adding upholstery grade leather hide to back seat

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keithhr1
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Car: 2008 M35 Blue Slate/ Graphite leather with tech package and advanced technology package purchased with 20k miles

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I put a lot of misc items on my back seat, groceries and objects and I wanted to protect the lovely seats
so I ordered a half a hide that is shown in the link below and it is the carbon hide 3/4 of the way down the
page on the left window. I think it will blend in with my graphite upholstery, and I may even have someone
stich it up some to mimick the oem seats. It will not stick out like a sore thum when putting in my light, light
blue moving blanket. Take a look at a photo of the hide itself and let me know if you think I've made a good
choice. If the hide which will be tucked into the seat back, I don't think it will call attention to itself.
click below to see my Carbon color upholstery hide

http://www.brettunsvillage.com/leather/sides.htm


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FNAWSM
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Car: Diamond Graphite '06 M45

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...did your car not come with a trunk?

keithhr1
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Car: 2008 M35 Blue Slate/ Graphite leather with tech package and advanced technology package purchased with 20k miles

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I have a walking disability and I keep a dismantled electric scooter in the trunk

keithhr1
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Joined: Sun May 30, 2010 4:16 pm
Car: 2008 M35 Blue Slate/ Graphite leather with tech package and advanced technology package purchased with 20k miles

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So, I took the scooter out of my trunk and purchased a beautiful upholstery grade 1/2 hide of leather that is very close to the graphite leather
in appearance and even though I don't have a dog, for dog owners it is the perfect solution to keep the rear upholster from getting ruined. I may
take it and have it sized and finish the edges to make it look pristine. I used to put a dark colored moving blanket or worse in the back when I went
shopping and had to put questionable things on the rear seat. Now that my trunk is again available but it is less urgent now although the 1/2 hide I
bought is called a carbon color but it is beautiful and I might as well have it done. I was amazingly lucky to find a loaded M with just 20,000 miles,
I got back $980 from my older cancelled policy to apply to my new 72 months Infiniti Elite warranty.
As usual Courtney from Scottsdale Infiniti was quick and efficient in getting me squared away. I can say that the M35 trunk has much more cargo
space than the EX35 I had all of one week.

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a.blanco0905
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Good stuff man!!! Pix or ur making it up...

keithhr1
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Car: 2008 M35 Blue Slate/ Graphite leather with tech package and advanced technology package purchased with 20k miles

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use the following link, scroll down 3/4 of the way down the page and view the full hide on the left side of the page called Carbon
and that's what they sent me. It's a beautiful fine upholstery grade of leather

.http://www.brettunsvillage.com/leather/sides.htm

keithhr1
Posts: 66
Joined: Sun May 30, 2010 4:16 pm
Car: 2008 M35 Blue Slate/ Graphite leather with tech package and advanced technology package purchased with 20k miles

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I am going to have a professional upholsterer make up some type of elegant seat cover that kind of disappears
into the regular leather upholstery. I used them to recover a reclining chair that I own with what might be the most dense micro fiber suede material there is. I searched and searched and didn't want to pay retail so after hours of searching I found the southern California manufacturer
me 12Yards at 1/5 the price of the $1100 I was originally quoted from a store.
Attention all dog honors save your seats buy a 1/2 hide of beautiful upholstery grade leather


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