Seat leather.

[mycar]

Has anyone had their seats upholstered in leather recently ? The (unoriginal) vinyl covers on my 356 seats have come to the end of their useful life and I thought I'd explore the possibility of doing them in luxury leather.

Ideally I like them to look worn in straight away, not that modern matt, flat finish leather I've seen on some restored cars. I do know that the leather used for car interiors is pretty special stuff as it has to withstand constant UV exposure and resist the type of wear you don't get on sofas for example.

Two names, Nappa and Connolly, spring to mind but that's about as much as I know.

Any recommendations for trimmers, covers or types of leather gratefully recieved.

[964RS]

Message Garry at visualfx on here Mike - he will know and is great at recovers

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Edited to spell his name right in case Andy and the spelling police come knocking....

[mycar]

Thanks Jason, I've dropped him a line.

[stretch]

He is doing a grand job on a 356 at the moment.

[mycar]

And he's now done a grand job on my 356 seats too.

From these old things....



...the seat pans were in a shocking state and the old covers were beyond redemption but tucked underneath was a scrap that had never seen the light of day and showed what colour the seats would have been originally.

Give everything to Garry for a few weeks and Hey Presto !







Seat pans all welded and painted, hinges polished and rebushed, springs all reprung and new beige leather, stitched and piped to perfection.


A really beautiful job Garry, Thankyou, I couldn't be happier.

[myatt1972]

Wow !
They are stunning, no wonder you are pleased.

[964RS]

Excellent!! They look great[WHITE SMILING FACE]

[Northy]

I had my sports seats done by Inflex Interiors, near to Bicester.
http://www.inflexinteriors.co.uk/

Very happy with how they turned out and great value.

[visualfx]

Thanks Mike,

Knew you were happy when they were used to watch strictly on Sat night