spridgets
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: Seat cover kits vs. upholstery shop

To: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@icx.net>, "spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Seat cover kits vs. upholstery shop
From: "Geoff Branch" <branch@valinet.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 20:48:21 -0500
Cc: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
Reply-to: "Geoff Branch" <branch@valinet.com>
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
If you're considering Moss, consider George Merriweather.  He is discounting
Moss's sale price by another 15%!!  No financial interest for me;  though I
do plan to order seat upholstery before the April 9 close.  Regards  Geoff
Branch
-----Original Message-----
From: J. Adrian Barnes <adrian@icx.net>
To: spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Cc: William M. Gilroy <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
Date: Monday, March 08, 1999 7:39 AM
Subject: Re: Seat cover kits vs. upholstery shop


>I was considering getting my seats recovered at an upholstery shop,
>getting new seats entirely, or ordering a kit.  Then Moss had (still
>has) a sale and the seat kits got to be about $225 or so.  I  also found
>some used foams.  Upholstered seat places will either make your foams,
>or more than likely (as I found out) have you order them, so you'll
>probably end up buying those anyway.  Then, chances are, an upholstery
>shop won't be able to match the original seats for less money than you
>can get the seat kits from Moss or VB.  And finally, once you get your
>seats upholstered they may not match your panels, and you probably can't
>get all those made for less than ~$200 (which is what they are on sale
>for)!
>
>So for around $400-$500 I'll be replacing my interior panels and seats,
>including two new headrests, and it will all match and look relatively
>original.
>
>adrian
>
>"William M. Gilroy" wrote:
>
>> My Midget took on a fair amount of water before I got the car.
>> This caused the carpets to rot, the vinyl panels and the seats
>> to grow a nice coat of mold and mildew.  Now after 10 months
>> inside and a very good cleaning the seats still have that moldy
>> funky smell.  In this case funk is bad.  Since the seats are
>> well worn and have the 'funk', I am going to replace the covers
>> and the foam rubber.  I priced the kits from british vic. and
>> they are $260 for the seat covers, and $60 for the foam, for
>> a total cost of $320.  The other route is to have them recovered
>> and the foam replace at a local upholstery shop.  Just looking
>> for opinions on which route might be better.  Any thoughts?
>> I figured I would send this to both lists since the problem
>> and thoughts would similar.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Bill Gilroy
>> 77 Midget, with the funk
>> 90 Shar-Pei, with the wrinkles
>
>--
>------------------------------------
>J. Adrian Barnes
>http://user.icx.net/~adrian/midget
>http://www.ravineware.com
>
>"When there was no meat, we ate
>fowl.  When there was no fowl we
>ate crawdads.  When there were no
>crawdads we ate sand."
>------------------------------------
>
>


<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>