reupholster cost

[nelso419]

Can anyone give me a ball park for how much a reupholster on my front 2 seats should cost?

[KeedyT]

Greatly depends on your area. I've heard people say they had seats done at a custom shop for $200 but I've never gotten a quote from anyone in MY area for less than $500-600 each. And most shops now in my experience are simply installing pre-fab covers, not making them from scratch.

FWIW, I have now successfully stripped down, cleaned up, and recovered 3 cars worth of seats with nice quality covers I've ordered from vendors that specialized in those cars. I just redid my Z's seats from a kit by Interior Innovations with some really great results. Just takes a little time and patience, I used hog-rings the first time but have done the last 2 with zip ties and happier doing them that way.

[itsa300zx]

Agreed, use longer black zip ties to replace hog rings. Do it your self, a little time consuming, but worth it. Took me about 2-3 hours to complete first seat and only about an hour to do the second. A long nose angled needle pliers help. Shops typically charge $80-120/hour just to install.