[s-cars] Re seat restoration specialist?

[chris chambers]

Tom and others,

with http://www.leatherique.com/ able to match dyes to refinish
the leather I don't see why you would have to buy matching leather.

I recommend reading the http://www.leatherique.com/ website, it's
full of great info.

HTH
Chris




--- Tom Green <trgreen at comcast.net> wrote:

> Bob Pastore had some nice work done on one of his s-cars -- alcantara
>  
> inserts, etc.
> 
> I had two drivers seats recovered in ecru leather and neighbors seat 
> 
> redone in
> platinum leather at Pro Auto Custom Interiors here in Knoxville, TN. 
>  
> All outstanding
> work, but the waiting period was 2 months or more (explains why I had
>  
> 2 drivers seats).
> 
> Unfortunately, the guy doing the actual work decided to do some side 
> 
> work and
> contacted me.  I bought a set of seats that needed recovering (holes)
>  
> and staked him
> to materials cost to do them for my avant.  I have now sued him and  
> have a judgement
> but no money, and he lost his job. so nix on that recommendation.   
> Pro Auto has not
> been able to find a suitable replacement (they specialize in complete
>  
> custom interior
> design and installation for custom cars and hot rods) so there is a  
> longer wait for these
> smaller repair jobs.
> 
> I posted my experience in finding matching leather (back seat was  
> good) and a shop
> to do the work in a April 2, 2007 post in the archives if you are  
> interested.
> 
> My advice is if there is a set of seats (most only need the front  
> seats) out there in the
> condition you require, go get them, even if you need to drive 1000  
> miles.  Plan a
> vacation or something in conjunction and get the seats.  They will  
> fit in the back seat
> area of the sedan, or just swap them out on the spot in an hour, and 
> 
> be done with it.
> Get the whole interior and swap door panels and console and make a  
> color change
> if you find this great interior in another color.  It will cost less 
> 
> than recovering seats.
> 
> The sedan interior I did in ecru looks great.  It was just a little  
> blemish on the drivers
> lower bolster that started it and some crumbs of foam on the rear  
> carpet from a broken
> bolster padding.  The first repair shop screwed up the bolster so bad
>  
> I went into shock.
> Every other part of this seat and the remaining interior was  
> pristine, the other seats
> rarely sat in or the doors opened.
> 
> The eventual repair cost $150 for the bolsters from Audi, $321 for  
> the hide (minimum
> quantity) and $400 for the labor.  Of course, I do have this spare  
> drivers seat sitting in
> my office.  I should have done the center section on it in  
> retrospect, but it served its
> purpose for me and the neighbor.
> 
> Now, this last deal is a different story.  I am out the $600 for  
> materials (none were
> ever purchased) and have two ratty seats for my wife to complain  
> about with no
> prospects for eventual repair that would have cost $1000 if things  
> had gone right,
> now $1600 for a vehicle that seems to be losing $1K in value every  
> month.
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:26:58 -0400
> > From: "Mark Underwood" <mark at underwoodgroup.com>
> > Subject: Re: [s-cars] seat restoration specialist?
> > To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> > Cc: rpastore at animalfeeds.com
> > Message-ID: <036a01c92b05$c89aaa60$6501a8c0 at mark>
> > Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"
> >
> > Doug and list:
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mark Underwood
> > (919) 782-3024
> > Doug et al,
> >
> > Ditto on seat repair for me. I need a repair in the southeast I am 
> 
> > in NC. I
> > need a seat cushion re-do for the passenger side. The bolsters, etc
>  
> > are OK
> > but the seat cushion bottom was damaged when the water came in the 
> 
> > passenger
> > side and then dried out.
> >
> > The good news is the car is running again! Drove it last night for 
> 
> > the first
> > time in several years
> >
> >
> > Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:14:00 -0400
> > From: "Douglas Landaeta" <dlandaeta at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [s-cars] seat restoration specialist?
> > To: Scar <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> > Cc: rpastore at animalfeeds.com
> > Message-ID:
> > 	<29f1d8510810101014y20f2a68bgad5e9b3618daf959 at mail.gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >
> > S-heads,
> >
> > I recall at S-fest some various recommendations of old-school  
> > leather seat
> > re upholsterers for our recaro seats. The bolsters are shot and new
>  
> > leather
> > is the solution. Any sources in the northeast would be appreciated.
>  
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Doug
> 
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