Greetings all!

Looking through Craigslist last night I found a nice pair of eletric diamante black leather front and rear seats. The postage for these seats are inexcess of $600, so the seller has informed me that they are willing to sell me the leathers and the electric motors if I am interested.

So my question to all you MagnaManiacs (:P) is - Can diamante leathers fit straight over 3rd gen seats? Or does it need to installed by a professional reupholsterer? I really wanted the seats entire (they're bucket seats) but it'd cost me upwards of 1K for the lot, which is alot of money consdering I can buy leather covers for $800.

So - what are our thoughts? Will the leathers fit - should I go ahead and buy the leather covers and motors?

Thanks!

Greetings all!

Looking through Craigslist last night I found a nice pair of eletric diamante black leather front and rear seats. The postage for these seats are inexcess of $600, so the seller has informed me that they are willing to sell me the leathers and the electric motors if I am interested.

So my question to all you MagnaManiacs (:P) is - Can diamante leathers fit straight over 3rd gen seats? Or does it need to installed by a professional reupholsterer? I really wanted the seats entire (they're bucket seats) but it'd cost me upwards of 1K for the lot, which is alot of money consdering I can buy leather covers for $800.

So - what are our thoughts? Will the leathers fit - should I go ahead and buy the leather covers and motors?

Thanks!

Where are you getting full genuine leather retrim for $800?

And if the seats are a different shape (which it sounds like they are since you said they are bucket seats) the trim would probably be different to account for this.

Where are you getting full genuine leather retrim for $800?



Not a retrim - I meant those cover you can buy and place over the seats. Full leather retrim is probs 1.5K+ easy - not what I was thinking. I might see if I can get a second hand set off a Verada sometime maybe.

If anyone is interested here are some pictures of the seats. They look like they could fit. They're off a Diamante VRX.

http://i.ebayimg.com/05/%21BZn6vOQ%21Wk%7E$%28KGrHgoH-CYEjlLl9odTBKnpZGP5pQ%7E%7E_12.JPG
http://i.ebayimg.com/15/%21BZn6zYw%21Wk%7E$%28KGrHgoH-EQEjlLlbinfBKnpZVOzSg%7E%7E_12.JPG
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/$%28KGrHgoH-CMEjlLl%29s+%28BKnpZzKdvQ%7E%7E_12.JPG
http://i.ebayimg.com/12/%21BZn6-IQ%21Wk%7E$%28KGrHgoH-DEEjlLl1RtcBKnpZ+U+Bg%7E%7E_12.JPG
http://i.ebayimg.com/09/%21BZn7CDwBmk%7E$%28KGrHgoH-CIEjlLl0nU1BKnp,MWldQ%7E%7E_12.JPG

Let me know what you all think - I appreciate all input

cant tell from the pics if they have side airbags, but that would be a major problem for shipping them here if they did have them.

cant tell from the pics if they have side airbags, but that would be a major problem for shipping them here if they did have them.

I thought the cars with side airbags had plastic on the sides where there appears to be leather on these?
Or am I wrong.

i have seen alot of japanese diamantes and they are identical, provided they are not bonded to the foam you should have no issue fitting them.

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I would suggest that the seat base for the drivers side would be different to mount the electric motors.

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i have seen alot of japanese diamantes and they are identical, provided they are not bonded to the foam you should have no issue fitting them.

So you two reakon they'll fit without having to use a pro? I'm guess you've been fortunate enough to see both type of seats and are using that as a comparison? Thanks again for the post by the way :)



I would suggest that the seat base for the drivers side would be different to mount the electric motors.

I believe the electric motors are underneath the seat padding. Someone correct me if I'm wrong?

What I would really like to know whether they'll need professionals to install them?! Becuase if they do then I might as well just buy those $600 covers on ebay and not spend $800 or more with retrimming and buying these ones off the US.

Please Please Please Please help :D

the motor does sit under the seat, the base is the same. i cant tell you how hard it will be to fit them over as i have never done it before.