upholstery kit or upholstery shop
 

whats better the upholstery kits that are sold online?

or an upholstery shop stitching or whatever they do....making the upholstery for the seats and carpet.

i just found some upholstery guys on craiglist and just wondering which route i should go.

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Go for the kit and install it yourself. It is a very good reproduction at a very affordable price that is not too difficult to install.

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i removed the old upholstery off the frames... not sure i want to mess around with those horseshoe hog rings...

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those aren't too bad if you've got a pair of hog ring pliers. takes a little practice

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I purchased a pair of Procar Rally seats and had an upholstery shop make a matching rear upholstery. I paid him about $250 to make the rear but I know no one else will have one that looks like it.:D I figure by the time you spend the money for upholstery, foam, supplies, replace crappy looking seat hardware ............. you are at a similiar price to what I did.

That being said, if you want a stock look and don't mind doing the work then do it yourself. If you are like me and know where your limitations are or want something that is not the norm then use an upholstery shop.

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I purchase new upholstery for mine. I had a local shop fix the foam and install them.

http://www2.nexband.com/~rbrown/mustangseats.jpg

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Lol cool. Your seat match you walls.

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thats what im debating.. but the upholstery guy said i could order the kit.. or he could just make it to match.

soo.... i dont know whats better!!!

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BUMP.....
whats a better job:

ulpholstery kit, installed by me or a shop
or just take to an upholstery shop and have them stitch new covers???

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if you want it to look original buy the kit. Have a go at installing it yourself. If you're not enjoying it take it to the guy:D

what's the price difference anyway. If he can match or come close get him to do it regardless

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I'd say buy the kit and do it yourself. Its not rocket science but does take a bit of time to install. If your the do-it-yourselfer you'll appreciate the seats and workmanship more once done. If your looking for acustom look then of course do the shop.

Search the forums as there are a number of posts about doing this and example detailing the procedure online.

There is no better choice. It simply depends on if you want to do it yourself or pay someone else to do it for you.

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buy the kit and do it yourself...i had no experience with any of this stuff before i did mine and everything turned out just fine:D

i mean read up on it first but its really not too hard once you get the hang of it which can take a few hours haha. i actually almost gave in and took it to a shop but once i realized what i was doing wrong it was a piece of cake. plus the satisfaction of doing it yourself is worth it imo. oh and im not sure if youve seen the sport seat conversions but thats what i got and i LOVE it...one of the best things ive done to my car i think.

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I vote for buy the kit and let a uphostery shop install them. The $100 I spent was well worth it since he fixed foam and even brulap in the rear seat....

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I say buy the kit and let the shop install it for you. That's what I did and am quite pleased. I am sure that I "could have" done it myself, but I wanted to spend that time doing something else that I was more comfortable with....carpet....brakes....detail...etc. etc. The seats look BRAND NEW!!!!and that's what I wanted for I will be looking at them for a long time...

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Ever notice how no one who works at an upholstery shop looks like they graduated from Harvard? A set of decent hog ring pliers and a Saturday afternoon with an ordered kit and you'll be amazed at the fine job you did. I did my Mach 1 high back buckets and the rear seats myself.

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Yeah do it yourself the satisfaction is worth it in my opinion. Especially if you have a more complex interior like a pony interior or like me a mach 1 interior, then definitely do it yourself with a repop kits because it is more exact. My repro's were pretty good, I'm sure the ones for earier models will be even better

also my high back seats were a pain in the ass, took me forever for both. The rear seat is a peace of cake though, especially the earlier flatter ones.

also get a good set of hog ring pliars, the ones that came with my kit wern't the best, they tended to tweak and bend after using them, and I actually broke a pair (don't ask me how, i'm not sure haha).