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Reupholstering My PCX Seat In Alcantara

Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 7:39 am
by NSX 3.0
Just picked my PXC up this past few months and love it but hate the seat hump. Only got about 100 miles on it but it feels like I'm being pushed forward and that hump needs to be removed or moved back a tad. I decided to re-cover it in Alcantara also my friend sells this stuff it's the real deal right from Japan. Getting the cover off was pretty easy and the hump only had two bolts the hump cushion is just glued to the plastic piece. I just marked the hump as far back as possible and shaved the back of it and used contact cement to glue it back on without the plastic piece. It made a huge difference for me much better IMO I'm 5-10 170lbs now I just need to come up with A design to sew the cover on using Grey Alcantara with Red stitching will post pics with progress.
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Re: Reupholstering My PCX Seat In Alcantara

Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 10:39 am
by dasshreddar
what have you done to my seat... :lol: ;)
wouldn't it be better to delete the hump altogether?

Re: Reupholstering My PCX Seat In Alcantara

Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 2:06 pm
by NSX 3.0
Ha Ha..try sitting on the seat without the hump....ouch !

Re: Reupholstering My PCX Seat In Alcantara

Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 4:58 pm
by you you
NSX 3.0 wrote:Just picked my PXC up this past few months and love it but hate the seat hump. Only got about 100 miles on it but it feels like I'm being pushed forward and that hump needs to be removed or moved back a tad. I decided to re-cover it in Alcantara also my friend sells this stuff it's the real deal right from Japan. Getting the cover off was pretty easy and the hump only had two bolts the hump cushion is just glued to the plastic piece. I just marked the hump as far back as possible and shaved the back of it and used contact cement to glue it back on without the plastic piece. It made a huge difference for me much better IMO I'm 5-10 170lbs now I just need to come up with A design to sew the cover on using Grey Alcantara with Red stitching will post pics with progress.
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The seat cover will come off easily enough. It's only stapled on. Interested to see what you with the alcantara. I'm having another bike seat done, if it works out OK and some of the things they seem to do are excellent if they do a good job in thinking of something retro in the c50 mould or something leftfield in alligator or snakeskin vynil

Re: Reupholstering My PCX Seat In Alcantara

Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 7:32 am
by bruno_09
Last weekend I spent some time reworking the plastic base of the seat, so the protruding bits on which the hump was bolted, were away. Now it's in the upholstery shop... And I'm looking forward to seeing the result. I'll post some pictures of the plastic work and the end result later on!

Re: Reupholstering My PCX Seat In Alcantara

Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 7:20 am
by NSX 3.0
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Here is a pic to compare to the original seat.

Re: Reupholstering My PCX Seat In Alcantara

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 11:05 am
by NSX 3.0
Forgot all about this post I started here are pics of the finished product much better than OEM. Moving the hump back 1 1/2 inches is perfect much more comfortable .

Re: Reupholstering My PCX Seat In Alcantara

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 12:21 pm
by WhiteNoise
Welcome back sleepy head, dozed off a few months :lol:
That looks very smart in gray but not sure about the red/pink? stitching. Think I would go black. Say, who cares what me thinks, it's about you and It works! :P

Now to be nosey :D What's that ya got under the cover? A sleepy Vette?

Re: Reupholstering My PCX Seat In Alcantara

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 1:52 pm
by NSX 3.0
Ha Ha....it is Red stitching looks kind of Pink in picture. NSX under there.

Re: Reupholstering My PCX Seat In Alcantara

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 2:44 pm
by WhiteNoise
Oh My!! Reveal thyself NSX!