aftermarket leather

by **hari-bhari** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 11:41 am

so im seriously considering getting some aftermarket leather installed in the car now, black on the outside and red down the center. i know katzkin sells a kit, but are there any other brands? also, for ppl that have done this, if i could see some pictures and get an idea of how hard self-installation is. thanks.

by **SolaraBlue** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 12:09 pm

check out leatherseats.com you can do a suede leather combo.

some instructions......http://leatherseats.com/installation.asp

by **Ian** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 12:59 pm

How is the wear and tear on suede seats? I know that the leather seats, after a while, stretch and then wrinkle a bit. But, I've never seen how suede wears over time on a seat.

Also, that leather wrap for the steering wheel looks interesting. I was going to replace my whole steering wheel because the leather is wearing in certains spots. I think that would amount to about $500 to $600. But, if I can just change the leather for $60 per Leatherseats.com's universal kit, then that would be a huge savings.

by **MCOjerry** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 5:59 pm

I don't know where you can get good prices, but I can tell you that I know someone who did this, and it came out looking really nice and held up well. They did it in an 03 or 04 (can't remember what year it was) Civic because they couldn't get leather in the car.

They took it to a local shop and they did all the work for about the same price (maybe a little less) as stock leather would have cost.

The shop did a really good job making it look like stock...the seams looked good and the quality was good.

by **Yanks0114** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 6:27 pm

I highly recommend katzkin although I'd have a shop put it in.

If you are going to try and do it yourself, you can order the kits from http://www.atd1.com. James from ATD has hooked up a few members in the past.

by **ReaDY-SeT-Go** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 6:37 pm

hey hari bahari your ride looks sick

what kind of rims are those?

by **MCOjerry** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 6:43 pm

ReaDY-SeT-Go wrote:hey hari bahari your ride looks sick what kind of rims are those?

From his cardomain:

2000 Toyota Solara SE V6 5-speed
Mods:
18x8 Mille Miglia Evo5 wheels
TRD body kit
Tein Springs
Tokico Struts
Injen CAI
20% tint all around

by **hari-bhari** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:33 pm

MCOjerry wrote:
ReaDY-SeT-Go wrote:hey hari bahari your ride looks sick what kind of rims are those?

From his cardomain:

2000 Toyota Solara SE V6 5-speed
Mods:
18x8 Mille Miglia Evo5 wheels
TRD body kit
Tein Springs
Tokico Struts
Injen CAI
20% tint all around

yup that pretty much covers it for the outside + a custom grill and painted calipers. inside's a whole different story

by **hari-bhari** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:39 am

this is what im thinking. katzkin will be replaced with either TRD or BhariJr. price is 811 shipped...what you think

by **SirMacDaddy** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:29 am

Has anyone tried the Universal Leather Steering wheel wrap from leatherseats.com or wheelskins.com?? I was wondering how the results look. It looks like that it just gets the circular part of the wheel and not the "prongs" that go from the ring part to the center/air bag part. Is that right? Can anyone clear this up for me?

by **MCOjerry** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:44 pm

hari-bhari wrote:

this is what im thinking. katzkin will be replaced with either TRD or BhariJr. price is 811 shipped...what you think

That a nice combo, if it fits the look of your car. So, if it does, go for it.

Maybe a little darker on the black?

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