Hey guys, i picked up and installed a set of leather interiors for my car... 3rd time lucky.

The first set i bought were in bad condition
The second set i got were genuine which didn't seem to fit on my genuine seats
and finally, the third set i picked up by pure luck.

I went with Lugo the the car wash the other day, as we were chamoising my car another guy came up to me asking if i wanted to buy his leather interiors seats/door trims. i figured it was worth a look, went past today with Lugo and liked what i saw and i bought it off him!

here's a few pics.

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/7060/interior01nm1.jpg
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/6808/interior04ae4.jpg

Sick mate, photos don't do it justice though, so I think everyone should be at tomorrows northern meet to have a look :P

Btw, thanks to M4DDOG for telling us how to get the back seat off haha, now you know what we were doing lol

Talk about being in the right place at the right time!

nice score....how lucky was that

That looks sensational! Good work. (ditch the Mitsu seatbelt pad thingies though... They kind of ruin the whole prestigious effect of real cow :D )

very nice indeed!

may i ask how much this (3rd set) of leather bits cost ya?

ok i'll hafta say it then...

brown = eeeew god who made that colour out of leather?!!

brown leather in a silver car = so much worse

grey or black for that car wouldve looked so much better! no wonder that guy was trying to palm it off!

I wouldn't call them brown, its more a dark beige. Factory seats in a KH Xi.

I wouldn't call them brown, its more a dark beige. Factory seats in a KH Xi.

i would more suggest... cappacino / latte in colour!

only reason i mention, is i went and made said `cino and noticed the colour looked somewhat similar to the leather there. lol

that and the car is a lighter colour... so it does kinda look a *bit* like a coffee on wheels!
(or is it just me?)

I wouldn't call them brown, its more a dark beige. Factory seats in a KH Xi.

brown/dark beige, meh! still introducing a colour thats not already in the car. so we have silver/black/grey/brown... not the best combination! grey factory seats wouldve suited heaps better

(or is it just me?)

looks like someone had an accident with their coffee :bowrofl:

i would more suggest... cappacino / latte in colour!


Camel perhaps? lol

Doesn't look that bad and it's something different!

Glad i was able to help :).

i like it, i'd love something like that in black in my car...

looks great man, i like it. Although the colour doesnt match perfectly i still think it looks awesome, and at least its better than not having leather seats lol
How much were they?

looks pretty good. The interior is out of a KH XI Verada and is tan leather interior.

Speak to you soon champ

Nic ework. Enjoy it!

Lucky you, ive been looking very long and hard to get leather seats for mine :confused:

How much did you pay out of interest???

By the way I quite like the colour of the leather, was quite suprised when I saw it, never seen them in that colour before. Looks different, and good IMHO.

Ollie

i like the colour, black would look better but i think its a nice contrast, top stuff

Thanks for all the positive feedback guys, as for probably the one person that doesn't like it (not to name names) :P Each to their own.

i paid $700 for the set which was pretty cheap i must admit, it's all i had and it was all i was gonna spend had the 'genuine seat covers' fit into my car.

I got them off mrnizmo, top bloke and he says he may have a few other items for sale so yeah, great guy to deal with and i highly recommend buying off him if he starts to sell anything else.

had nothing else to do today then eh omar? lol

bought it 1 day and fitted all of it that same day, haha top job mate! looks great! :thumbsup:

had nothing else to do today then eh omar? lol

bought it 1 day and fitted all of it that same day, haha top job mate! looks great! :thumbsup:

haha my only day off work, it was either today or probably never haha

besides it only took 5hrs haha :P

couple more for anyone who's interested.

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/6187/interior02gc4.jpg
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/2933/interior03bx0.jpg

Looks the goods mate, nice colour to i think.

P plate needs fixing in the rear window, can see it peeling. :shock:

P plate needs fixing in the rear window, can see it peeling. :shock:

yeah i know cbf

P plate needs fixing in the rear window, can see it peeling. :shock:
you must really get into the fine details of pics

you must really get into the fine details of pics

There is another type of fine you can get for having a P plate in the window these days lol

Looks good mate, I've always wondered what this colour leather seats would look like in a car with the grey interior (like I've got), doesn't look too bad at all! They look in pretty good nick too.

