08-05-2019, 07:59 AM
I'd venture that it's the positioning of the clips more than anything else which determines the fit - snug or otherwise - of the cover; especially if it's being done by mail order as the upholsterer has no means of checking it.
This boils down largely to the availability of suitable mounting points. On my Ulster rep I put one lift-the-dot post through each of the three clips which secures the rubber cockpit side trims; 5 in a straight line across the deck behind the seats, roughly equidistant between the seat back and spare wheel cover; and 4 along the wooden in-fill between screen and scuttle. (It's these latter four I would change if I had a better idea, as fitment to a horizontal face would work better I think).
On an Ulster rep the cover will indeed 'foul' the top of the steering wheel, but I was able to make mine with enough slack to simply sit on top of it, not wanting the extra complication of an inset and the additional leak path that entails. I didn't fit a zip for the same reasons. I use the cover simply to protect the car interior when the car is parked, and as an occasional picnic blanket.
My cover certainly doesn't sit 'drum tight', but being vinyl is doesn't let water through and any collected rain is simply poured off when the cover is removed.
I'm actually in the throes of making a replacement for mine, which has put in 30 years' service now and has torn here and there around the fasteners, can post a photo later if of interest.
This boils down largely to the availability of suitable mounting points. On my Ulster rep I put one lift-the-dot post through each of the three clips which secures the rubber cockpit side trims; 5 in a straight line across the deck behind the seats, roughly equidistant between the seat back and spare wheel cover; and 4 along the wooden in-fill between screen and scuttle. (It's these latter four I would change if I had a better idea, as fitment to a horizontal face would work better I think).
On an Ulster rep the cover will indeed 'foul' the top of the steering wheel, but I was able to make mine with enough slack to simply sit on top of it, not wanting the extra complication of an inset and the additional leak path that entails. I didn't fit a zip for the same reasons. I use the cover simply to protect the car interior when the car is parked, and as an occasional picnic blanket.
My cover certainly doesn't sit 'drum tight', but being vinyl is doesn't let water through and any collected rain is simply poured off when the cover is removed.
I'm actually in the throes of making a replacement for mine, which has put in 30 years' service now and has torn here and there around the fasteners, can post a photo later if of interest.