Hog Ring Pliers?

Post by **Ozark Lee** » 24 Nov 2006, 20:57

OK I was going to post under the topic of "Help, there is an igauna in my dashboard" but I thought better of that.

Does anyone have a decent source for hog rings and hog ring pliers? I've read that Sears had them but that must have been when Sears traded as S rather than SHLD.

I've tried the Home Depot / Lowes route to no avail.

The weather is supposed to be good tomorrow and I am anxious to replace my drivers seat foam and along with it the lower seat heater mat - Yes! heated seats at last - but I cannot find the hog ring parts.

As a side note, just for fun, you need to get a spouse to set in the drivers seat so that you can plug the seat heater thermostat back in after you check the connector. I unplugged mine today but I couldn't get it plugged back in without someone sitting in the seat.

Any help is greatly appreciated and I will try to take some pictures along the way and post the good, bad, or ugly results.

TIA,

...Lee

Post by **kelvin6** » 24 Nov 2006, 22:08

Don't even bother with hog rings.

I just used zipties in place of the hog rings and it works GREAT!

Post by **akitawagon** » 24 Nov 2006, 23:40

Lee,

Thanks for the tip on needing someone to sit on the seat in order to replug in the thermostat.

Using small zip ties for getting back your seat together is much easier, but if you still want to get them, you can get the hogring pliers at www.EastWood.com:

SKU #52019 Hog Ring Pliers Bent Nose $29.99
SKU #52033 Hog Rings Pack Of 100 $1.99