Replacement Leather Seat Covers

[Brett]

Have any of the repop leather seat covers got any better in the past couple years? I need a drivers seat cover, and I don't really want to spend a fortune on going the SMS fabrics route to cover 1 seat and then not have it match that well. My passenger seat and rear seat are in good condition.

Or if anyone has a decent "driver" quality drivers seat, and you want to part with it. Please let me know.

Brett

[aaronlstiles]

There is a guy that has a red 93 Over on Corral, He Just installed New Repo Leather Seat Skins, and to my amazement they actually look really nice. I will try to find the add, I am restoring my black one and I plan to by the leather set from TMI. I hope they look as good as his set.

[aaronlstiles]

Here is the link.

http://forums.corral.net/forums/showthr ... ?t=1275975

[BrettT]

They do look really good!

[Brett]

Thanks Aaron. Let us know how the set you get for the black car work out. Very interested.

Thanks,
Brett

[#2098]

Wonder if those are some that he got from LMR ? I would guess he put new foam in them too ?

[aaronlstiles]

He said he used Original Foams. I used a new TMI foam on My white 93, I really don't like it much, they are really hard, and sit kind of high. I did put a nice Original seat cover on it. It looks nice, but very firm, and he told me he bought them from LMR.

[buddha]

The problem you are going to have is matching the OEM stuff if you try and do just one seat. I believe the TMI stuff out now is pretty close. I'd like to see the stuff in person. I'd redo both fronts anyway........the Ford stuff sucked out ot the gate.

I redid mine a few years ago and the leather is far superior, looks great, and is an easy one day job. I don't recall the exact color I used, but it was as close to factory as I could get.

[aaronlstiles]

An easy 1 day job? I need to meet your Uhlpostery guy, LOL. Mine takes about 3 weeks to make new Covers. If you look at the link to corral, He said he only replaced his Front covers. They look like they match pretty good. I would replace them all. IMOP.

[buddha]

An easy 1 day job? I need to meet your Uhlpostery guy, LOL. Mine takes about 3 weeks to make new Covers. If you look at the link to corral, He said he only replaced his Front covers. They look like they match pretty good. I would replace them all. IMOP.

I was referring to the actual install, as the covers are prestitched. All I had to do was remove the wire rods from the old seat covers and transfer them over the new covers. Then it's just a matter of cutting out the holes for the lumbar and whatnot, then hog-ringing them into place. I was very pleased with the the fit and quality.

[aaronlstiles]

Are yours the TMI Covers from LMR? I used a set of their Cloth covers when they First came out, and was less than Impressed. But it seems the Leather Covers Fit and look pretty good.

[buddha]

Are yours the TMI Covers from LMR? I used a set of their Cloth covers when they First came out, and was less than Impressed. But it seems the Leather Covers Fit and look pretty good.

I don't believe these were from TMI. I bought them from Texas Mustang years ago. I could see the cloth being an issue as it would seem to me that is would be hard to get the material to fit snug to the seats.