Reupholstering Sport Seats

[tommyp]

I have cloth centers and leather bolsters, I love it.

Do by any chance have any pics you could share?

[e30BMart]

Do by any chance have any pics you could share?

+1 wanna see this too

[gmont02@yahoo.com]

wow those seats are worse than mine, lol
im looking forward to your progress

[Den_k321]

vinyl is little bit easier to re-upholster because its more stretchy, and try to talk him down to 350... you can paint door cards your self, 2 cans of vinyl paint.

[MERK31]

That seems very cheap $400 for both. He must be using really cheap vinyl and if he is going to take seats apart make new covers and put back together and not do any sort of foam work they will still look horrible. Foam needs to be steamed back to life if possible or new bolster and inserts made which can be another $200. Good european vinyl should cost around $35 a yard and will look pretty close to leather. That most people wouldnt tell the difference. So remember you get what you pay for.

[a2coupe2a]

I wouldn't....everyone switches to vinyl thinking their getting a deal and then when they try to sell them they can't get their money back. If there are no rips in the leather; which in most cases they do. I would just re dye it and bring it back to new with a little elbow grease. A) the leather becomes fresh, and it stays leather and you'll get your money back on them if you sell. Vinyl is the cheaper route to go.

but that is just my humble opinion...lol.

lol you think that car companies use all leather on their leather seats? Only about 20-30% of a "leather" seat is actually leather.

[Ceeker]

lol you think that car companies use all leather on their leather seats? Only about 20-30% of a "leather" seat is actually leather.

I don't think that is entirely accurate for high end cars such as BMW, Benz, etc. I know some stitch vinyl into the leather to blend and save money. But we aren't talking about buying a car we are talking about fixing a set of seats the right way. As originally done. I just finished reupholstering my vert seats in Italian leather. it is ALL leather. cost me almost $1500.00 for the kit. mind you my labor was quite some time. but to me it was worth every penny.

I guess it just a matter of preference I suppose.

[harv]

Man, I'm into redoing my cloth sport seats with factory covers, and I'd charge 300 in labor just to put them on. I'm just doing the bottoms as my backs are in excellent condition, there is a lot to take apart. For a point of reference, my covers (cloth bottoms only) were 300 each from BMW.

John

[a2coupe2a]

I don't think that is entirely accurate for high end cars such as BMW, Benz, etc. I know some stitch vinyl into the leather to blend and save money. But we aren't talking about buying a car we are talking about fixing a set of seats the right way. As originally done. I just finished reupholstering my vert seats in Italian leather. it is ALL leather. cost me almost $1500.00 for the kit. mind you my labor was quite some time. but to me it was worth every penny.

I guess it just a matter of preference I suppose.

Yes they do, all mfg i have ever seen do it including bmw. Also you are right, it is a matter of preference. I call the preference wasting money. I would bet my last dollar that i could use a high end synthetic leather to cover a set and if you asked somebody which they thought was the nicer material would pick the synthetic over the leather. It would also last longer then the leather and be only about 1/4 the cost.

I work with leather and synthetics every single day.

[Tricked 323i]

Take it from someone that has worked on hundreds of BMW's along with a number of Mercedes and Porsches. They are either all leather or all leatherette. None of them mix or matched their materials. VW is horrible about mixing their materials, in my wife's 2010 EOS they used leatherette and some sort of spandex weave on the sides, horrible. We opted on no leather as it will get reupholstered.
Kevin

[IRON-E]

Because I have personally seen it, the mix and matching seems to happen a lot more in the Japanese and US vehicles. Way to keep costs even lower.

[a2coupe2a]

vw is the worst, its bad enough to mix and match but the material they use is about the cheapest bargain bin stuff you can find.

[Ceeker]

Yes they do, all mfg i have ever seen do it including bmw. Also you are right, it is a matter of preference. I call the preference wasting money. I would bet my last dollar that i could use a high end synthetic leather to cover a set and if you asked somebody which they thought was the nicer material would pick the synthetic over the leather. It would also last longer then the leather and be only about 1/4 the cost.

I work with leather and synthetics every single day.

just from your opinion you would also use bondo instead of metal to fix rust on a car. I mean, what's the difference the avg person wouldn't know or notice. and it all looks the same right? All preference of course and also a waste of money. Thanks for letting me know because with all due respect and no offense to be taken, this is what people do with used cars that are worthy of restoration. They cheap out because they are thinking of saving. that is why so many bmw's get butchered. We live in a world of mediocrity. But few are willing to make the exception.

[a2coupe2a]

If bondo had the same rating, finish, and could actually last longer then metal sure. Hey guess what i do this for a living, how about you go argue something you might actually know more about.

You have no fucking clue what you are even speaking of. How about you tell me the average ratings of a standard leather? How about you tell me how long your average leather will last before it starts cracking. How about a good rub/uv rating of synthetic? Maybe a few factual reasons why leather is better other then a "because i said so" argument.

Sounds more like the argument of an elitist dbag trying to justify the money he spent because it makes him feel special.

[Ceeker]

If bondo had the same rating, finish, and could actually last longer then metal sure. Hey guess what i do this for a living, how about you go argue something you might actually know more about.

You have no fucking clue what you are even speaking of. How about you tell me the average ratings of a standard leather? How about you tell me how long your average leather will last before it starts cracking. How about a good rub/uv rating of synthetic? Maybe a few factual reasons why leather is better other then a "because i said so" argument.

Sounds more like the argument of an elitist dbag trying to justify the money he spent because it makes him feel special.

ooooooo,,,sounds like someone is getting a weee bit hot under the collar...sheesh..you gotta relax man..LOL!!
How about I tell you someone has got your goat because someone is getting all bent outta shape...u gotta chill...

I think you should also tell this to Kevin and see what he thinks..perhaps he'll agree with you.