custom red leather interior
 

installed full red leather interior
took couple of days to finish.


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had to drive to work like this before it was finished

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finally all done!
i kinda miss the nismo cloth seat but so far i'm loving the new leather smell!

:worship:

Looks good! What brand did u go with?

kit is from leatherseats.com i got the ecstacy leather in red.

quality of the kit is pretty good. actually surprised me.

Sweet. Looks very comfy, is it slippery? And do you know if they would sell the door panels separate? Would love to upgrade my clothe ones.

looks great

Dam, you beat me to it. I'm going with the same setup, finishing up my audio mods and then moving on to this. LOOKS GREAT!!!

Dam that looks friggen good

Red aint my thing but it does look very nice!

its actually pretty sticky. not in a bad way but you don't slip at all. it's just as comfortable and i think it holds you better than the factory leather/suede for some reason

Those are some good looking seats and door panels...great job :tup:

Looks great!

I love them.

Nice work man! I did custom two-tone katskin seats in my Tacoma and I know how much work was involvedl for you! I had sore hands for days! Looks great!

Came out really nice! Looks like factory.

Looks sweet. Think I just got a cavity!

Dang looks awesome! Did this kit run you $800?

I'm thinking about doing the cardinal! Think it would look good mixed with a black car.

Looks sick. Do they do the door panels separately?

mine ran ~1500. I know pricey, it was a premium because it was a special red color. slightly deeper red than the one in their website. also I only had black vinyl on the back of the seat. the turnaround time was something like 8 weeks.

cardinal was my first choice, but you should get some samples to really decide. cardinal sample I got was a bit darker than I expected. but mind you that when the entire kit is done, the overall color seems lighter.

Looks very good. About how many hours did it take you?

I don't think so but I could be wrong. I wish they would so I can change it out in the future to color match new seats if I get one.

and honestly, install time really depends. I tried to make it fit the best I can and get all wrinkles out so each seat took like 4 hours. (steaming the foam, hairdrying the leather cover, stretching massaging etc.)
door inserts are pain in the *** because you need to actually cut and wrap around, get the seam aligned and such

I feel you man. my fingers were blistered/busted by the end of each seats!

Did leatherseats.com make the door inserts?

Looks fantastic fella.

Limey took the exact words right out of my mouth -- well done! :tup:

They do make the door inserts as well.

Awesome. Ive got to find out how much those inserts are.

Insert look stock, looks great.

Did you have to take the seats out to install?

Yes

OP, thanks for sharing.

You said it took you roughly 4 hours per seat. Would you say you do a lot of DIY installations etc?

I am curious if it took you 4 hours and you are very skilled, or it took you 4 hours because it was first time doing something like this etc.

Looks great.

4 hours per side sounds about right with taking the seats out, taking them apart and install. Helps to have a second set of hands with the hog rings. Get a good set of pliers. Even the headrests are a challenge and take time. We'll worth the effort though

Looks amazing.

If I had cloth seats I'd consider doing it.

Spot on!

this was my first time installing something like this, so i cant say i am the most handy person for this project. But what i realized was that actual leather install time depends on how perfect you want the seats to be finished. I tried to make it as close to oem fitment as possible so i stretched, heated and massaged these leather alot. I couldve done a quicker job but wouldve left alot of wrinkles and sags. Heck im stil not quite happy with a bit of wrinkles on drivers side so i might take it out and massage a bit more, but u can call me crazy for that lol

Do these just go over the cloth seats? Or do you need existing leather seats?

Are the door inserts from the same site? I don't see them listed under the products section. That being said, how was the install on the door inserts? Did you happen to take any pictures?

You strip the seats to the padding then install the leather. Doesn't matter what it had before.

See my post on page 2.

D'oh! :tup:

I kinda wish my car was older so I could justify buying these... I can't bring myself to replace <4000 mile seat covers!