[s-cars] To re-upholster or not to re-upholster

[dooksniffer at comcast.net]

Keep your eye out for a seat from a wrecked (or used) car.  Haven't priced them lately, but would bet the farm to be much <2k.

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> To all who see these greetings, Happy New Year. 
> 
> Disaster relief to Indonesia and SE Asia will give a sober start to the 
> New Year. 
> 
> I'm still trying to reconcile what is boosting the stock market so much 
> and what 
> is driving what I see as a massive spending spree in this country. 
> 
> I visited my dealer and a recommended upholstery shop. Not impressed 
> by 
> the repair shops ability to make a satisfactory repair with generic 
> materials . 
> The Audi replacement seat bottom $739 seat back (not the center pad) 
> $815, replacement bolsters are $45 for bottom each and $137 for side 
> bolsters (wings) of 
> the back which is all one piece. Sticker shock is still with me. The 
> lower bolster covers are separate 
> pieces, but have no part number and are not available from Audi as 
> separate parts. 
> 
> There must be a way that makes economic sense, not cheap but not $2K 
> per seat either, especially 
> since all my seat had was the usual scuffing of the driver seat wings. 
> The rest of the seat is in great 
> shape. 
> 
> Doesn't someone have a better answer to this dilemma, even if we have 
> to import from the source? 
> 
> Tom '95 S6 
> 
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