So I picked up a project set of seats yesterday, and I'm looking to restore them. On the ones that came with my car 5 years ago, they were in decent enough shape - I was able to simply refoam and dye a few wear areas, but the skins on my new set are beyond saving.

So, with that, I started to do some research into the available options for reskinning. I am curious if any other members have tried any of these, have any feedback or suggestions.

Leatherseats.com - overall good reviews, they look good in the videos. I saw a thread posted here on s2ki where a member was unhappy with the result though. Expensive.
https://leatherseats.com/shop/specia...ingstitch-pkg/

lseat.com - no real info on these, they are relatively cheap, claim to be real leather and offer some customization
https://www.lseat.com/products/1999-...ers-front.html

autotopsdirect - 0 reviews on these for s2k seats. They are popular with the Miata guys (based on google reviews), they seem to like them. They are vinyl instead of leather.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/333821442944
I found this photo which I THINK is for these skins: https://preview.redd.it/8c4p3ihrn2x7...=webp&a14c5841

leatherseats11 - I believe these are the same ones mention in this thread, however the seller seems to have raised the price since then:
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...ather&_sacat=0
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/s2000-mo...overs-1172095/

ridies - 0 reviews on these either, they look decent from the photos. Price is decent.
https://ridies.com/product/26737/200...nt-Seat-Covers

Katzkin - overall good reviews, not many photos. High price.
https://www.autoseatskins.com/honda-...ts-p/yho26.htm

So with all that said, curious what everyone else has gone with, your experience, and how it's wearing in the long term? Drop any photos if you got em!

 

had these bookmarked last time I was doing research on replacement seat covers:

Katzkin:

Leatherseats.com:
1:
2:

 

Saw those videos also, they do look good in the videos for sure. Curious to see photos or impressions of people who have ordered them

 

So I messaged each of the companies I listed originally, and asked them for samples before I made my decision on which company to go with:


Leatherseats.com - answered within 20 minutes, quickly sent out samples the same day. Customer service seems great.

lseat.com - They told me I need to purchase a sample set, so I did. It's been 13 days and I still don't have it. I messaged them yesterday and they said. "it was shipped." No tracking or anything. Not looking good for their customer service...

leatherseats11 - "we don't do samples"

ridies - Answered pretty quickly, sent out samples the next day. Actually, as I'm writing this post they just reached out to follow up.

Katzkin - No samples

So based on all that, I'm down to leatherseats.com vs ridies

 

i used leatherseats.com when i did mine. fit was great, even came with matching door panel inserts.

 

Really? They didn't even list anything about that on the website. That would be a huge selling point if i didn't already redo my door panels. Got any pics of your finished install?

At this point I think I am leaning towards trying out Ridies, they are almost $500 cheaper for the same configuration.

 

Did you ask for the door panels? Did you get charged for them, or were they free?

 

Sub’d to see how the ridies leather seat covers turn out. Looks like they don’t offer the 06+ covers though

 

^ Think I am going to place my order tomorrow for the Ridies.

I was going to repair the seat bolsters myself, but i stopped by a local shop to see what they would say and he said he will rebuild them for $100. I get them back in a week or so. Will post some pics on how that turns out.

Before pics:

 

Sorry, this was at least 8 years ago so I don't remember. Im pretty sure I didn't ask for them as I never used them(no I don't still have them).