RON

I've had this car from new, so 4 1/2 years now, wanted leather when I bought it, but couldn't afford it, recently started looking for a second hand interior, to no avail, so, thought i'd tackle it myself, got the leather, and over christmas, set to and did it, what d'ya think??

I don't do 'bling'!!!

Before.....


Before ...


After.....


After....


Door card....

PICKLE

That is Class!! Well done mate, a top notch job

explore

very nice ron, is that a new leather int or has it been retrimed in leather?

RON

Andy, I did it myself!!!!! Did you not have a peak last night??

Greeny01

very very nice mate. looks very professional! was it easy?

Iain

RON

Well Iain, I am an upholsterer by trade, so it could be said that it is a professional job!!
First time i've really worked with leather, it did stress me up a bit I must say, glad it's done now, took roughly 8 days for those that wanna work out what it would have cost, plus the leather!!

Tiny

Looks

RON

Tiny,
I hope you don't mind me 'borrowing' your thread title!!

Ray_li

Thats looks really good.
I need mine cleaning out some time to cuz iv been busy just like you

Tiny

No Probs !!
Makes a change from ESC ! Dont it?

RoRu

Very nice Ron, job well done

pauld37

Nice job Ron, at last

Brun

Fantastic work

StickyMicky

looks pretty good
i went to the fabric supplier today to see if they had any red/white leather for mine (they were shut)

RON

Sticky, do you have someone in mind to do it, or were you gonna try yourself?? you'll need access to an industrial sewing machine, at times I was stitching through up to 8 thicknesses, no domestic machine will cope with that!! plus, you need to have a rough idea what you're doing, i've been doing domestic upholstery for 19 years, so I know the basics you could say!!
Good luck, you need alot of patience too!!

Tiny

I Can get these done for you , For a very reasonable price

Pm me if you would like some more details

Tiny...

StickyMicky

i was going to do the door cards myself and let sumbody else do the seats

to be honest i was only going to strip the standerd ones down and replace the grey patches with a red and white combo and reuse the standerd cloth for the rest (i would prefere not to slide about while going around corners

i do have a pretty good idea what im doing, i built nissan micra seats for about 2 years in a factory

we actualy compleaty re did my mates primera seats in leather, but it was easy, we aquired the compleate covers from a leather model car and transfered them over to his frames LOL

talizman

iTrader: (1)

I'd re-trim my interior too if I had suspect stains on the drivers seat!

RON

the stain was coffee, I used to sit in the car every day eating my dinner!! bought a banger now though!

It is not possible to take the original covers off, and then re-fit them, they are glued on, and get wrecked in the removal process!!

StickyMicky

mine are delaminating by themselves

mine will come off
i used to control a robot which sprayed glue onto the nissan covers/foams

RON

Having done it, I would say it's not possible, but if you think you can do it, good luck!!
The fabric is stuck to a very thin layer of foam, which is then stuck to the seat base, mine came off in about a million bits!

Welloilbeefhooked

iTrader: (3)

RON,

I will drop my car off in the morning, say about 10am and then pick it up around 11 if thats ok mate?

Must say it looks superb!!

fitzscoob

You can buy upholstery hides from.

Andrew Muirhead and Sons (Scotland - deliver world wide)

Crest Leather (Leeds - deliver world wide)

Bridge of Weir (Scotland - deliver world wide)

There are loads of leather merchants around but those stated are manufacturers. You can buy a minimum of 1 skin, which works out at approximately 50 square feet.

AM & BoW cost roughly the same, they may charge independant purchasers more im not sure.......but I pay £2.20 - £2.40 per foot for these.

Crest range varies a lot, but is generally cheaper.

Make sure you quizz them about what leather you are after, dont just buy "black leather", as it should be treated differently, for wear and tear and how it reacts to sweat and heat etc.

All of BoW leather is treated to airplane grade, so you are gtg with this. Crest do an automotive leather range (a million shades of grey lol). Check with the supplier, the last thing you want to do is sit down and find the colour has stained your trousers lol.

Good luck if you do this yourself

RON

WIBF, If it were that easy mate......


I got the hide from a firm called, http://www.ukhide.co.uk it was a 'special' that they had 1000 hides of, the centre panels are perforated, that only comes in half hides! Cost me just short of £400!!

DBY

Ron, they looked superb on Monday night, you should go into business full time mate!

Regards

John

RON

Thats exactly what I'm trying to avoid mate!!!!!

Have you recovered for your fairground rides yet??

Flat Four Boxer

Ron you sure you dont wanna do mine??

Top job mate looked bloody nice at Monday nights meet,cheers Mark.

fitzscoob

Sounds like they are taking the pi55 a little mate, lemme know if you need anymore, will see what I can do.

Cant order a skin for everyone on here lol but if I get the chance to help I will

RON

I was more than happy with the price, and the quality, having been an upholstere for years I do know a little, so I know that it's good stuff, price to me is irrelevant when I want something to be right!!

fitzscoob

its a good finish what you have done, looks very smart.

dont think I am quite brave enough to do mine.