Like every pilot seat the blue color was starting to fade and look worn. As you could guess I cannot spray well any more. I took a trip down to SoCal last year to visit my family and had my dad spray the seat for me with a PPG type vinal paint in a silver color that matched the a-arms silver. You could pick any color you want. I picked silver because it does not get as hot in the sun as the blue did. I know black would look good too but it would get even hotter. I also had the botom seat support powder coated black. Before it was powder coated I used 80 grit sandpaper and a small file to remove the wield splatter and any sharp edges. This will decrease the chance of paint chipping off of the sharp areas and rusting as it tends to do on these seats. There are so many sharp edges on the seat frame that you should be really careful not to cut yourself on this part while you are working on it.
This PPG paint has held up very well. It has been about a year since it was done and the seat still looks very nice. It has also protected the origional vinal material from continuing to rot. These seats are not replacable anymore and they are over 20 years old. The pictures I am posting below are the origional paint job when it was installed last year and close-ups of the seat now while it was pulled out for the Engine rebuild we just did.
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