QUOTE(DBCooper @ Jan 16 2013, 10:56 AM)
My local auto upholstery shop charged $450 for the same thing. Instead of the "genuine" German vinyl they used "genuine" VW basketweave and a heavy non-German vinyl. If you have a concours car, fine, buy those. If not then getting yours re-done locally will be a lot cheaper. And if you absolutely HAVE to have "genuine" German vinyl the buy it at World Upholstery and have your local shop use it, still cheaper by half.
...or from Autos International - both also will do full concours recovering for you - including the foam when needed, but they're both in SoCal & not cheap! You couls also buy their kits & have a local guy install for you.
You're liucky it's black interior cuz the black basketweave is generally available. IMHO for the moderate difference in price for German/Euro vinyl vs lesser quality Domestic so it lasts for you.
Or you could go non-OE with leather, although it was a rarely used custom order option on 914/4s - I only know of 2 guys back then who special ordered their 73 914-2.0's with leather & #98/99 paint code Porsche colors more to their liking.
AI -
http://autosintl.net/http://autosintl.net/trp914.htm^ use drop down menu for other materials & kits pricingWU -
http://worlduph.com/http://worlduph.com/porsche/914_916/