page for it, it will say OUT OF STOCK, which means unavailble

Trust me, if it was available through the normal channels, I wouldn't be spending $800 to have new seats made

mantaguy

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https://www.classicindustries.com/pr...008560129.html

58mark

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do you believe everything you see on the internet? they don't have it. I talked to them

mantaguy

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Well I just got off the phone with them and these are in stock!
Trust me.
Let me edit that ,they have the ones we use,the 2 tone Carmine and Graphite insert.

58mark

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it's not pallex

tb3

well... if anybody comes across a vendor making the seat covers with the correct pallex, please let me know.
I will post back with any updates I have in the meantime.
Thanks guys for all the replies.

tb3

its been awhile now since I put in a sample request to the SMS website and nothing yet. I also called and left a message.
A search came up with a place called the "Larry Dennis Co."
I'll give them a call tommorow.

what about this ebay auction? it says its pallex.
anybody know anything about them?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1987-Pontiac-Firebird-Trans-Am-Bucket-Seat-Covers-/330658553739?pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4cfcc91f8b&vxp=mtr

58mark

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they sent me a sample, the pallex is no no longer available, so they sent a velour instead


Did you call SMS? I had my sample within a week

503-263-3535, extension 208

Talk to Kim.

tb3

thanks!

are you saying the seller in the ebay auction doesn't have the pallex anymore? or sms?
I will give sms a call this afternoon.

58mark

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The eBay link doesn't have pallex. They got their fabric from PUI, who doesn't make it anymore

tb3

aha! Thank you.
who'da thought pallex would be so elusive. so many gm cars in the 80's and 90's had it. I would be ok with just switching to velour, but I didn't want to do my door panels to match.

tb3

I got my sample from SMS in.
it looks to be a perfect match, yayy!!!
I'm going to order enough to do both front seat bottoms.
Would anyone know if one yard is enough for that?

58mark

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One yard of pallex is 60" by 36", so I would image it would be enough

tb3

Thank you 58mark!
You've been hella helpful!

I'll post a before and after pic when I'm finished.

one last quick question...
I'm going to replace my carpet while I got the seats out.
What would be the closest match from acc carpet? I'm assuming it would be "Caramel"?

Classic1

We were alerted to this post by a forum member who asked us to respond.

Classic Industries does offer a reproduction Pallex material for 1985-88 Firebird that is close in color, grain and texture to the original materials. We currently list these colors and applications in our catalog. The reproduction material currently offered in our catalog is, in our opinion, the closest in the marketplace to original. However, it is not exact. Shades of color may differ very slightly. But grain and texture is very, very close. These listings, manufactured by PUI, are as follows:

1985-87 Firebird
F10085601 Two-Tone Reproduction Pallex 1985-86 Firebird w/split rear seat
F10087001 Mono-Tone Reproduction Pallex 1987 Firebird w/split rear seat

1988 Firebird
F10088001 Mono-Tone Reproduction Pallex 1988 Firebird w/solid rear seat

We also have another supplier that can offer us a reproduction Pallex material that is a little different than the material PUI offers. This other material is also very close to the original material in grain and texture (although not as close as the PUI material) and the colors are also very close to original.

The application listings from this other supplier are a little different than the PUI listings as well. These listings specify that the application for their patterns fit 1985-92 Firebird with two choices of rear seat option... solid or split rear seat.

Plans are to add these new listings to our Firebird offering in the near future in order to round out our listings to include patterns for 1989-92 models.

The question I would pose to the forum members is whether or not the pattern is the same for all 1985-92 models with Pallex seat option (with the exception of two-tone or mono-tone covers and split or solid rear seats). We are still researching this issue.

If anyone here has information to share regarding the seat patterns/vehicle applications, we would welcome it.

tb3

what would be really nice is if seat covers where made with the actual palex, just say'in.
The material I got from SMS is pretty much spot-on. I will post a picture tommorow.

speakin of pictures, 58mark, I clicked on your pic to try and zoom in on the material, and then got noisy and looked at your other pics. You got one very nice place!
I showed the heart-shaped bath tub to my ol'lady and now she wants one, lol

58mark

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that was a bed and breakfast in ft worth... not my place, but thanks

tb3

just doing a follow up with a pic.
thanks a gain 58Mark!
doing the seat bottom with the yard I got from sms got me the results I wanted. I will steam the wrinkles when the weather breaks.
plenty left over from the yard I bought

stealtht/a

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Nice, who did the work?

tb3

I had it done local at a place called color match auto interiors.
I dropped off the material and just the seat bottom and they charged me $195. I could have had other places do it for less, but I've had these guys do some other stuff for me and the quality of their work is second to none. and they had it done less than 24 hours later.
if all the rest of my seats weren't so nice, I would've just spent the money to find a set of gta or trans am leather/lumbar seats and recovered them. but I'm ok with having a super nice set of the plain Jane cloth seats.

stealtht/a

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And you and the shop are where?
Good upholstery shops are hard to find, just trying to help others in your area?
Perhaps you could fill out your profile?
Thanks!

tb3

St. Louis, MO
The shop is in Bridgeton.
I will fill out my profile now.

Catheran

Not sure I would ever do business with SMS again, they sent me a sample to match the interior of my black 88 IROC, what they sent was one for a blue IROC. NOT PLEASED AT ALL BY THEIR SERVICES. Would go with someone else.

58mark

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Did they charge you for Sample? Not sure why you are so pissed