Leather Seats
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Leather Seats
I have found aplace to get the OEM leather covers to replace my cloth but it seems I have to have the silver/gun metal plastic seat back to do the install. Anybody know where I can get them (for a reasonable cost)? I tried a dealer but they wanted $400.00 per piece .
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Thanks for the reply. I guess I am just cheap but my friend went the way of a custom leather interior so I can get his for free. But, he used his seat backs so I need to find some. Do you think it would be possible to "finish off" the back of the seat with vinyl/leather and it look right?
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I suppose it's possible - have no idea how the factory half-covers look though. You may want to ask an upholstery place about the feasibility of adding just the back. Vinyl would be fine for the back of the seat - in fact, that's what I have with my Classic Soft Trim interior.
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I would second the opinion to get a custom leather away from dealer. I got the Katzkin leather seats put on at a custom shop form just under $1000. They have a warranty and a lot of color combinations. Check out my profile to see pictures.
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Man, those custom leather interiors look good. I think since I am able to get the OEM covers free I am going to try and go that route. If I can't find the OEM seat backs and I have to get a shop to finish the backs in vinyl then I shouldn't be out that much $$$ if I decide change. Speaking of which, any idea how much it would cost to finish the back in vinyl? I think it should be a pretty easy job - should just be able to remove any excess (I assume it has a litttle material past the stitch closest to the rear where it goes behind the plastic back), make a new "panel" out of vinyl and just stitch it together like the cloth interiors. Am i missing something? Thanks again.
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Yeah, not sure about how it will look either. Worst case scenario, I don't like it and ditch the stock covers for a custom job. Best case, I get leather for however much it costs to finish the backs. Any clue as to how much this would be?
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Yeah, I am gonna do that and just to see if there was anybody that had the seat backs I posted a WTB...I think that's a long shot though. Thanks again for all of the help everybody.
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endolinz,
That is a great looking interior. You are definitely right about going to a custom shop if you got that for about $1000.00. I would have thought it would be a lot more expensive than that. The more I think about it, I was assuming that the dealer would just upgrade to the stock leather interior, but who knows what they were going to use. Guess its a good thing I just bought a different one that already had leather. Peace!!
That is a great looking interior. You are definitely right about going to a custom shop if you got that for about $1000.00. I would have thought it would be a lot more expensive than that. The more I think about it, I was assuming that the dealer would just upgrade to the stock leather interior, but who knows what they were going to use. Guess its a good thing I just bought a different one that already had leather. Peace!!
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