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22/10/2026

🔨 Another week of a bit of everything at McDonald Motor Trimmers! 😁

We've been keeping ourselves out of mischief again this week in Tauranga!

🏍️ Yamaha seat – New foam, fresh cover and all the chrome fitted back on. Looking pretty sharp!

⛵ Catamaran saloon seating – The first of the saloon seats is finished, with plenty more to keep us busy!

🪑 Chair makeover completed.

🚗 1934 Studebaker – This beauty arrived for its first visit so we could get stuck into some groundwork. And apparently, when one McDonald isn't enough, you call in a second one! 🤣 Two McDonalds, one old car and hopefully twice the progress rather than twice the talking! 😂

And a big thanks to Bruce for lending a hand! Good mates are hard to find, and we're lucky to have one who's always willing to jump in when needed. Cheers, Bruce! 🍻😁

As usual, there's plenty more happening behind the scenes, with jobs in various stages of completion and us trying to remember which one we were working on five minutes ago! 🤪

Another busy week for our little family business. Thanks to everyone for keeping us on our toes!

McDonald Motor Trimmers – Tauranga ❤️

09/10/2026

🔧 McDonald Motor Trimmers -Tauranga Based – This Week's Workshop Chaos!

Well, another week down and we've been absolutely FLAT OUT! 🥵

Judging by the number of photos we've taken, you'd think we'd spent most of the week sitting around drinking coffee. ☕

Unfortunately, the workload tells a very different story!

We've had a bit of everything happening this week:

🚗 Hoodlining's getting some much-needed attention.

🏍️ Motorcycle seats getting the royal treatment.

🛻 A ute tonneau cover replacement

🪑 A few smaller upholstery jobs thrown into the mix.

🚘 And some freshly trimmed car seats looking alot smarter!

Plus a whole heap of other jobs that are 90% finished, 10% away from being photographed and 100% taking up room in the workshop!

It's been one of those weeks where we've worked our backsides off, but half the jobs are waiting on that last little bit before we can call them finished.

🎄 NOW FOR THE CHRISTMAS PANIC! 🎅

Christmas is just 11 weeks away, and we've only got 10 working weeks left before we shut up shop for 2026!

As always, a massive thank you to our wonderful customers for keeping us busy, supporting our little family business and putting up with the occasional bit of workshop madness!

Mac, Cherry, Thomas & Mia 🐾
McDonald Motor Trimmers

76 years in business and still wondering where all the hours in the day disappear to! 😂

01/10/2026

⚠️ WEEKLY WORKSHOP UPDATE — HR HAS CHOSEN NOT TO COMMENT ⚠️

Another highly professional week at McDonald Motor Trimmers.

This week we tackled foam repairs, cover repairs, car seats and camper squabs — basically repairing the consequences of people sitting, sliding, farting and generally abusing upholstery for years, then handing it to us and saying, “Can you make this nice again?”

Yep. Apparently we can. 😂

We had some seats arrive looking like they’d been through three marriages, a custody battle and a particularly angry Labrador. A bit of foam, some repairs and a whole lot of swearing later — respectable again.

The camper squabs got the treatment too and are now looking far too classy for their inevitable future of wet towels, baked beans and someone sleeping on them after saying, “I’m just resting my eyes.”

Speaking of resting your eyes…

Mac spent basically the entire week inside a boat doing the lining. 🚤

Big man.
Small boat.
Very little evidence of actual movement.

Occasionally we'd hear a noise from inside, so we assumed he was still alive. Whether he was actually working or had found himself a nice quiet little retirement pod and was having a nana nap is still under investigation.

We considered dragging him out by the ankles, but HR said it breached workplace policy.

Well… we assume she did.

Because our Head of HR, Mia, spent most of the week asleep. 🐾

At this stage we're unsure whether she was genuinely tired or had simply decided that if she kept her eyes shut, she couldn't witness the sh*tshow.

Frankly, she's the smartest employee here.