Looks the goods mate.

Keep an eye out for a wrecked Verada and grab the beige trimmings and I think it will look alot better.....

Keep an eye out for a wrecked Verada and grab the beige trimmings and I think it will look alot better.....
We looked at that before they went in, as far as I could tell omar would need the beige carpet and parcel shelf, and would need to get both the top and bottom sections of the dash sprayed to match, already got the door cards. Thats what I could see, he'd probably be able to tell you better.

edit* Stealing a pic of righty's, thats what you'd have to do to the dash to do a full KH Xi interior conversion:
http://theweb.net.au/tqo999/huint.jpg

http://theweb.net.au/tqo999/huint.jpg

now thats hooooot

There is another type of fine you can get for having a P plate in the window these days lol

Looks good mate, I've always wondered what this colour leather seats would look like in a car with the grey interior (like I've got), doesn't look too bad at all! They look in pretty good nick too.

yeah i was very surprised by how good they were, they were well taken care of!

Looks the goods mate.

Keep an eye out for a wrecked Verada and grab the beige trimmings and I think it will look alot better.....

to be honest im not a big fan of the beige carpet and stuff... i really like the way it is right now, i think the grey/beige looks really good

to be honest im not a big fan of the beige carpet and stuff... i really like the way it is right now, i think the grey/beige looks really good
Dont do a thing to it. Looks great as is! (bar those mitsu seat belt pad thingies!) lol

Dont do a thing to it. Looks great as is! (bar those mitsu seat belt pad thingies!) lol
haha ok ok, you've told me three times now hahaha

i never realized how comfy the xi interior looks, looks like a hotel lobby

looks good omar well done

I have to agree with gashead,

Don't get me wrong it looks nice, but maybe change a few more things to match up the colour a bit more

I got my leather interior done a couple of weeks ago - wish the seats were grey or the interior was beige, but hey - mismatched leather is better than no leather!

looks good man, ey are those the ones from that ebay listing?

looks good, i was going to get some for my 3rd gen but they get too hot in summer

looks good, i was going to get some for my 3rd gen but they get too hot in summer
yeah they get hot, but it's only for 2mins... i'd say it's well worth burning your ass for a couple of mins to have leather :P

looks good, i was going to get some for my 3rd gen but they get too hot in summer

My thinking as well. I would love to put leather in my car (and FlyingAce, yours looks awesome, love that light colour), but the heat and humidity have turned me off it. Still, it does look really nice.

looks good man, ey are those the ones from that ebay listing?

Sure are - $200 for the covers, $500 to get them fitted.

Sure are - $200 for the covers, $500 to get them fitted.

I bought those off the guy for $245, went to get them fitted by a guy that lives down the road and apparently they didn't fit in my car.

EDIT: He charged me $300 for the install... i guess once he got them he figured the job was too hard and told me that they dont physically fit. I got fed up and took them back to the guy i bought them off before i did something stupid like shred them haha :P

yeah they get hot, but it's only for 2mins... i'd say it's well worth burning your ass for a couple of mins to have leather :P

yea true, but the sports seats are nice :D

My thinking as well. I would love to put leather in my car (and FlyingAce, yours looks awesome, love that light colour), but the heat and humidity have turned me off it. Still, it does look really nice.

i had leather in my last car and becuase i live in orange which is 3hrs away from sydney, it often gets around 36-40c here. and its bloddy hot one you gen in the car lol

Would put pics up of mine but dont know how...
photobucket (http://www.photobucket.com) is ur best internet image hosting friend :)

there is also imageshack, but i like photobucket

I got my leather interior done a couple of weeks ago - wish the seats were grey or the interior was beige, but hey - mismatched leather is better than no leather!
Nice. Now get some matching door trims :D

I got my leather interior done a couple of weeks ago - wish the seats were grey or the interior was beige, but hey - mismatched leather is better than no leather!

as above, get matching door cards, and maybe the centre console :)

also, consider the clear door courtesy lights, smarten up the inside a lil :)