I had my vinyl covered seats, which were old, hot and sticky, recovered in the original tartan cloth. What do you think?
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Your seats look great. I have always liked the Tartan seats in the 914.

Looked better

A zillion times better....very cool Mate.

Thanks, cloth is much cooler than vinyl on the bum too!

Always liked the look myself.

Fantastic!

verry nice!!

Very nice. That was the first order of business after buying my car.

Those look terrific.

More class for your

Good job! Also like the speakers in the backpad. Don't think I've seen that before.

Looks great! Congrats!

Who did the work?

Antonio's Upholstery in Oakdale, not fast, but great quality, only charged me $130 for both!

Love it!

Yowza, that looks good.

Looks so much better! Love em!

Stunning!
Well done!

The back pad speakers work better than I imagined. Since they are close to my head and ears, I balance the stereo so they sound similar in volume to the floor speakers, but the music is much clearer now when I drive with the roof off than just floor speakers alone were.

Incredible!

Paul

Always liked the look! Had mine redone like that once in the sane color. Wore those out too.
Thanks for sharing.

Nice, but you will have to get used to not having to peel yourself off the seat after a long hot drive!

At least they're cloth now, they used to by vinyl, see first picture! Think that was hot and sticky on a warm day?

Looks great! I had mine done a couple weeks ago too.

Nice Tburt, did you Scotchguard the heck out of them like I did? Recommend it if you haven't.

Love the plaid......

Dave

I want to do the same in my red car and was wondering if yours cost the same? Also, how long did it take?

I paid about $130 for a yard and a half of the tartan material from SMS (AA is the same material), and I paid an upholstery shop $130 to do both seats. I had the online tutorial on doing it myself, but didn't have a sewing machine powerful enough to do the job right. The upholstry shop took a few weeks as he is a busy guy. Is that what you wanted to know?

My reupholstery job was $200.00 per seat. Took about a week. Done in Orange County, ca.

Geez.....I paid 600 to have my centers redone with fabric I supplied.

Save up your bucks we will be having a very plaid Christmas sale starting on black Friday!

Kits that are ready to install.

This is exactly what I wanted to know. Thanks for the info. I now look forward to Black Friday!

Resurrection... What is the long term durability?

I would consider a UV protector on the plaid. I also use UV protectant on the cocomats, keeps everything bright. The first set of plaid seats we installed lost half the color in one week of intense sun.

I picked up these modified stock seats from my upholsterer last night.
These are for Chucky. Using this Fabric UV Protectant (not the cheapest)

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