What flavour $$$$'s are you talking in here Aus??

 

Or make them spend a day on the beach without blockout.

 

I'll let you know as things progress. But it should look much better in

 

Stock seats are approximately $7400 a pair and are in ~40 different unassembled parts for each seat. these ARE recaros. yes, you can go out and get a racing seat, or perhaps one like my Sparco Roadster seat, but if you like the OEM fitting and want a better quality of leather to hug your body, then by all means go for it.

As for the interest in the seat covers re-done in higher quality leather. Cost will be one hurdle, and the other is... a design pattern. Would you try to custom do something? or keep it the same? If you changed it up, even just a hair, it might be pretty darned cool looking and spark further interest.

 

This is basically a no brainer.

Mostly all auto grade leather is UV treated, so that's no big deal folks. The problem is that most "automobile grade" leather is also treated with so much other garbage (to prevent product damage claims from the the stupidity of Joe Sixpack) that it might as well be vinyl. All the beautiful qualities of the natural leather are basically ruined by the treatments most leather dealers apply for autos. These include surficants to hide imperfections as well as paint, to create a more uniform appearance (that to satisfy the unsophisticated tastes of folks who are used to the totally uniform appearance of vinyl. That's why we don't use "auto grade" leather -- it's basically an inferior product.

If you saw how most leather wholesalers treat the stuff, you would be appalled.

We screened several leather dealers and toured several production facilities before we settled on Townsend Leather for our leather accessories. We concluded that they would meet our standards for quality. A bonus was that they do many custom leather interiors for prototype show cars, including Hondas and Corvettes. They also make custom leather interiors for corporate aircraft.

Our leather is not only UV protected, it's also water resistant for use in marine applications, which makes it ideal for a roadster environment. All our hides come from Germany, where the best leather hides in the world are made. German cattleman do not used barbed wire, do not let their hide cattle roam in the wild, and they wash the animals down every day. Why? They want to keep the hides as free of imperfections as possible.

Anyone who suggests that they might have a leather product superior to Townsend's is whistling Dixie, folks. The leather used in our accessories is as good, and probably better, than anything used in the top cars. Jaguar, for example, brags about Connally hides. Most Connally leather is made from inferior hides, then treated with chemicals to hide the imperfections. Many of their hides come from South America and other part of the southern hemisphere, where a lot of hides are produced, but usually of inferior grade. The best hides still come from Europe.

How's that for shameless self-promotion, Airgate?

 

Dumb question time.

It has been my understanding that the bolsters on our seats are in fact vinyl. The only leather in the seats are the flat panels for your bum and your lower back. All the outlining parts of the seats (bolsters, headrests, etc.) are vinyl. Have I been misinformed?

 

i'd be interested in reupholstering my seats eventually. the seats are two months old and the driver's is already showing wrinkling and wear. i didn't think i weighed that much but i digress. i like the leather in bmw's. is something like that for the S2000 possible? also, i'd want it to be the same color blue.

 

Something likes this perhaps?

 

I assume they are the Katzkin covers, right Jerry? That's probably the least expensive solution. We''ve recovered one set of seats (Mark Digrappa's) in beautiful Townsend Leather, but the cost is prohibitive, since it's all custom hand work: $2,500

 

jerry, nice seats! do you mind letting me know how much? you can PM me if you want. how's the wear on the leather - is it pretty durable? i don't think the stock leather is durable at all.