What Should I do with my interior?

[Kevinl]

I got an estimate to get my front & rear seats redone by a shop for $1100

or

I can buy already reupholstered seats off ebay for $1200 ish or I can buy the covers off ebay and try it myself which I don't have a lot of faith I can do it and it will come out good.

I am torn about the rear seat too because I want one with head rests & a ski pass but I have not found any

[AbsorbantNut]

I vote shop. Let someone who does this for a living do it; they probably have the skills if they're still in business.

[IRON-E]

One of my family members does upholstery for a living, there's tricks to making the material fit tightly and there's a finesse to working the materials.
yes, anyone can sew and make seat covers look good but, when installation comes into play, noone does like a pro.

[JRYE30]

I've heard bad things about the ebay seats!

Get the shop to do it...you can check up on the progress and talk to someone in person. Always best. And if somethings wrong, you can deal it out in person.

My opinion

[ajackz]

Let a shop do it.That way if they mess something up you can deal with them directly. It also gives you the chance to put your own style into the new seat design.

[Cletonius]

Take it to a shop for sure. When dealing with an experienced auto trim shop they will be able to do just about anything you'd want. You get to see and touch everything before it goes on your car, so you know you're happy with the look/feel before they begin.

They will also be able to repair any broken items found during the process.

As someone learning the trade, there's a ton to consider when undertaking an interior refresh. Let the pros help you.

[semaj4712]

Or you could find new seats for sale, prolly a lot cheaper...I swapped my entire interior with Cloth Recaros from the Jetta GLI MK2 and all in with seat brackets (that you could make yourself) you could be looking at around $600

[N2MYE30]

I went with leatherseats.com off ebay kit for my MT2 project and was pretty impressed. I put them on myself with no problems. It just took a little time and no special tools. It looks a bit scary when tackling it but just take your time and have the personal reward for doing it yourself...and cheaper! :up:

After...and before!

[Cha Ching]

As Iron-E said...If you took N2MYE30's kit and had a pro do the installtion, you would have a near-OEM looking job! This is not a bash on N2MYE30's handi-work, but merely a comment on the fact that professional upholstery guys know how to massage and steam the wrinkles out of seams and curves. Stuff like that is what sets apart a novice job from a pro.

[N2MYE30]

^^^these were only on for a few hours. Once the heat got to them a worked in, they improved. If one was to really nitpick, they will never look oem as I have stated my other threads about these leathers. For the price, these are great.

[Tanktheory]

leatherseats.com's E30 red covers look way to bright to be cardinal :(

[bastianshaw]

how much are the ebay kits?

[a2coupe2a]

Honestly i would go with new seats or a kit because any shop that would only charge 1k for front and backs seats is most likely going to do shit work

[Kevinl]

That price is not for leather that is for high quality vinyl

[a2coupe2a]

even with vinyl that is too cheap imo... thats roughly what we would charge just to do a set of fronts. I would be willing to bet they would not look as good as the kit posted above which imo actually turned out fantastic for a kit. Kits like that from larger companies tend to be fairly poor, i was very impressed when i saw that picture.