I lived in San Diego in the late 70's early 80's and I thought of the
same thing. I went to the local fabric store and bought the fabric for
the seats, but I ended up finding a guy that lived in National City
that sewed it all up for me just as cheap as if I'd gone over the
boarder. It came out great. It was the seats in my Grumman Traveler
where the fabric had worn out. So you might find some local labor that
can do the job just as well without having to deal with the boarder.
If you have a certified plane, I've heard of a fabric spray you an
apply to fabric that supposed to make it meet the fire standards for
aircraft interior fabrics.
Rich

On Sun, 4 Jan 2009 18:44:48 -0800, "Tri-Pacer" no
wrote:

I'm down in San Diego for a while. When I was stationed here as a Marine in
the 60s I took my car down to TJ to get the seats recovered. They did a
bangup job for few bucks.

I have an older plane that is covered by CAR 3 where the interior fabric
only has to meet flash resistance. Modern automotive interior materials meet
this requirement. I'm thinking of obtaining the material here in the US and
taking my seats to TJ to be recovered. Has anyone done this? I'd sure like
to hear about it if so.

Thanks

Paul

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