Wing689

Wondering what you guys think about this,

http://cgi.ebay.com/LEATHER-SEAT-COV...QQcmdZViewItem

I wouldn't get any of the wacky colors (vibrant red/ricer blue) but a two toned brown/black would look nice. The leather is supposedly top quality and they should fit like OEM. They seem like a new company in Australia, I've already contacted them for more pictures.

Midnight Koop

i dont know if i trust it... i have been shopping around for a new interior for a while and came across that place and wasn't impressed... let me know what you find out. if they're in australia.. then im sure they can't install for us. and that would suck big time if its actually sewn into the seats. but if its just a leather sleeve, then i wouldn't do it.

moosejaw

I did something similar to that from a company called autoleathers.com I bought the kit for 450 bucks and paid an installer they recommended for $400. It turned out pretty good.

LuxuryC240

The only real benefit that I see in this is upgrading to real leather...that is if this leather is real leather...

JW-Benz

I don't know about the quality :-S doesn't look the best.

j_belll

naw, dont do it.

Moviela

No Gucci or Luis Vuitton patterns? I'd steer clear. Every place has a local shop doing good leather work. The prices are about the same, so you might as well deal with a local folks.

A couple of warnings are in order. Make sure they know about the airbag control array in the passenger seat, and if you are lucky enough to have heated seats that they know how to cobble around them.

Saprissa

living in San Diego
I have the option of going north to O.C. or L.A.
or crossing the border south to Tiajuana....

either way, good quality leather interior shops, and great prices.


Carlos

Saprissa@aol.com

BabyBenz6spd

Is that a RX-7?

Beaver's Benz

Yes it is, '93 by the looks of it.

Hey Moosejaw, if you still have your FD, the next time you want to upgrade the interior, you should call Chris at Rotary Performance. They have an awesome trade up program for seats in any color you want. I like all the upgrades I could see in that picture, well done.

BadAssC230k

looks like the seats belong on a boat. but thats just me. im happy with my interior just the way it is. real leather or not.

KIRA

my co-worker did interior work on her civic, she expose it to sun, they are crack...

moosejaw

Yeah, just wait in a couple weeks what i have done to the car. YOu will have a huge grin in your face. Let's put it this way, i dumped sh!lo@ds into that car.

A few weeks, promise

Beaver's Benz

Hmmmmm let's see, you're in Miami, Pettit Racing is in Palm Beach, can you say 3 rotor?

yeuchau

i've done this to couple cars before
I order it from oversea and have them shipped to here, then I install it myself.
It's not real leather, but feels very good, and won't crack, at least the ones I got did not crack, and it was on the car for over 5 years, no issue at all.

and I believe I paid like 350 for it

Ryanr317

If you get it from the right place it'll come out good. I did it in my old Acura and got the leather from leatherseats.com. Very good quality but it cost about $800. I did the install myself and it was a pain but i felt really proud in the end. Looked like a pro job.

moosejaw

not quite that much, really not even close. A 3 rotor conversion by any relaible shop will cost u upwards of $30K. I was going to do a LS2 conversion but was talked out of it. I can't wait

slowrey

Try Classic Soft Trim, they did a great two tone, charcoal and red leather seat combo with red stitching on the french seams. Cost me about 2k. Real leather and ABS ready.

Beaver's Benz

If you aren't sticking with a wankel motor, then check this out.
http://www.h1v8.com/page/page/1562068.htm
However, I imagine that this will cost even more than the Banzi package from Pettit.

slowrey

Here is samples of the leather I had done by Classic Soft Trim:

johndddd

what's something like that run?

slowrey

Little over $2000.00 with front seats, rear seats, armrest, and four leather doors.

johndddd

sharp, and reasonable

moosejaw

So whatever happened to that car?

slowrey

Well I sold it after a guy sideswiped me and I had to get the two driver's doorskins fixed. That car was a 2004 Volvo S60R. Then I went out and bought a 2006 Volvo S60R and that car some girl smashed me from behind and totalled my car at a stoplight after owning it for 2 1/2 months. Thus I'm now driving a 2006 C55.

2004 Volvo S60R

2006 Volvo S60R