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Old 11-25-2003, 04:54 AM
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Re-upholstered seats?

Just wondering if anyone has had their leather seats repaired/re-upholstered? I'm thinking about having this done because my leather is all cracked and wearing apart. Can someone give me an idea of price on this? Say... three sections of the seat?

My other alternative, if this is too expensive, is probably just seat covers (Wet Okoles).
Old 11-25-2003, 10:45 AM
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They are expensive but look at katzkin
Old 11-25-2003, 11:49 AM
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yeah, those are nice. I wonder how hard the self-installation is?

I don't necessarily need the whole seat replaced, just certain sections.
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colors might not match if you're not replacing all the seats
Old 11-26-2003, 01:56 PM
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Use the search button. Several of us have re-upholstered our seats. I don't want to have to write all about again.
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Originally posted by Beachrunner
yeah, those are nice. I wonder how hard the self-installation is?
Not that I have any experience, but the guy that does that show trucks! on the spike channel installed them once on the show and didn't make it look too hard.
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Hey, was surfing ebay and happened to come across a leather kit that you might be interested in. Here is the link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2444445564
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my dad got cloth seats when he bought his tundra and bought some toy leather seats on ebay and they installed and fit great... you can do it your self you just need those o-ring pliers or whatever.. i think they're about $20

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I got mine from autoleathers.com, it was $1200 installed, you can get the leather for $650 and do it yourself, the rings the other guy is talking about is hog rings, and hog ring pliers ... its an easy install, but very detail oriented ... I did it myself once, and then drowned the truck, and the second time I had the leather shop do it, and they did a hell of a job, well worth the $500.
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I've read several posts about some people installing the leather themselves and having several problems with the fitting and look.
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Originally posted by Krash
Hey, was surfing ebay and happened to come across a leather kit that you might be interested in. Here is the link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2444445564
I bought this same kit and returned it because the headreast to start with, didnt fit right. Customer service was excellant tho, he refuned everything and i just had to pay for return shipping cost, great guy to deal with but the product did not meet my expectations.
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