Recaro Seats gotta go!

#67 Black Mac' · Post by **#67 Black Mac'** » Sat May 21, 2011 3:47 am

I can't stand to look at my Recaros the way they are any longer.
Any ideas where I can get them restored back to original or at least close to original?
I know that it isn't going to be cheap, but the price on the McLaren Site is beyond my pocketbook
Ron

Post by **negusm** » Sat May 21, 2011 4:05 am

Leatherique has stuff to restore leather seats.

Or head over to an upholstery shop and get a quote.

-Mike

#67 Black Mac' · Post by **#67 Black Mac'** » Sat May 21, 2011 5:11 am

Mike,
they are too far gone to restore the leather that's on them now.
They need recovered and there are no shops in our area who are willing to tackle re-covering Recaros.
That is why I asked if anyone on here had ideas where I could go besides buying from Hank.
Ron

mustang marty · Post by **mustang marty** » Sat May 21, 2011 6:32 am

You can try this guy. He is in the Seattle ares aand they work almost exclusively on Recaros. He posted a Recaro thread on FEP

ron@jjcustominterior.com / 253-414-2117

hanksgt · Post by **hanksgt** » Sat May 21, 2011 7:07 am

I asked at some local car shows here in Phoenix when I needed the stock ASC seats redone. Found a local shop I liked and he offered vinyl or leather. I choose vinyl (based on price) and I think they came out great. Ask around your area.

#67 Black Mac' wrote:I can't stand to look at my Recaros the way they are any longer.
Any ideas where I can get them restored back to original or at least close to original?
I know that it isn't going to be cheap, but the price on the McLaren Site is beyond my pocketbook
Ron

asc709 · Post by **asc709** » Sun May 22, 2011 4:36 am

Hank,

Do you have any pics of the seats recovered? Phoenix isn't too far for me to go and my drivers side seat has begun to split.

Thanks.

hanksgt · Post by **hanksgt** » Sun May 22, 2011 6:47 am

Out cruising with 15 other 'Stangs today-went to dinner in Wickenburg. I posted a quick snapshot I just took over in the albums-under 1989 convertibles. I can take more Sunday in the daylight if you would like.

Had these done about 5 years ago by Bell Auto Upholstery, Bell Road, Phoenix, AZ. If you notice, I forgot to specify I wanted two tone blue like the originals. He didn't have an embroidery place at the time. Now he has a place and I paid for the creation of the correct ASC pattern. 2 years ago I had the embroidery added. He matched every seam & stitch, and even had the material punched with the proper size perforations in the seating surfaces. He offered me leather or vinyl. I choose the less expensive vinyl and have been very happy so far.
He has done another McLaren's complete interior and patched a friends original leather McLraren seats. He has also done tops on 3 other Mustang club members cars. All satisfied customers.

asc709 wrote:Hank,

Do you have any pics of the seats recovered? Phoenix isn't too far for me to go and my drivers side seat has begun to split.

Thanks.

Post by **negusm** » Mon May 23, 2011 2:05 am

#67 Black Mac' wrote:there are no shops in our area who are willing to tackle re-covering Recaros

I simply don't believe this. There are always a few side alley upholstery shops that do good work in every major city and will recover anything you take them. You need to hunt around a bit.

-Mike

#67 Black Mac' · Post by **#67 Black Mac'** » Mon May 23, 2011 6:08 am

negusm wrote:
#67 Black Mac' wrote:there are no shops in our area who are willing to tackle re-covering Recaros
I simply don't believe this. There are always a few side alley upholstery shops that do good work in every major city and will recover anything you take them. You need to hunt around a bit.

-Mike

Let me re-phrase it this way:
So far, I haven't been able to find any shops willing to re-cover Recaros in Des Moines.

I will check out some of the suggestions above. Phoenix is a long ways from here, but I assume that if I shipped the covers to them they could make a new copy of them & ship back to me.
Ron

hanksgt · Post by **hanksgt** » Mon May 23, 2011 6:49 am

Have you spoken to any local car guys to see who they use? If you check out some shops, usually you'll find someone you can work with.

I don't see why they couldn't copy yours and ship them. I know I don't want to try installing seat covers.

#67 Black Mac' wrote:
negusm wrote:[quote="#67 Black

Let me re-phrase it this way:
So far, I haven't been able to find any shops willing to re-cover Recaros in Des Moines.

I will check out some of the suggestions above. Phoenix is a long ways from here, but I assume that if I shipped the covers to them they could make a new copy of them & ship back to me.
Ron

Post by **negusm** » Mon May 23, 2011 12:14 pm

#67 Black Mac' wrote: Let me re-phrase it this way:
So far, I haven't been able to find any shops willing to re-cover Recaros in Des Moines.

Des Moines is a huge city. There will be one there. The trick to finding some upholstery shops is that they don't advertise and are word of mouth only.

There is one down here in NC. The guy does wonderful work, will work on anything. But he's something of an ex-biker turned upholsterer, works out of a garage and he doesn't have a listing anywhere. We had a guy up in Sharon Springs NY of all places who did award winning upholstery and you could only find him through the local Model A club.

-Mike

CSMESP · Post by **CSMESP** » Mon May 30, 2011 4:12 am

Just ran across your posting. I just had the seats, door panels and armrest redone by a shop in St Paul. He did an excellent job at a reasonable price.. If you are interested in the info,

let me know. edprice@centurylink.net

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