I'm in the wrong business...

[mede8er]

I started the interior work on Bluebird this week. Pulled the Recaro Sport seats and took them to an upholstery shop a friend recommended.I knew I was in trouble when I saw the Ferrari parked in the shop.....

We look at samples and I decide on Dove grey leather with cobalt blue inserts and piping. He jots down the notes and says.......

$3400.00.........

I love these seats but the Sparcos are looking alot better right now.........

[SandyI]

A pair of sport seats in black vinyl will run you at least $3,000 if you can find them. You're creating something custom, in leather. Seems like a reasonable quote to me.

[rexav8r]

I feel your pain bruther !

[Joe Bob]

Mr. Dover, Mr. Ben Dover....please call the front desk....Ouch,,,,


I had a set of Recaro SRDs done in black leather....750 bucks....

[SandyI]

Oh wait.
I thought you were talking early sport seats.
Disregard what I wrote.

[mede8er]

As I was leaving he said he could do them in vinyl for $1500.....

[Joe Bob]

Originally posted by mede8er
As I was leaving he said he could do them in vinyl for $1500.....

At least he gave you a "reach around"....

[mede8er]

At least he gave you a "reach around"....

LMAO....

[Joe Bob]

Well if the shipping isn't bad...you could send them to my guy....

[Superman]

In every market, there seems to be a variety of upholstery shop for Mr. Dover, and at least one shop that does really good work for a fraction of the price Mr. Dover pays. It's just a matter of finding out where that shop is. I usually go to mechanic places and chat about cars, and I include upholstery in the conversation. It won't take long to hear who is good, and reasonable.

[Joe Bob]

The middle of the road body shops always have a good upholstery shop in the wings as well. All the decent shops here have one or two on the same street....

[mede8er]

That was my first foray into the 'Upholstery World'.....

I'll do some checkin around...thanks.....

[jabb]

Originally posted by mede8er


We look at samples and I decide on Dove grey leather with cobalt blue inserts and piping. He jots down the notes and says.......

$3400.00.........

I love these seats but the Sparcos are looking alot better right now.........

It must have Been Corithian Leather

[john walker's workshop]

then there's the $5K-$8K body and paint work. takes all the fun out of a restoration. my projects usually grind to a halt for a long time when they reach the body/paint stage.

[Driver Ed]

I bought Wet Okole seat covers instead. Not bad looking and a lot cheaper!

[Shuie]

Here you go.



Less than $1200 shipped with sliders and a tilting bracket. Significant weight drop also.

[Wayne 962]

Originally posted by Shuie
Here you go.



Less than $1200 shipped with sliders and a tilting bracket. Significant weight drop also.

That was recovered, right, not the whole seats?

-Wayne

[Jack Olsen]

Originally posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts
That was recovered, right, not the whole seats?

I think Shuie has the Bielstein Nurburgring seats. They are cool reproductions, and are very reasonable -- like $500/seat, even with the current exchange rate.

They'd be a good item for Pelican to carry.

[hoosierdaddy]

Do you know what brand of leather the shop was planning to use ? Unfortunately the shops pay a premium for Connolly leather which is obviously passed on to the consumer . I still think price seems high even if they were using Connolly leather . Get some prices using domestic leather you'll probably get a more reasonable price .

Jim

[asphaltgambler]

Yes I think you should look into this further. I checked leather pricing/quality and there is a big diff (like most anything else) in the low end to $$$.

Overall it sounds high to me. A good shop doesn't always = $$$$$$