She saw Mac disappear into a boat, heard the language coming from the sewing room and immediately decided:

“Nope. I saw nothing. Take it up with management.”

Unfortunately, management is us.

So that's another successful week done.
✅ Seats repaired
✅ Foam repaired
✅ Camper squabs completed
✅ Boat lining underway
✅ Mac eventually accounted for
✅ HR witnessed absolutely nothing

McDonald Motor Trimmers — 76 years of experience and somehow still no adult supervision. 😂

See you next week… unless HR finally wakes up to keep us in line. 🐾🤣

24/09/2026

🎂 THIS WEEK AT McDONALD MOTOR TRIMMERS… THE OLD BOY TURNS 74! 🎂

Forget seats, squabs and hoodlinings for a minute — our very own Mac turns 74! 🥳🎈

Yep… 74 years young and STILL turning up to work with Cherry every week. Whether that says more about his work ethic or his poor decision-making, we’re not sure. 😂

So instead of showing you what we’ve been upholstering, we thought we’d embarrass him with a little trip down memory lane…

📸 There’s Mac back in the early days of the business with his two little girls, Cherry and Adele — back when he had a magnificent beard, plenty of dark hair and probably considerably more patience. 😂

Fast-forward a few decades and apparently he’s still good entertainment for the next generation — Josh giving Grandad a shave. What could possibly go wrong?! 🪒🤣

Then there’s Mac out living his best life, holding snakes, mucking around on boats with Uncle Dave, getting kisses from his girls… ❤️

…and of course, one of our personal favourites — the day Mac got arrested. 🚔😂
Before anyone gets too excited, it was a FAKE arrest from years ago — although judging by the grin on the policeman’s face, he looked far too happy to finally get him in the van. 🤣🤣

After 74 years of causing trouble, raising two daughters, becoming Grandad, building a business and collecting a lifetime of stories that probably shouldn’t all be repeated on Facebook… he’s still going strong.

So please join us in wishing the boss, Dad, Grandad, workmate and resident troublemaker a massive…

🎉🎂 HAPPY 74TH BIRTHDAY MAC! 🎂🎉

We hope you have a brilliant day — and no, turning 74 does NOT mean you get to retire. We’ve got jobs booked in. 😂✂️

Happy Birthday, old boy! ❤️

— Love from Cherry & Thomas & Josh and Mia 😘

18/09/2026

Another busy week at McDonald Motor Trimmers! ✂️

Remember that very sad-looking red bench seat we showed you a while back? 😳 Well, the customer agreed with the winning vote and went for the black with red houndstooth — and here it is, completely rebuilt and looking a whole lot happier! ❤️🖤

The rest of the week certainly wasn’t quiet either! We’ve knocked out some dining chair bases, a set of leather caravan squabs, another set of squabs, a Bandit motorcycle seat, plus some seat bases for one of our favourite regular customers — who loves one particular vinyl so much that apparently every seat he owns is slowly going to end up wearing it! 😂

A good variety of jobs through the workshop, just the way we like it.

Now it’s tools down and rest time for us, because judging by what’s booked in, next week is going to be a BIG one! 😅

Have a great weekend everyone — we’ll be back into it Monday!

Cherry & Mac & Thomas✂️
McDonald Motor Trimmers

16/09/2026

THROWBACK THURSDAY - SEEING RED❤️

So… Cherry bought herself a new red cardigan the other day.

What does that have to do with the price of fish?

Absolutely nothing....

BUT it did get us thinking about some of the red jobs we’ve done over the years… and apparently we’ve had a bit of a thing for red!

From classic interiors and full trims to sporty red-and-black seats, carpets, panels and everything in between — here are a few of our favourites for Throwback Thursday. ❤️🖤

Some jobs you finish and forget about… and some you look back at years later and think, “Yep, that still looks bloody good.” 😎

And before anyone asks — no, Cherry’s cardigan isn’t getting diamond stitching or piping. 😂

McDonald Motor Trimmers
Three generations of trimming… and occasionally finding inspiration in the wardrobe. ✂️😂

11/09/2026

Another week done at McDonald Motor Trimmers – Tauranga Based 🧵✂️

It’s been one of those weeks where life decided to throw a bit of everything at us, but somehow we still managed to get plenty through the doors and back out again!

