Lummisailor
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can the factory supply replacement upholstery for our 2008 R25 or give a referal
new upholstery for ranger 25
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Per Andrew Custis in response to a recent question on R29 upholstery problems:
“For several years we honored a replacement program for the flaking upholstery but that has now come to an end. The material was purchased from a company called Morbern if you wish to reach out to them directly for questions about their products.
The best thing to do from this point on would be to contact a local upholsterer and bring them the upholstery that needs replaced. It will be more cost effective and allow them to wrap the material in their shop.”
Suggest you do a search on “upholstery” on this forum. Dozens of threads on this subject. Your local marine/auto upholstery place is probably your best solution as Andrew recommends. Also, consider new foam as well. Much better foam products out there today than RT used back in the day. See my album for pics of our R25 re-upholstery project. Good luck!
“For several years we honored a replacement program for the flaking upholstery but that has now come to an end. The material was purchased from a company called Morbern if you wish to reach out to them directly for questions about their products.
The best thing to do from this point on would be to contact a local upholsterer and bring them the upholstery that needs replaced. It will be more cost effective and allow them to wrap the material in their shop.”
Suggest you do a search on “upholstery” on this forum. Dozens of threads on this subject. Your local marine/auto upholstery place is probably your best solution as Andrew recommends. Also, consider new foam as well. Much better foam products out there today than RT used back in the day. See my album for pics of our R25 re-upholstery project. Good luck!
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thanks for the response. I was hoping the factory could tell me who does their work. I will call Ranger as I guess they don't monitor the the Tug Nuts web site that often.
thanks for the response. I was hoping the factory could tell me who does their work. I will call Ranger as I guess they don't monitor the the Tug Nuts web site that often.
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Lummisailor":2ujwbuv6 said:
Ranger does their own upholstery in-house now, No local shop that can be referenced that can produce it for you. As a lot of other owners have done, bring the seats over to a local shop and they fabricate new covers and foam to fit the seat. That would be your economical solution.
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Hello,
On your specifc model, we didn't build that interior. We had a company that was building for us that is no longer in business. A local upholstery or canvas shop should be able to recover yours in whatever fabrics you choose.
Take care,
On your specifc model, we didn't build that interior. We had a company that was building for us that is no longer in business. A local upholstery or canvas shop should be able to recover yours in whatever fabrics you choose.
Take care,
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Lummisailor,
Second what the Admiral said about RT now doing their upholstery in house. Also for the R25 Classic, they no longer have the patterns so they can't make you a set of covers without the patterns. If your boat is like ours, the foam was shot, the fabric worn and the helm seat "leatherette" stretched out and flaking. Our project cost about $1,200 total for new foam, labor and marine vinyl replacement of:
o Two aft dinette back and seat
o Big dinette table berth cushion
o Forward three dinette/port helm cushions and one "board" back
o Helm seat
o V-berth bolsters
Our helm seat is at the local upholsters now - the rest is compete. I got my open cell foam from http://www.usafoam.com/opencellfoam/opencellfoam.html
Used the Lux Regular and Lux High Quality foam. They were very helpful in recommending products based on location, use and my weight requirements.
Andrew C - I wasn't the original poster on this thread. Our upholstery project is pretty much complete! Looks GREAT IMHO! Thanks!
Second what the Admiral said about RT now doing their upholstery in house. Also for the R25 Classic, they no longer have the patterns so they can't make you a set of covers without the patterns. If your boat is like ours, the foam was shot, the fabric worn and the helm seat "leatherette" stretched out and flaking. Our project cost about $1,200 total for new foam, labor and marine vinyl replacement of:
o Two aft dinette back and seat
o Big dinette table berth cushion
o Forward three dinette/port helm cushions and one "board" back
o Helm seat
o V-berth bolsters
Our helm seat is at the local upholsters now - the rest is compete. I got my open cell foam from http://www.usafoam.com/opencellfoam/opencellfoam.html
Used the Lux Regular and Lux High Quality foam. They were very helpful in recommending products based on location, use and my weight requirements.
Andrew C - I wasn't the original poster on this thread. Our upholstery project is pretty much complete! Looks GREAT IMHO! Thanks!
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Finally installed the newly re-upholstered captain's chair this morning. Sits a bit more upright and the back is slightly taller than the original due to the new hinges. Old hinge was cracking on one side. Still folds out of the way. Foam is quite a bit denser and thicker than the original foam. Much more comfortable than the old seat. Cost for all materials and labor was $240. My butt will love every penny of it!
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