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

Very nice!

Very Nice!!!

Wow! Cool

Very classy!

Looks like you will get good wear too

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

I like these a lot!

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.

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

So what did the upholstery shop charge for the total?

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

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.

Very Nice!

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

Great idea, cost and one of a kind!