This week we fitted out a caravan with a full set of fresh new squabs, recovered a V-Strom seat and a Harley seat, fitted a new matting kit into a Land Cruiser, tackled the usual hoodlinings, and fitted some new weather strips to an HQ Holden. 🚐🏍️🚙

Behind the scenes though, it’s been a pretty tough week for our family. We took some time away from the workshop to attend the funeral of an elderly uncle, and had to say a very sad goodbye to our 20-year-old cat 🐾💔

So there have been a few more interruptions than usual, and we really appreciate everyone’s patience and understanding while we’ve juggled work and family.

Sometimes running a little family business means exactly that — family has to come first. ❤️

But we’re still here, still sewing, still trimming, and still getting through the jobs one stitch at a time. ✂️🧵

Hopefully next week is a little kinder to us!

McDonald Motor Trimmers
Three generations of experience and still keeping Tauranga trimmed!

07/09/2026

A little note from us :

We’ll be closed today as we take some time to be with family and say goodbye to a much-loved family member.

Family comes first on days like today, and we really appreciate your patience and understanding while we step away from the workshop.

We’ll be back on deck tomorrow.
Thanks for understanding 🖤

Cherry & Mac

04/09/2026

😂 THE GREAT COUCH FABRIC DEBATE 😂
You’d think working at McDonald Motor Trimmers would make choosing fabric for our own couch easy…

Apparently not. 🤦‍♀️😂

Give Thomas a piece of plain charcoal leather and apparently the decision is made. Job done. No samples required. No imagination necessary. 🤣

Meanwhile, Cherry is a woman — how on earth is she supposed to just PICK ONE?! There are colours! Patterns! Textures! Different combinations! And approximately 47 other options we haven't considered yet. 😂

So after enough couch mock-ups to qualify as a full-time job, we think we may finally have a winner in

So we need you guys to settle it for us — which one looks best? 💚💙🩶

Green patterned, blue patterned, or Thomas’s beloved plain charcoal leather?

And please choose carefully… mainly because Cherry REALLY doesn’t like being wrong. 🤣🤣🤣

And this, folks, is why sometimes the hardest upholstery job in the workshop… is your own.

McDonald Motor Trimmers — Tauranga Based

Choosing upholstery for customers: easy. Choosing upholstery when you’re married to the trimmer: apparently a full-scale negotiation. 🤣🤣

31/08/2026

🌸☀️ IT’S OFFICIALLY SPRING! ☀️🌸

The sun’s starting to show its face, the jumpers are coming off… and suddenly everyone remembers SUMMER IS COMING!

So now’s the time to wander out to the shed and have a good hard look at those boat, jet ski and motorbike seats you’ve been successfully ignoring all winter. 😂

🚤 Boat seats looking a bit sad?
🌊 Jet ski seat cracked, faded or held together with hope?
🏍️ Bike seat needing a recover, repair or a bit more comfort for those summer rides?

NOW is the time to get them sorted!

Because we all know how this goes… nobody thinks about their summer toys until the first gorgeous weekend arrives, then suddenly it’s:

“Any chance you can have it done by Friday?”

And if you’re dusting off the boat and getting ready for summer, we hope you have a bit more luck catching fish than Macca does! 🎣🤣

Apparently seaweed counts as a catch if you’re desperate enough. 🌿🐟😂

Address

5 Robinia Place, Ohauiti
Tauranga
3110

Opening Hours

Monday	7am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	7am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	7am - 4:30pm
Thursday	7am - 4:30pm
Friday	7am - 4:30pm

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http://www.trimit.co.nz/

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