Concepts kit . Staple the front , staple the back , not too tight , then work on the sides . It seemed pretty straight forward . My first job was to remove the staples from the stock seat base - all 97 of them . Literally a staple every couple of millimetres . That took a while with a small screwdriver and a pair of pliers . I actually had to take a couple of breaks as my hand was sore . Us typists apparently don ’ t have the strongest hands . Weird . Who knew ? Anyway , with the staples out the cover just popped off . Expecting the foam to be heavily glued on and that I ’ d be spending hours getting it off , clearing up all the small bits of foam stuck to the base ... it was pleasing to find GasGas had used the tiniest amount of glue at the front back and sides - just four spots . The foam literally came off with a gentle pull at each of the glue points . A wash to remove any
97 staples held the original cover in place
Standard seat foam vs Seat Concepts
Clean and ready to glue
grease and dirt . Easy so far . I ’ d already been to Mitre10 and bought some Scotch Super77 contact adhesive , which is what Seat Concepts recommend to use - well , they recommend 3M Super77 , but a bit of research showed it to be the same product , with a different brand name here . A bit of a spray , followed by some very careful lining up and pressing onto the seat pan ... 15 minutes later the foam was glued into place . Next came the stapling . There ’ s something
Seat Concepts and GasGas Ergo Seats
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