buttons on the seats coming off

[Dino]

I am not looking forward to this... I am going to use legendary when I order my interior components, but I don't want to deal with buttons coming off.  Glad I kept my original seat buttons, maybe I can dye them to match saddle tan. 

Yeah I'm not looking forward to this either and the front seats were already redone on mine so there's no buttons to save.  I do have the ones from the rear seat although one is gone and it's the original.

There must be a way to secure those suckers so they stay on, I can't believe Legendary doesn't put a little more effort into solving this issue.

[Carrnutt]

Aww crap!  

You guys are saying I've been holding my kids accountable for nothing?  

Oh well I'm sure they've done something else I just haven't caught them at yet...  

[ODZKing]

Was there any new solution to this?  I had another pop off last night.
Gonna cost me to have the seats pulled apart and redone replacing the buttons.  I have a bag full but this is a pain.

[twodko]

I posted a thread about this a few months back. I put Legendary upholstery in
my car and had the same issue with the buttons coming off.

It's been four years since that purchase but I called them up, they found my order
and sent me a half dozen new buttons no charge.

Only the button caps came off mine. I cut a slit halfway through a 5x7 index card
and slipped it under the button body to protect the seat cover. I pulled caps off the new buttons
and spread a very light coat of clear Gorilla glue on the inside edge of the cap using a toothpick.
Then I just position the cap over the button body and pressed it in place
using a smooth jaw diagonal tip needle nose plier. I removed the card right after.

This glue is a bit thick like Elmer's white glue with a workable open time. 

[ACUDANUT]

Imo, buttons on a car seat is just a bad idea.  I see no benefit at all.

[ODZKing]

I think I know the Gorilla Glue you are referring to, kind of white in color and like Elmers as you say. I believe have some. That is very helpful, unlike some other responses.
How long did you let it sit?

I posted a thread about this a few months back. I put Legendary upholstery in
my car and had the same issue with the buttons coming off.

It's been four years since that purchase but I called them up, they found my order
and sent me a half dozen new buttons no charge.

Only the button caps came off mine. I cut a slit halfway through a 5x7 index card
and slipped it under the button body to protect the seat cover. I pulled caps off the new buttons
and spread a very light coat of clear Gorilla glue on the inside edge of the cap using a toothpick.
Then I just position the cap over the button body and pressed it in place
using a smooth jaw diagonal tip needle nose plier. I removed the card right after.

This glue is a bit thick like Elmer's white glue with a workable open time.  

[twodko]

Actually this stuff is clear, comes in a little squeeze bottle in the super glue section.
It's open time is several minutes but once you press the button caps on they won't migrate
back up. At least mine didn't. The compression fit is pretty snug. I did mine one day several weeks back
detailing the interior for an event. I didn't sit in the car until the next day but I think
letting the stuff cure overnight would be prudent.

[ODZKing]

This is the stuff I know I have.  Came in a 2 pac of the bottle and a small squeeze tube of Gorilla brand Super Glue ... or what ever, from Lowes.
Anyway, I am fairly certain this dries kind of white-ish-tan.
In any case, I'll give it a try.  The worst is, they come off  
Thing is I can't see taking everything apart to replace with the same crappy buttons that are going to do the same.

[ACUDANUT]

Buttons get caught on everything. 

[timmycharger]

This is the stuff I know I have.  Came in a 2 pac of the bottle and a small squeeze tube of Gorilla brand Super Glue ... or what ever, from Lowes.
Anyway, I am fairly certain this dries kind of white-ish-tan.
In any case, I'll give it a try.  The worst is, they come off  
Thing is I can't see taking everything apart to replace with the same crappy buttons that are going to do the same.

I prefer to use SHOE GOO, available at Rite Aid, I swear I could fix the space shuttle with this stuff...

[twodko]

That's the same stuff, I just have the clear variety.

Agree about ShooGoo.......it's like duct tape in a tube.

[ODZKing]

Well, I did it last night, well see.  If that doesn't work, I'll try the shoe goo stuff.   

[twodko]

How'd it go? Mine have survived my jug butt so far.

[ODZKing]

Yep, we went for a club cruise to the FX Matts/Saranac brewery on Saturday and it held. Squeezing it on, I made a couple little marks in it, but it held.
Thanks so much.  Now I know it can be done.

[twodko]

Those marks are quite possibly my fault. 

One key bit of info that slipped my feeble mind was that I wrapped the jaws
of my diagonal needle nose pliers with blue painter's tape. I'm sorry I
forgot to include this tip.

Tom

[ODZKing]

Hey, is what it is Tom. I have a feeling it won't be forever anyway.  At least they're on for now.   

[EccentricMagpies]

I finally had a chance to get my car out of storage this past weekend.  I looked at the buttons and I do not see any missing.   
Maybe I just don't get my car out as often as others on here?

I bought new covers about 3 years ago

[twodko]

That's good news! If my replacements don't hold up my plan is to find out if Legendary will
sell me just the seat bottom upholstery. It's only the buttons here that come off in my car not the back rests
and the seats look awful with the caps missing.

[HANDM]

It's not so much that they pop off, which of course, they have, for me it's the ones on the seat back always digging into my bony spine!

[Ghoste]

I don't have an issue with the buttons on my spine but I'll tell you what, if you think the buttons are bad, try driving a couple hundred miles in hot humid weather in a 67 Charger!  Those seat back ornaments in them are absolute killers.  I left them off when I redid the seats in my 67.

[ODZKing]

I don't have an issue with the buttons on my spine but I'll tell you what, if you think the buttons are bad, try driving a couple hundred miles in hot humid weather in a 67 Charger!  Those seat back ornaments in them are absolute killers.  I left them off when I redid the seats in my 67.

Got them on mine and they are not a problem at all.  You must have installed them with out having them recessed.
Even so, we've never had a issue at all.   

[Ghoste]

I didn't install them, I left them off.  It was the Dodge installation that was biting me.

[ODZKing]

I didn't install them, I left them off.  It was the Dodge installation that was biting me.

Rear seats are original, you can see the difference. After some years those tabs sort of loosen up.  They should be recessed if the foam is not compressed.