There's about 130 hog rings required per front seat, standard or 'Pony'. You need both a large side cutters and an end cutter to remove them. To put the covers on you need a pair of straight and a pair of bent tip hog ring pliers, a pair of scissors, knife and several large clamps. the ones that look like alligator clips. If you look under your seat, you will see scraps of burlap. A cheap shop will just lay another layer of burlap on the old so you will still get scraps of burlap under your seat. This is just part of the procedure and requirements. For a one time only installation, have a pro do it.
Jim

 

Put the covers in the clothes dryer for awhile to get them warm so they will slide on easier and the wrinkles will come out better. You might even have a hair dryer handy as you are putting the covers on. Your hands will definitely get a workout.

 

Cut and bleeding hands are a symbol of the hobby.
Jim

 

I thought about your dryer use and there's one problem. I put the inner section on with hog rings first and then take the whole thing out side to warm up to stretch the cover to fit around the frame. A hair dryer doesn't cover enough area to be effective or at least quickly. I do use one to get the wrinkles out but it's not involved in the initial stretching.
Jim

 

I didn't put the rings on the cover before stretching it over the seat. Therefore, the dryer worked well for me.

 

I was refering to attaching the cover to the 'groove' around the sides and front of the bun. You got toattach the wire in the 'pocket' to another wire (listing) that is itself attached to the springs. The factory also sprayed the bun with contact cement (or its equalivent) to give some adhesion to the cover. This gives the seat that 'recessed' look that divides the pattern. Then you take it out into the hot sunfor the final stretch.
Jim

 

Yeah, the hot sun will work even better. The problem is that a lot of guys use the winter time to work on their cars because they can't drive them.

 

Carpeting and reupholstering the seat covers isn't that difficult at all, in general.Unless there is something special about Mustang seats and floors, I don't see any reason a person with two good hands and the desire to do the jobcouldn't do it themselves. I also recommend cleaning the loose stuff from the frame and spraying with a rust incapsulator prior to recovering the seats.

 

did mine myself,,, kept thing about costs,,,,secret to not having to pull front and rear windows is 2 putty kifves 3" and 1" (approx) dull the edges and also an old fashion butter knife,,used contact cement from Home Despot ( much cheaper and works just as well) use putty knifes and butter knife to pry gaskets apart and model airplane paint brush to apply the cement on all surfaces,,,tick tock on the time and then use 'em to stuff/work edges into space between gaskets and the frame,,gaskets heled evrything in place nicely,,,WARNING when ya work with contact cement the working time thing is a tight balance,,,if the putty/knife is dull and or you try to work to fast you'll tear the head liner something to consider

 

hey thanks guys for all the quick repost...i got alot out of them..I think i will try at least one seat cover myself...if it turns out bad well then ill have them done pro..but it cant hurt (well not to much) to try.