Has anyone dealt with leatherseats.com? I was wondering how they look. I am buying a 02-03 max in the near future and have been looking at alot of cloth interiors. I am looking at putting leatherseats.com leather in, will it look OEM if I get the single tone? Thanks for the help.

-Svence

 

I am not sure, but I think you will not get some options with cloth that you would have gotten with oem leather. For instance, I looked at a 2k2 se with cloth seats and the sunroof switch had to be held to open the sunroof. My GLE 2k3 has a slide position switch that is slide and forget. Take a look around.

 

umm i got a 2k2 with cloth and every option available, and i dont have to hold the switch like the 2k1's...maybe u looked up an early model of the 2k2....

 

leatherseats.com there seats are so much better then oem leather. they use katskin leather it is 100% italian leather and it is a whole lot better looking then oem leather

 

All 02-03 Maximas have the same sunroof switch. No need to hold it down. As far as leather goes, leatherseats.com leather is great....

 

Do they do a leather with a suede insert? You know, bolsters in leather and the seat and backing in something like alcantara ( i think thats the right spelling) ?

 

Has anyone seen both of them...or installed the leatherseats.com ones. Are they hard to install?
-Svence

 

I highly recommend leatherseats.com. they do excellent work and the leather will look 100 times better than stock. I've seen some of their work. The suede inserts look awesome too, if that interests you. I'm planning on getting new leather from them when I get back from this deployment. Can't wait. If you don't have heated seats, and want them, you can get those too.

 

All I can say is that I have a fully loaded 2k2 with all options, and I sat in ASU173's car, and he has custom leather, and its 5 times better than what Nissan sold me !

 

What are you talking about? I have an 01, yeah its cloth but I dont gotta hold the damn button down. One touch...both ways anyway...

Asu174 has custom two tone Katzkin leather. It looks NIIICE. I personally like it better then the OEM leather. It can be had for 600ish so its not too bad. Install is another 400 I belive so your looking at 1K. Might as well toss in some messagers while your at it Im personally going with katzkin sometime in the fall of 04.

As far as heated, yeah its an option as are power messagers. What im really wondering is if its possible to change the foam of the seat out to something...more lazboy like. That way you kinda melt into the seat when you cruise around.

 

John.....you got e response for everything !

 

Its one of those nights man

 

one of those nights when you are right ?

 

What he said^

 

Leatherseats.com leather is far superior to OEM. Installing of Leather isn't that hard if you have the right tools and have a lot of time. Mine took about 2 days, 4 hours each day with a friends help.

 

you can even buy the tools from leatherseats.com for $35

 

I'm getting custom leather from them pretty soon

 

there's always some sort of group deal going on for seats, right?

 

CLICK HERE for a couple pics of my 2-tone interior from Leatherseats.com

Platinum/Puddy w/flat perforated inserts. Charcoal embroidery.

 

Does anyone have more pics of their custom leather install?

-Svence

 

oh damn! thats what I want to get!

 

I got a really bad pic of my rear seats. Dark Graphite and Dove Grey

 

Click my homepage for pics of Katzkin....

Yes, the quality is 10,000 times better than stock. Actually, we have high end leather sofas in our house and I still think the Katzkin leather is nicer.

 

I have the oem leather and have seen the after market and i prefer the oem. nicer looking, but thats just my 2 cents.

 

What didn't you like about the aftermarket?
-svence

 

i agree...eventhough the aftermarket is nicer quality(read..MUCH MUCH nicer) then the OEM seats..the OEM fit 100% perfect..and the aftermarket doesnt fit quite perfect...you could tell that the seams dont fit perfectly..i have yet to see an aftermarket leather kit that fits as good as the OEM leather

 

ive heard nothing but great remarks about katskinz or whatever - everybody says its like 10x better than OEM

 

i really cant say one thing that stands out, it just looks cheaper then the oem leather. i dont like the tight look of the leather needs to have some folds and looseness to it. but for everyman his own

 

Mine is flawless. I had it professionally installed though, so that might be the difference. The leather in my old 2K Max feels like cheap vinyl compared to Katzkin leather.

 

What did u end up paying for the 2 tone leather and then how much was install?

 

fitment couldnt be better. At first I thought the fitment sucked when I was installing it myself, but did more reading about application and learned I wasn't heating the leather or stretching it properly. After that, it took some pulling and tugging, but i couldnt be happier.

I got the massagers and heat too

 

Is that Katskin or Leatherseats.com? Where did you get the heaters and massagers?

-svence

 

although yours looks better then most i've seen...it still doesnt look like a 100% fit around the headrests and the top pillow on the drivers seat.

that's the ONLY thing the factory leather has going for it, flawless fit...other then that it sucks...i am wishing i didnt get the leather at all

 

Igor- $1000 installed

Jeepik- Those pics were taken the day I got it installed and the leather had no "settle" yet. The wrinkle on the drivers seat is 90% gone and the headrests are pretty much perfect.

Day of install:


Today:

 

Here's my Leatherseats kit in my 4th gen (black/charcoal center). Installed it myself and the quality/fee/grip is lightyears ahead of OEM. BTW, the leather is nearly 2 years old in these pics. People can't believe I was the one that installed it.

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/259675/3


Dave

 

hey, this would be katzkin, go to the GD forum and look for the katzkin thread, call a gentleman by the name of James. Hes a very nice guy and he can take care of you. I got the massagers and from him as one bi package

 

For the lazy peeps:
(btw my stock cloth seats came with Meridian )