Gear Gaiter sewing Skilz!

[Gigitt]

Got sick of the cracked Rubber Gear Gaitor.
Has some leather I kept from an old leather lounge we threw out... time to put my sik sewing skilz to use...

Installed it Thursday



Yep its cream/beige... who cares!

[GoLfMan]

thats a bloody good sewing job you did there mate looks great

[Pullstarter]

Nice work, you got da mad skillz bro! Two words you need to know, "fabric dye" hehe

[rayray086]

Hahaha that's awesome mate!!! I'd like to do my own someday too with the fabric I want to use for my headliner. As I see it, you matched the shape of the original boot for this leather one? Also, is that orange shoelaces??

[bboyskidz]

I bought one off ebay :p it works - i'm going to (eventually) pull it apart and use it as a pattern for a boot in cream suede tax time soon

[Jarred]

I've done one of them, It's one of those easy and satisfying mods! Looks cool too.

[Gigitt]

Chers Guys,

Yes very satisfying... more so then my headliner! Cause that was a PITA!

Ray I tried to use the original shape as a template. I made 3 paper gaiters, and then used one as a template after unsewing it... this was made 1cm too short around the base! Doh!

So I redid every measurement on the computer and printed out some templates this time The job was good.

Oh yeah the rope not a shoelace - but using a funky coloured shoelace is a good idea.
I used this orange nylon braid I had lying around. can't remeber if it was covering something as a braid or if it was a rope. Then I did some Sailor's Whipping on the ends with some of the black thread I used to sew it together.

Yeah... I could dye it... but the beige is growing on me as it is contrast to the black dash etc - and bright blue headliner. LOL

[rayray086]

Haha that's awesome. Will be taking your tips on board when it comes around to getting mine fitted Might be a good idea to use elastic for the base too - my current leather boot is elastic-bound on the base.

[dom123]

you could mass produce these and make $$$