Leather seat kit...

[t3knoman]

Anybody have any experience with this company?
http://www.autoleatherinc.com


The kit on ebay is here
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trkparms=tab%3DWatching&vi ewitem=&item=190166995291&_trksid=p3907.m32

500 bucks is almost 50 percent off a katzkin kit.

They are selling a kit im very close to buying and intall myself.

[gdanaher]

I think this is what GST uses for its interiors but someone at a dealership might provide more definitive info.

[Shelbrain]

My Katzkin kit cost $990 installed. Now, theoretically that is 50% less but you are neglecting to mention that that included installation. If you want to just buy the kit and install it yourself, it would be $699. Thanks

[t3knoman]

Did your kit come with leather for door panels?

Thanks for the reply.
Yes, i may go with katzkin because i have seen various pics of the katzkin, and it seems more do it yourself friendly. covers look like they have black tabs sewn into the leather which is alot better then punch holes in the leather.
Either way overall it is cheaper then factory.

[Shelbrain]

Originally Posted by t3knoman

Did your kit come with leather for door panels?

Thanks for the reply.
Yes, i may go with katzkin because i have seen various pics of the katzkin, and it seems more do it yourself friendly. covers look like they have black tabs sewn into the leather which is alot better then punch holes in the leather.
Either way overall it is cheaper then factory.

Yes it came with the leather for the doorpanels. I will try and find some pics that I posted earlier:

$1,300 Corinthian Leather Seat? Post #13

Hope this helps

[krouchchocolate]

Originally Posted by Shelbrain

Yes it came with the leather for the doorpanels. I will try and find some pics that I posted earlier:

$1,300 Corinthian Leather Seat? Post #13

Hope this helps

do u guys just take out the old fabric or something or u just put the leather over the fabric?

[Trojan]

That kit looks just like mines. The color is oak and the kit should come with the door panel inserts. If oak is the color of your cloth interior it should match perfectly.

You can see mines installed here http://www.cardomain.com/id/ryan562

[Epsilon]

I will sell you mine once I replace the interior with aftermarket seats and matching cloth.

[importcars]

what is the avg. cost to get a upholstery place to do all seats, and door panel insert leather?

[thoots]

A couple of answers I think I can supply:

Originally Posted by krouchchocolate

do u guys just take out the old fabric or something or u just put the leather over the fabric?

Generally, we're talking here about removing the cloth, and replacing it with leather.

Originally Posted by importcars

what is the avg. cost to get a upholstery place to do all seats, and door panel insert leather?

Figure $400 - $500 for a whole interior, at least. Work involves the following:

1. Removing all the seats from the car.
2. Taking off the cloth covers -- clips around the bottom of the seat, and hog rings holding most of the seams down, like the one running down the middle of the seat, between that area and the bolsters, and so on.
3. Same kind of thing for the door panels -- taking out the cloth-covered panels, removing the cloth, etc.
4. Then there's installing the leather -- hog rings for the seams again, and then "gosh knows" how the aftermarket stuff will be attached to the seat. Presumably using hog rings wherever the installer can, as opposed to the OEM stuff with the clips that fit into the seat frame.
5. Then reinstall all of the seats back into the car. MAKE SURE they use two people to remove and reinstall the seats -- if they do it with one guy, they're amateurs, and they'll probably scratch the living hell out of your interior. The rear seat isn't that big of a deal, but the driver seat, presuming you've got a "powered" one, is a heavy bugger. The passenger seat would be just a bit lighter.

Think of "an hour per seat," and "a hundred bucks per hour." With the back seat counting as two seats. Of course, that's just a ballpark figure, but it's not safe to presume it'll be a whole lot less than this!

[Shelbrain]

Originally Posted by importcars

what is the avg. cost to get a upholstery place to do all seats, and door panel insert leather?

It costs $990 to replace all my factory cloth with Katzkin leather. That includes installation. The kit can be found for $699 online but I bought the kit from the same people that did the install.

[importcars]

Originally Posted by thoots

A couple of answers I think I can supply:



Generally, we're talking here about removing the cloth, and replacing it with leather.



Figure $400 - $500 for a whole interior, at least. Work involves the following:

1. Removing all the seats from the car.
2. Taking off the cloth covers -- clips around the bottom of the seat, and hog rings holding most of the seams down, like the one running down the middle of the seat, between that area and the bolsters, and so on.
3. Same kind of thing for the door panels -- taking out the cloth-covered panels, removing the cloth, etc.
4. Then there's installing the leather -- hog rings for the seams again, and then "gosh knows" how the aftermarket stuff will be attached to the seat. Presumably using hog rings wherever the installer can, as opposed to the OEM stuff with the clips that fit into the seat frame.
5. Then reinstall all of the seats back into the car. MAKE SURE they use two people to remove and reinstall the seats -- if they do it with one guy, they're amateurs, and they'll probably scratch the living hell out of your interior. The rear seat isn't that big of a deal, but the driver seat, presuming you've got a "powered" one, is a heavy bugger. The passenger seat would be just a bit lighter.

Think of "an hour per seat," and "a hundred bucks per hour." With the back seat counting as two seats. Of course, that's just a ballpark figure, but it's not safe to presume it'll be a whole lot less than this!

so lets safely say $600 (which is half than getting it factory)

so would it be wise to get it done by an upholstery specialists instead of getting the leather kit w/ the SE??

also, is this estimation including the leather? or is this estimation ONLY LABOR?

if this is only labor, what i meant by my question was buying the leather from them.. like all together.. b/c i want to have something very dark, (black)

[clarkgrizwald]

what i wanna know is this: shelbrain, did the leather ever tighten up around the edges of the seat where it was a bit loose?

[Trojan]

Mine was installed for 750 bucks by a local upholstery shop.

[importcars]

Originally Posted by Trojan

Mine was installed for 750 bucks by a local upholstery shop.

was this price for them suplying the leather? or did u have your own?