How much leather in leather seats?
06-02-2005, 04:31 PM
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RE: How much leather in leather seats?
Ford Pleather, using leather conditioner on them is fine. I do it atleast once a month, only takes a couple of minutes and keeps them looking fresh. It also helps with the cracking issues ford pleather seats have.
06-03-2005, 04:08 AM
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RE: How much leather in leather seats?
ORIGINAL: BLKsteeda
I will be doing the leather upgrade to my seats that Steeda offers...and it's real leather, not the crap that ford installs. The price from Steeda is $1400 installed...front and back seats. Plus you can do custom colors...I plan on doing Black down the center of the seats and leaving the rest the Medium Graphite color to match my dash.
I will be doing the leather upgrade to my seats that Steeda offers...and it's real leather, not the crap that ford installs. The price from Steeda is $1400 installed...front and back seats. Plus you can do custom colors...I plan on doing Black down the center of the seats and leaving the rest the Medium Graphite color to match my dash.
Damn, save some cash, and buy it from katzkins. You have choice of two tones and/or suede, leather type, etc. Do the install at home, they come with the factory style connections and whatnot, so its pretty straight forward.
06-03-2005, 11:22 AM
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RE: How much leather in leather seats?
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Damn, save some cash, and buy it from katzkins. You have choice of two tones and/or suede, leather type, etc. Do the install at home, they come with the factory style connections and whatnot, so its pretty straight forward.
ORIGINAL: BLKsteeda
I will be doing the leather upgrade to my seats that Steeda offers...and it's real leather, not the crap that ford installs. The price from Steeda is $1400 installed...front and back seats. Plus you can do custom colors...I plan on doing Black down the center of the seats and leaving the rest the Medium Graphite color to match my dash.
I will be doing the leather upgrade to my seats that Steeda offers...and it's real leather, not the crap that ford installs. The price from Steeda is $1400 installed...front and back seats. Plus you can do custom colors...I plan on doing Black down the center of the seats and leaving the rest the Medium Graphite color to match my dash.
Damn, save some cash, and buy it from katzkins. You have choice of two tones and/or suede, leather type, etc. Do the install at home, they come with the factory style connections and whatnot, so its pretty straight forward.
06-03-2005, 05:45 PM
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RE: How much leather in leather seats?
ORIGINAL: UhadMEatGT
Damn, save some cash, and buy it from katzkins. You have choice of two tones and/or suede, leather type, etc. Do the install at home, they come with the factory style connections and whatnot, so its pretty straight forward.
ORIGINAL: BLKsteeda
I will be doing the leather upgrade to my seats that Steeda offers...and it's real leather, not the crap that ford installs. The price from Steeda is $1400 installed...front and back seats. Plus you can do custom colors...I plan on doing Black down the center of the seats and leaving the rest the Medium Graphite color to match my dash.
I will be doing the leather upgrade to my seats that Steeda offers...and it's real leather, not the crap that ford installs. The price from Steeda is $1400 installed...front and back seats. Plus you can do custom colors...I plan on doing Black down the center of the seats and leaving the rest the Medium Graphite color to match my dash.
Damn, save some cash, and buy it from katzkins. You have choice of two tones and/or suede, leather type, etc. Do the install at home, they come with the factory style connections and whatnot, so its pretty straight forward.
So save yourself time by letting a pro do it.
06-03-2005, 06:45 PM
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RE: How much leather in leather seats?
I'm not too worried about it.
When I had an Eclipse I bought factory GT seat covers, and recovered my GS seats myself. Just takes a little time and patience, but wasn't anything horrible... I've still got plenty of hogrings left over...
When I had an Eclipse I bought factory GT seat covers, and recovered my GS seats myself. Just takes a little time and patience, but wasn't anything horrible... I've still got plenty of hogrings left over...
06-03-2005, 08:08 PM
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RE: How much leather in leather seats?
ORIGINAL: closer9
I'm not too worried about it.
When I had an Eclipse I bought factory GT seat covers, and recovered my GS seats myself. Just takes a little time and patience, but wasn't anything horrible... I've still got plenty of hogrings left over...
I'm not too worried about it.
When I had an Eclipse I bought factory GT seat covers, and recovered my GS seats myself. Just takes a little time and patience, but wasn't anything horrible... I've still got plenty of hogrings left over...
06-04-2005, 02:13 AM
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RE: How much leather in leather seats?
You will only take it to a professional shop if you have no skills whatsoever. Ive watched many teens do it in their house while watching TV at s10forum.
Seats arent like they used to be with all the hog-ringing, etc. Most just have plastic clips that attach underneath the seats, some have zippers, and velcro. As long as you lube the seat foam with some silicone to put the new covers on, its pretty easy.
Here is their home page:
http://www.katzkin.com/SITE/HTML/index.html
Seats arent like they used to be with all the hog-ringing, etc. Most just have plastic clips that attach underneath the seats, some have zippers, and velcro. As long as you lube the seat foam with some silicone to put the new covers on, its pretty easy.
Here is their home page:
http://www.katzkin.com/SITE/HTML/index.html
06-04-2005, 02:20 AM
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RE: How much leather in leather seats?
well if your covers are shot then so is the foam. And I was talking about the one with the clips. You WILL never get those tight. So dont tell me you will watch tv while doing it.
06-04-2005, 03:19 AM
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RE: How much leather in leather seats?
I will watch TV while doing it............now what? You sit them out in the sun to make them plyable 1st.......do I have to teach you everything......lol. The only way the foam is going to need any replacing is if the seat material wore through badly, and munched the foam. The foam will last for many years before replacement is needed.
