seat skins

Ramathorn · 09-19-2010, 07:56 PM

has anyone ever dealt with this company before? ive emailed them a few times and they sent me two samples of the vinyl they use for the covers and it dossent seem to bad but, im still kinda curious to see if anyone has used them before. im still debating if i should redo my seats or if i should just go with some aftermarkets because i really do hate the bolstering on my 83s.
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Cattler · Cattler's Garage

Haven't heard of them, but I just used Leatherseats.com for a good full leather set to fit my 87's sport seats. Price / quality were very good--did it myself and saved a bundle.

80-911SC · 80-911SC's Garage

You do realize these are not seat covers right. They are a recover kit .... meaning remove yours and re ring these in place of ....... this is not usually something that a "DIY" does...

Putting them on is very easy .... they just slip over ........

Tightening them up is what make an upholsterer an upholsterer

and makes others ask you "Who did your seats" so they don't wind up in that shop on accident ..............

You may be able to do it but do your research seats are hard to do ... and if the kits not perfect you out of luck .........

Ramathorn · 09-20-2010, 07:50 PM

i understand this is a recover kit (hence why i wrote seat skins and not seat covers). ive done a couple sets in the past on my old wrx and outback with katskinz and i really diddnt think it was all that difficult as long as you have the hog ring pliers (my first set took forever because i diddnt have them.

i was just asking about this company because it seems the kits for the older seats are limited.

rr262 · rr262's Garage

I bought leather replacement skins from World Upholstery and was pleased. I believe they custom make the pieces from original drawings / specs. I did the seats myself with good results, just be very patient. (I spent at least a day on each seat) If you want a tight fit and your foam is worn you will need to look at replacing that as well. otherwise you may get a few wrinkles....You will need hog rings and pliers...