At first, I was leaning black, BUT... After looking at the picture, from a distance, it looks like an old rusty tractor seat like you'd see on a farm. I LIKE it.

The plug wires look cool.

 

Are they the Taylor's?

 

Put a black antique leather dye on it then rub it off, the black stays in the tooling and accents it, rubs off the smooth parts.
That would make that seat pop.
Let me see if I can find a photo.

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This is with oxblood dye, black antique.

 

Splatt, they are the taylors. I didnt like the supplied terminals, so I pulled the stock terminals off the wires and crimped them to the yellow wires. I did that on the coil side. I left the taylor insulators on the plug side as they were already togehter.


Hey harleycruiser, that seat looks freakin great. Does it require that specific dye you mentioned to be able to "rub off the smooth parts"?? I have a bottle of fiebings leather dye. I think I will run out in the garage now and try rubbing it into the tool marks. I think it should soak into those marks, I guess, and come off the smooth parts like you mentioned??? Unless your saying it requires that specific dye to rub off??


Let me know bro, I am dyin to run out in the garage!!!

 

Yes there is a spicific way to do it, first you need to seal the leather, did your seat come nude, raw ready to dye?
Otherwise you use a sealer like leather balm, it gives a slight sheen and keeps the antique from going into the parts you do not want to dye.
The antique is like a shoe polish wax, very thick.
After the balm you put it on with a paint brush, let it set then buff it off with a rag leaving the areas that you want black.
Do not use regular leather dye it will soak in and not rub off.

 

This.






http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fiebings-Ant...item25741e3119

 

Thanx bro, great info. I will give it a shot. There is a shoe repair place in town. I bet he has that stuff there. Anyway, thanx, I will post pics after I give it a shot.

 

I just got another idea too. I have these little art brushes, very fine, that I used to paint the white letters on the tires. Maybe I can use these with the dye and just lightly brush the dye into the tool marks and then rub it out. Even if I **** it up it wont be that bad, just not perfect.


If I have a few more bud heavies I will prob give it a shot. I will let ya know either way.

 

That wont work, liquid dye bleeds and it will not wipe off once it is on the leather especially if the leather is not sealed.
Shoe paste might work but you still need to seal the leather.
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