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Posted by: hydroliftin Jun 30 2012, 04:41 PM

My stock black basket weave seats had seen better days. The vinyl on the bolsters was cracking and dry. The bottom cushions had holes in them. I thought about getting OEM style recover kits, but I really wanted something unique. I like the look of historic Porsche and Mercedes cars with plaid or houndstooth cushions and backrest and figured I could get them recovered in this style if I could find an upholstery fabric I liked. I like to minimize cost and am not concerned about authentisity so the Auto Atlanta plaids at $130 a yard did not interest me. I found this houndstooth on e-Bay -- 9 yards, for $104 delivered to my door, and I found an upholstery shop willing to supply the black vinyl and redo both seats using the existing covers as a pattern and all for a reasonable price. Best of all, the upholster's wife liked the upholstery fabric I picked out and he bought the remainder for $50. So all in the houndstooth upholstery cloth, which was is a high end Ralph Lauren product, ended up costing only $54. I would highly recommend the upholstery shop:

Enrique's Auto Upholstery
1045 Montague Expy
Milpitas, CA 95035
408-771-6221




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Posted by: mepstein Jun 30 2012, 05:10 PM

Very nice!

Posted by: rick 918-S Jun 30 2012, 06:20 PM

Posted by: Black22 Jun 30 2012, 08:50 PM

Very Nice!!!

Posted by: reharvey Jun 30 2012, 10:43 PM

Wow! Cool

Posted by: KELTY360 Jun 30 2012, 10:52 PM

Very classy!

Posted by: carr914 Jul 1 2012, 04:20 AM

Looks like you will get good wear too

Posted by: pt_700 Jul 1 2012, 10:15 AM

very nice job they did! what do you think the cost would be for them to recover 2 seats in stockish vinyl?

Posted by: seanery Jul 1 2012, 11:52 AM

I like these a lot!

Posted by: hydroliftin Jul 1 2012, 08:17 PM

Thanks for all the positive comments. I took my car out to the local cars/coffee gathering this morning and people seem to like the new seats.

Posted by: tod914 Mar 3 2013, 08:34 PM

Wow, those really turned out nice! They did you a solid.

Posted by: kg6dxn Mar 3 2013, 08:49 PM

So what did the upholstery shop charge for the total?

Posted by: scotty b Mar 3 2013, 08:58 PM

those not only look great, but they look like they could have been a factory opition

Posted by: hydroliftin Mar 3 2013, 09:36 PM

I think it was about $250 or $300. Enrique is worth seeking out. Very honest, and a fine craftsman. He said it was more work than he had planned, however, so I might have gotten lucky on the price.

Posted by: wndsnd Mar 3 2013, 09:49 PM

Very Nice!

Posted by: ScoopLV Mar 4 2013, 01:52 AM

Looks like an appearance group option. Very well done. I have a feeling Enrique is going to see more 914s in the near future.

Posted by: SUNAB914 Mar 4 2013, 06:54 AM

Great idea, cost and one of a kind!