Recovered Seats, Autobahn Interiors in San Diego |
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Recovered Seats, Autobahn Interiors in San Diego |
Rob-O |
May 31 2018, 12:28 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,252 Joined: 5-December 03 From: Mansfield, TX Member No.: 1,419 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Just received some pics from autobahn of my recovered seats. Kinda excited to get these in the car.
I’ll post more pics once they arrive. This is the German Houndstooth (called Pepita, I believe), which was a much heftier material than the standard houndstooth. Attached thumbnail(s) |
Rob-O |
Jun 20 2018, 07:29 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,252 Joined: 5-December 03 From: Mansfield, TX Member No.: 1,419 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Rob-O: If you don't mind me asking, how much was the seat recover job? Did you ship them to San Diego? Those are awesome. I have the dark brown interior now, but it is too hard to replace, so thinking of seats like yours and replacing the doors panels and back pad with black. Thanks I shipped them to San Diego. Price for seats was about $1600 with the German houndstooth (known as Pepita). There are tons of options out there for the tan/Brown. I believe there are multiple houndstooth colors. Call and ask them to send you some samples, can’t hurt. Just going back to vinyl inserts in basketweave would’ve been several hundred cheaper I believe. But here in Texas that vinyl gets warm. An added bonus (so far, we’ll see if it continues to be) is that the cloth tends to hold me in the seat better. No more sliding around. It does make getting in and out of the car a smidgen tougher. But once you’re in, you’re in. My kits are $399 a set your choice on color, in stock and ready to ship. For $1200, pretty sure you could have done locally if you need to. https://shop.914rubber.com/searchquick-subm...rds=Houndstooth I should clarify, Autobahn Interiors didn’t just recover the seats. They also replaced all the foam. The only piece I’m unsure of is the molded rubber headrest portion. All the rest (bolsters, back and bottom cushion), were all replaced. Supposedly German vinyl too, although it’s pretty difficult to validate that. Also, in looking at your link it looks like you may be using the houndstooth material I posted on above. It may be a fine product, but in having a swatch of each in my hand I opted for the heavier material. While researching this I found a thread where a guy had the German houndstooth and loved it. Another guy chimes in with pics of his seat in houndstooth and said the material was thin and he already put a hole in one of his seats. That kinda sealed the deal for me. I’m in no way implying his seats came from you. |
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