Upholstery Work
02-19-2008, 03:43 AM
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No lesson intended - or I would have went into more detail. I applaud your efforts - you can make good money in trim work.
I agree that vinyl is more durable than the leather that GM currently uses. I had to have my seat cushion cover replaced 2X and the backrest cover 1X under warranty due to the leather 'flaking' on the edges. I finally went with reupholstered covers from trim shop using much better quality leather (not italian though).
I have leather in my new BMW, and yes the standard vinyl simulated leather was 'almost' a perfect match to the actual leather grain and undicernable to the normal quick glance, but after spending that much $$ on a car I couldn't bring myself to having anyhting but real leather. The BMW leather is a much higher quality than what GM uses.
I agree that vinyl is more durable than the leather that GM currently uses. I had to have my seat cushion cover replaced 2X and the backrest cover 1X under warranty due to the leather 'flaking' on the edges. I finally went with reupholstered covers from trim shop using much better quality leather (not italian though).
I have leather in my new BMW, and yes the standard vinyl simulated leather was 'almost' a perfect match to the actual leather grain and undicernable to the normal quick glance, but after spending that much $$ on a car I couldn't bring myself to having anyhting but real leather. The BMW leather is a much higher quality than what GM uses.
02-19-2008, 06:55 AM
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You get what you pay fore. If people was willing to pay 50000 or more $ for a new Camaro or Bird you would ,back in the glory days, definitive seen a improved interior e.g. material.
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02-19-2008, 08:09 AM
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if you haven't looked at them then why are you telling everyone that its not real leather. i have got a cover cut up in my living room i would be happy to send you pics....a couple of the seating panels are real...hard but real. and yes they have french seems, front and back.
02-19-2008, 09:17 AM
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if you haven't looked at them then why are you telling everyone that its not real leather. i have got a cover cut up in my living room i would be happy to send you pics....a couple of the seating panels are real...hard but real. and yes they have french seems, front and back.
02-19-2008, 02:17 PM
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yes i have only examined the cloth seams
the way im planning on doing this is getting a couple good donor covers to make my patterns from and that way i will not need your seats
the way im planning on doing this is getting a couple good donor covers to make my patterns from and that way i will not need your seats
02-19-2008, 04:05 PM
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oh i c
well i have a good cloth set and im gonna go junkyard searching and try to find a leather one thats in good shape to use to pattern
i havent owned a bird so idk if the pattern is different in them if so i will need a cloth set and leather set from them
well i have a good cloth set and im gonna go junkyard searching and try to find a leather one thats in good shape to use to pattern
i havent owned a bird so idk if the pattern is different in them if so i will need a cloth set and leather set from them
02-19-2008, 07:28 PM
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well my car is torn apart so if you need let me know, also camaros dont have headrests and the firebirds and trans ams do also the trans ams have the air boltser and lumbar seats and firebirds dont. food for thought
02-20-2008, 02:12 AM
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Yeah, I forgot about that - on the TA there are the 'corrugated' plastic panels that run down each side of the backrest with the top level seats - I was under the inpression that these panels are somehow sewn to the backrest cover...
02-21-2008, 08:39 PM
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I am really interested in this too. My TA came with tan interior and I have switched it all out with black except the seats. I'm going to subscribe to this thread and see where it goes.
