was just lookin at ebay and saw a gold '01 runner similar to my black one... however when i looked at the pics of the interior, i saw that the seats looked like this:



ive seen those slip covers and they never look anything like this. anyone know how that person has '4runner' written on the seats??

thanks

 

I would guess that it is an aftermarket leather conversion, and they had the seat covers done custom with the embroidery.

 

To be honest, I think it looks like Pooooop

 

i actually agree, i was just curious.

 

what makes it weird (that the person required an aftermarket solution) is that that rig has just over 30k miles on it.

 

How do you know they didn't have cloth from the factory and decided to upgrade to leather? No replacement necessary, just wanted leather instead of cloth.

 

because he has the leather trimmed door and armrest and everything...

 

That's easy to do. When I order my rear seat covers from Wet Okole, I'm going to get some extra material and do the door panels and armrests as well. It's just a few bolts/screws, glue and a couple of staples.

 

seems to be a trend at that same dealership.. i guess they mustve done it.. cause look at this identical 2002..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6442

 

I have seen a few leather upgrade kits on ebay that had all the door trim and stuff... not hard at all

 

even for the armrest between the driver/passenger?

 

I think that looks the same no mater what..I have cloth seats and mine looks like fake leather..I thought they were all the same.

 

oh ok. cool.

 

My FJ80 had an aftermarket leather upgrade installed prior to me buying it. It included the seats, door panels and arm rests as well. So the kits do exist.

 

I've done two leather conversions. One on a T100 with Katzkin leather, I did that myself, and my latest one on a Tacoma. Both kits included all the seats, and door panels, and you could get custom embroidery. I haven't see one where the center console top was included, but you could just get a scrap and use the 3m adhesive they use on the door panels.