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YOUR RESEARCHConsole Leather - where to buy?
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Replace but still less than the ones being sold elsewhere
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I am guessing I can get the thing covered for $200, and I paid $130 for a very nice used console to cover so I would not be without my original one, so we are talking $555 total which isn't chump change but still less than the ones being sold elsewhere.
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I am guessing I can get the thing covered for $200, and I paid $130 for a very nice used console to cover so I would not be without my original one, so we are talking $555 total which isn't chump change but still less than the ones being sold elsewhere.
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I am guessing I can get the thing covered for $200, and I paid $130 for a very nice used console to cover so I would not be without my original one, so we are talking $555 total which isn't chump change but still less than the ones being sold elsewhere.
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I am guessing I can get the thing covered for $200, and I paid $130 for a very nice used console to cover so I would not be without my original one, so we are talking $555 total which isn't chump change but still less than the ones being sold elsewhere.
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My car has "full leather" but of course the console is not leather. I think it would be a nice upgrade to cover it and would also be more durable than the scratch prone painted finish.
So, I have a very capable local guy who can cover it and I have been considering purchase of the leather material from World Upholstery. Has anyone been down this road and have another supplier to suggest? The logical thing to do is buy a half-hide but at $225 maybe there is a less expensive alternative?
$225? for leather? That sounds pretty cheap to me.....by the time you are done, it's going to be a small part of the whole procurement.
FYI, I bought a factory black center console that was leather covered from ebay.de
Post pictures if you do it!
Yes, there are a couple of places I can just buy a leather covered console - usually on an exchange or core charge basis. But my current console is partial leather and I trust my local guy's skills. And no shipping! So I just wondered if this is the going price for a half hide of leather or not? I don't buy this stuff every day!
I am guessing I can get the thing covered for $200, and I paid $130 for a very nice used console to cover so I would not be without my original one, so we are talking $555 total which isn't chump change but still less than the ones being sold elsewhere.
I guess the point is, at $225 for a half hide, how much cheaper can it be? Probably not much (if any). I located a few other leather suppliers but most want to sell a full hide which I don't need.
I'm in the same situation Jim.
I ordered a sample (sent to me free) from a company called Global upholstery.
The cost is $5.25 s/f on full hide, and $5.50/sf on half hides. (Not sure what half hide measure, as I'm new to this), but you can order any size you would like, calculated by square inch (price will be probebly higher).
If their product is half as good as their customer service, I'm in a good spot.
Will let you know how the sample looks when I'll get it.
Will also be interested to do a "group" porchese, and don't mind even shipping my console to your guy.
The 2 local upholstery shops I visited quoted me as if they are rocket surgeons.
Hmmm...well, I didn't actually ask him for an estimate on covering this thing so maybe I better! He had suggested the half-hide, knowing it would be plenty or even too much but he assumed it would be cheaper than buying it by the inch. I was told .30 per sq. inch so if I only need a piece as small as 18X36 it would be cheaper to buy it that way but not much cheaper and no extra to play with.
I will try to talk to my guy today, but I am on the way out of town so it could be Monday. I'll let you know what I learn.
He could practice on yours and then do a really good job on mine!
i just received an email from them.
$560 without side trim and lid cover. +shipping 2 ways (about $70 from Florida)
but it does look like they are doing a very nice job.
very nice pics on their website.
thanks for the tip.
The option list for my car reads CZ Graphite Grey Full Leather. The storage compartment lid, e-brake handle, etc. are all covered in leather but the main console (called lower console?) is not.
I always assumed it was called the center console. Meh, just semantics. Most of us have the same POS soft touch painted one, so we know what you're referring to
The center console is the armrest location. The thing between the dash and the center console is commonly called the lower console and/or the front center console.
Using the word "lower" is a bit of a misnomer since there's no corresponding "upper" console - the topmost 2 DIN openings are part of the dash.
got the sample yesterday from Global upholstery.
looks identical to the leather i have in my car.
although i'm back on the fence (thinking maybe to get a CF console), i'm going to order half a hide, approx 25 SF for $138.00.
that should be more than enough to do some staff i have in mind.
will wait to see how Jim's console came out
Well that's a great price and makes me wish maybe I had shopped around some more as mine will be maybe $75 - $100 more than that. It should ship Thursday (tomorrow) so maybe next week i will take it to my upholstery guy.
Not expecting much to happen on this for a while though - I am not in a hurry and, after all, it is the Holiday season. Watch this space for an update!
OK OK, I get it: Not everyone likes carbon fiber.
Better than nicked up soft touch Porsche paint, however. Replaced almost every scrap of mine.
Whosoever came up with that s**t needs a beating.
I'm not knocking CF, but CF overlays that actually increase parts' weights do make me go hmm.
As far as the paint, I'm with you. Same crap covering the center console of my '96 Corvette, but At least Chevy made it obvious that the C4 was as much off-the-shelf as possible, which helps explain but in no way excuses the mix of standard and metric fasteners. That is just f---ing wrong and evil.
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I did a wrap up (pun!) on this on my other console thread here;
https://rennlist.com/forums/996-foru...-question.html
Turned out great but seemed to be a lot more trouble than it appeared at the beginning. I have enough material left to do maybe 2 more consoles so you definitely don't need a half hide.
