This is the drivers seat with the molding removed. The leather was torn in the seat back. Also the left side bolster was worn through and ~4 years ago a new peice of leather was sewn in. It was still in good condition at this point.
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Here is the drivers seat with the lower cusion removed. The new leather is on the lower cusion to the far left of the picture (below my cat Shadow). To the left of the seat is the original seat back leather and to the right is the new leather. You can also get a good view of the power seat mechanism.
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The finished drivers seat next to my car all ready to be installed.
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This is the finished passengers seat minus the head rest. The headrests are quite a challenege because you have to cut holes in the leather for it, they are not precut. It took me quite some time to take a knife to my $700+ leather purchase and hours of work... hehe. But I finally did and it came out pretty good.
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This is the bottom portion of the rear seat before I removed the old leather. There was only one tear in the rear seats but it was all getting that stiff feeling. I have a few more pictures of the work on this peice but I can not seem to find where I placed them...
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These are the seat backs to the front seats. The left one is original and the right one is the one I redid. I needed to purchase special staples and 3M adhesive (included in install kit) to install it.
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Again, the left is the original and mine is on the right. The black elastic band along with a metal strip and plastic protective strip give the pocket it's elastic feel. These had to be moved from the old leather to new. Everything is stapled and in the upper corners I had an issue with the staples poking through slightly so I had to double up the leather.
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This is the rear seatback before I started any work on it. The leather on the seatbacks was in pretty good condition. There were some small tears in the back where the sun glares in through the rear windows and the headrests were in bad shape.
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Here is the seatback dis-assembled and leather removed. Notice the discoloration from the sun by the head rests. The entire back portion was that color. The armrest in the middle was bolted in place, then two large bolts held the mounts that allow it to swivel on come off. The armest was just a simple cover that is velcro'ed on.
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