Hey guys. I have a set of recaros that i want to recover in leather. Has anyone done this, pics would be great. mostly im just wondering how much u guys think it will cost and any advice.

Thanx!

-B-

 

You should skin the shark in your avatar and cover the recaro's in shark skin.

thatd be ftw

 

rofles

 

ps: its called reappholstering(sp) lol. There are SO many shops all around that do that, and they dont charge that much. Its the quality of the leather that raiises the price up. Just dont use moose skin or something silly, ill **** on u. Alacantra leather would rock.

 

 

thanx for the info plump. the alcantra sounds neat. but im really looking for full leather i think. well see. i know a place a friend told me does good work so ill be goin there most likely.

no ****!

-B-

 

Full leather is usually too bulky i think. Alacantra has a very soft feeling to it. However, it does break down quite a bit faster. Its more resistant to fading. I was planning on doing it until i found the cost of appholstering the seats, some of the side pieces and dash.

 

 

what were u quoted on the work? im lookin for a result thats like the cobra leather seats. not bulky but nice.

-B-

 

I wouldn't be surprised if it were alacantra. Sure its fake, but it feels so so soft -.-
i was quoted 900 bucks for alacantra seats, 45 for each additional square foot of trim. Cheaper than racing seats, but..too expensive for my blood. I never went to look at other places. Im sure it can be had for around 600-800 bucks. It takes them 1 or 2 hours *** depending on how hard it is.

edit: hours not days

 

Brian, you should ask gimpster about this... he has his stock seats upholstered with alacantra down the middle and leather on the sides... basically making them look like S4 seats.

 

cool ill send him a pm. thanx fareheit.

thanx plump for the info.

 

you should reupholster with lepoard skin pattern.

FTW!

cheetara.. rawr.. hotttt.