Street seats?

[Bob]

isham-research.freeserve.co.uk at pop.pol.net.uk wrote:

Ewwwwwwww! Geez, what was he thinking!
My issue is that if Im going to spend $625 to redo mediocre seats, Id rather keep the
stock seats stock, and spend $625 on a much better seat. This way here, I can take
the new seats with me when I sell the car! :)
Bob

>
> > Went down a similar road 2 years ago.  Wanted to redo the coupe's interior.
> >  Purchased a 54" bolt of gray herringbone fabric (noll/knoll?) similar to
> > Audi's ($89) from a commercial fabric supplier.  Stripped out the interior and
> > took the seats and panels into a local automotive upholstery shop.  They
> > recovered everything and even included the piping on the seats and panels,
> > reused the imitation chrome stripping and rebuilt the seat cushions...$625.  If
> > I had just dropped the car off, I think the price he wanted was around $2k.
>
> Yes, very good.  Just don't fall into the trap that Malcolm Lake in the
> UK fell into.  He also went to an upholsterer who said anything was
> possible - he wound up with Royal Blue seats and Canary Yellow piping.
>
> Made some people heave at ten yards.
>
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