The first thing I did tonight was get the body ready for transport to Chris’ Trim Shop for upholstery tomorrow. I go get my material and drop both off for the work.

To protect the four “corners” that generally hit the ground first on the body, I wired and bungied a couple of boards to the low points.

The front still sat a little low, so I added a spacer to the bottom of that board, not shown here.

The board in the back is held on with a couple of ball cords laced through the tail light holes.

Now the body will be easier to handle with somewhat less fear of scraping the gorgeous paint job.

As for the upholstery, it’s pretty much a tossup between the left and middle choices. Since it’s only a couple yards of either, the fact that they are also the most expensive two is kind of incidental, $14.50 and $23.25 per yard, respectively.

It seems to me that the left one picks up the brighter tones of the paint better and it appears to me to be the heavier of the two, so it may well win.

The other option, available from the trim shop directly, is a black covering that has a snake or lizard skin texture, which I think is pretty cool for a dragon themed trike. I found something similar in purple on the internet, but it was so cheap per yard, I figured it probably not good enough quality.

So, unless something really cool jumps out at me, it will probably the the left one above.