upholstery kit?

[twisted325e]

Does anyone know about any companies selling an upholstery kit for the e30? my seats are shot.

[BavarianBimmer]

I may be wrong but I've seen it on ETK :?

[UNHCLL]

Rob S.
Member Name: rschiering sells upholstry kits for E30's.
Very fair price and great quality.

Here is an example of some of his work

[e30Matt]

Ugh... I want that interior so bad.

[twisted325e]

that loks awesome!!, i sent him a PM (rscheiring)

[UNHCLL]

I do LOTS of business with Rob. And he does lots of business with us... 8) I'll attest to the high quality, great prices, and awesome work he turns out.

here is a pic of my interior that he did just for one more reference.

[Addissimo]

https://www.leatherseats.com

They use vinyl and leather, i dont think you can get a whole leather kit unless you fork out some $$. I was sketch on their kits, untill i talked to nick at the euro depot, and he said its the highest quality kit he's seen (aside from factory) I plan on doing that for my car... If it werent for the fact that I have a cabrio, I'd probably get an all leather kit elsewhere, but the part vinyl is nice because if the leather shrinks at all, the vinyl stretches to make up for it, and you dont get split seams.

if you're wondering, the actual seating surfaces are leather, while the bolsters sides are vinyl

[BS87]

Does rob actually sell kits you do yourself, or do you have to bring it all to him?

Not like i'd be able to do my seats and not fuck them up, just wondering.

[MachineMasterG]

autoleathers .com i got mine from there for my vert about 670.00$$$2 years ago and still looking good

[UNHCLL]

Rob's kits cost WAYYYYY less than any of the prices on those sites. His are also 100% leather, not some half mix-matched assemblage of leather and vinyl.

Rob will sell the kits by themselves allowing you to install yourself, or have your local upholstry person do it for you.

[Addissimo]

not some half mix-matched assemblage of leather and vinyl.

I think you missed the point in the mix and match of vinyl...

[UNHCLL]

any well taken care of interior wont shrink and split.
hense, no need for cheesy vinyl

[rscheiring]

Thanks for the reference Chris, and to others for your interest.

I can do whatever it is you want - vinyl, leather, cloth, Alcantara, etc. I can sell piece by piece, for one seat, two seats or a whole interior. I can install it, or you can do it yourself.

BUT, it all costs money, and my experience is that most E30 owners don't want to spend more $ on reupholstering their seats than they paid for the whole car.

I'd recommend watching this board, roadfly and ebay for seats the come up. Rear seats in great shape (non-M3) go for cheap, as do near perfect non-sport seats. Typically you only costly item is sport seats, and even then you can usually get away with just restoring some of the leather, and just replacing a few pieces (often the driver's side bolsters closest to door). I charge $50 each fo new bolsters if you are just replacing one or two.

If you have a car that you don't mind putting $ into, we can do lots of things:
- new bolsters for both front sport seats (approx $350 for leather)
- new centers for both front sport seats (also approx. $350 for leather)
- new leather for entire front sports seats (approx. $650-$700)

Matching boots are a good idea to get done at the same time ($50-$60 for a pair).

Check out my WWW below my sig for some examples and ideas.

Thx, Rob

[Court M3]

Rob that rocks. if I get orders back to the US, the M3 seats will definitely get done.

[Matto]

Has anyone ever done anything with the door panels? Could you redo my door panels with black leather Rob?