Leather Seat Covers..Opinions?

[nicksta]

Well, I'm a really big fan of leather seats. I enjoy the comfiness, the texture, and whatnot over the cloth seats.

I went to a shop and asked them for an estimate on the 240, they said $350-$500 for installation (which could take anywhere from 3-5 hours).

Buying the material might cost another $300-$600 or so.

Do you think it's worth it?

I don't know about doing the back seats with leather, because

A) I put stuff back there a lotB) There's barely any room for people to sit anywaysC) With the little legroom already, it could get ripped easily

Should I do just the front seats?

And if I only do the front seats, I be better off buying racing seats?

Opinions wanted, thanks!

[Ninetyfive240sxSE]

maybe its better if u could find some use leather seats, much cheaper, if u can find someone selling :rolleyes

[nissandrift]

theres a guy selling a leather black interier for an s13 for $900 on the site below.

[onosqv]

If it's about $600 for all of it installed, that's a pretty good price.

If you go to http://www.autoleathers.com, they have lots of kits on there, and some members have done that install (do a search for "modified interior"). - Those kits run for about $800-$900 no install.

If your seats are getting uncomfortable (like mine is) - try checking out some racing seats, but keep in mind it's gonna cost you about $600-$800 for good seats (remember you have to get brackets too).

Don't just do the front seat unless you don't mind the interior mismatching.

There's always seat covers for $60 - covers front and back. I have it on mine right now and they look all right. Synthetic leather.

Where are you located anyway, I'd be interested in checking out that shop.

[nissandrift]

You could always get used seats out of a leather s13 or s14.

[nicksta]

Autoleathers looks really good.

I live in Toronto, Canada, so I would much rather find something closer to home, whether it be from a shop or from the internet.

I don't know what the s13 or s14 leather interiors look like. I've tried searching, but for some odd reason nothing has come up. Got any pics?

[chmercer]

not worth it. leather gets really hot / really cold in extreme temperature and you slide all over the place in them. leather is a terrible material to make a seat of out if you do any kind of performance driving at all.

[nicksta]

The thing is, I don't do much performance driving :rolleyes

Anyways, I think my 10% tint will help with the extreme heat in the summer.

[scotty-2-forty]

I did my fronts, rears and door panels with Katzkin's leather (http://www.autoleathers.com). Installed it all myself and it ran only $780 w/shipping. If you're the least bit mechanically inclined, have a lot of patience and have a full day or weekend at your disposal, it's worth doing yourself.

[nicksta]

Damn, scotty! :ylsuper

That looks really, really good.

I really like the stuff on autoleathers.com, and I really want to purchase my seats from there.

My only problem is the location. I'll have to spend extra $$$ on shipping to Canada. Unless, of course, they have a store in Canada that I can purchase it from.

Maybe I'll plan my next vacation in the states.

[TrunkMonkey]

the autoleathers.com stuff does look good. i may have to go this route.

-demetius