Re-upholstery for e34?

[miliue]

Anyone know how I can get the leather on my front seats redone? I'm having a hell of a time finding replacement seats on ebay and wanted to know if it was possible for me to just get some new leather over the old frames.

Google hasn't been much help so far, but maybe I'm just not using the right search terms.

Has anyone here had their upholstery redone before, or do you just replace the interior as it ages?

[GoldenOne]

if the leather isnt cracked, you can sand and repolish the leather to make it brand new again. I will be doing this process when I return home for summer vacation.

http://www.bimmerboard.com/forums/posts/1708

[diamond777]

i had the drivers seat re-done on an e-36 it came out great about 400 bucks

[Jay 535i]

Try calling furniture makers. Re-upholstering your seats shouldn't be any more difficult that re-upholstering a sofa, and there are lots of people that do that.

[SharkmanBMW]

I think Rigmaster has heated seats available...
contact him!

[Tiger]

http://www.4basic.com... I just bought a seat back from them for my Mercedes since my side boster is ripped... great price too compared to all other sellers online and off... give Michael Trueba an email or call... mike@4basic.com

[dmenheere]

Call Creative Options ... never used them myself but on the E28 M5 Roadfly board somebody redid his front seats and posted some pics.

http://www.creativeoptions.info/index.htm

Price for both M5 seats was somewhere around $1200 I think.

hth,

Dave Menheere




Anyone know how I can get the leather on my front seats redone? I'm having a hell of a time finding replacement seats on ebay and wanted to know if it was possible for me to just get some new leather over the old frames.

Google hasn't been much help so far, but maybe I'm just not using the right search terms.

Has anyone here had their upholstery redone before, or do you just replace the interior as it ages?

[miliue]

Awesome, thanks for the info guys.

I have some leatherique for maintenance, but the driver's side seat has developed a large crack/rip. I didn't even know that furniture upholsterers could do car seats, but it makes sense.

I'll look at all the links you guys gave too. I'll post some pics when the process is finished!

[angrypancake]

i was gonna get mine done with leather two tone, front and rear seats and the dash for $1000. i said (the dirty rotten F word) it and got some spray paint...

[Rigmaster]

i was gonna get mine done with leather two tone, front and rear seats and the dash for $1000. i said **** it and got some spray paint...


Nice, but maybe you could say "f*ck it" somewhere else, or choose different wording?? Why so angry?? :P


Bret

[angrypancake]

apologies, post edited. i'm allllways angry.. now where the hell is the "angry face"

[angrypancake]

ebay.uk is pretty sweet. (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-M5-FULL-LEATHER-FRONT-AND-REAR-SEATS_W0QQitemZ8050567689QQcategoryZ30172QQrdZ1QQc mdZViewItem) a lot of times they will ship to the US, just gotta ask. those have a reserve of 200gbp, so like $350? that's a hell of a deal.