So do I!!






Seriously though, anyone actually do this themselves? If so, Pics? Procedure? Did you use real leather or redo it with more vinyl?

 

this winter i am going to put used OEM stock leather seat covers onto my seats that were originally SE cloth. you will need hog rings and pliers to do it. it can be tricky but can be done with good results if you take your time and do it right.

 

yup hog rings and HOT RING pliers.. not just any old pliers ... its not an easy task .. very time consuming ... its almost impossible to get the top part of the seat cushion tight ... lot of work if u wanna make it look right

 

found a site that sells real leather and tons of types of vinyl. now to figure out how many sq yards for a single seat.

 

you did? do they have perforated leather(1/4 inch square pattern)?

 

werd i need to redo my driverside seat...

 

yup. and every other pattern you could imagine. got a headache trying to figure out which one i want.

 

It would probably be helpful if you would post a link to the website where you found the leather.

 

leather comes in hides and costs around or over $100 per hide. You'd probably need about 7 hides to do the car. Thats alot of moola.

 

if you're buying just plain leather, you will also have to get a pattern for a seat and cut out the pieces and sew them together. that seems like a pretty daunting task if you have never done anything like it. you may be best off getting replacement leather from katskins or one of the other sites and either put that on or take it to a shop to get it done.

 

... why not just get another seat form a junk yard... NY yard chardge like... 200 for front two seats.. and 300 for the whole set...

 

because that would make too much sense. I met a guy who wouldn't put anything from a junkyard in his Maxima even though it had 160k plus miles on it. What I don't understand is people who are willing to spend hundreds of dollars on a car adding Seafoam and Auto Rx just to get a few more mpg's. Don't get me wrong, I truly care about my Maxima and I know that I can trust it to take me anywhere. But seriously, at 144k miles, a car turns in to the beater car, it has liability insurance on it and it's the one that's parked outside the garage when there's snow on the ground.

 

Seafoam, $5

Auto-Rx 25 (aprox i dont wanna look up exactly the # now)

Mabye 2 treatments of auto-rx and one seafoam=$55

Your car lasting an extra 50,000 miles (a conservative estamite) Worth the price...to me atleast, but if you got money pouring out of your ears, go nuts

 

reupholstering your own seats is a big job- not to be taken on by a novice. besides the material/thread, you will need new foam, an industrial juki or durkopf adler sewing machine, and a considerable amount of patients.

this is in black and garcia green centers, tuck and roll inserts, matching door panels and custom rear armrest. http://www.cardomain.com/ride/687468/5

 

WOW WOW... its not a beater to everyone.. i park my car inside when it rains or snows... and it has excess of 140miles. and i do have liability, but only cause its under my name and im not over 25. and seafoam etc. well with the way prices are for gas. i want every drop of gas to give me some distance on teh road.

i liek my car to be in good shape. i still get compliments on my 10 year old infiniti. cause its pretty dam clean.. except for city parking chips on bumper.. and also a small ding on the hood which i will fix. some of us like our cars.. and as far as putting stuff from junkyards.. Im picky about it. i saw an nycmaximas.ORG member's max in a junk yard with great soft beautiful leather, but i didnt take the leather.. jsut didnt feel rite.. but if its a neglected car that has good seats.. then why not... better to recycle then to waste ..