Kevin Bacon 5 Posted November 27, 2003 Anyone know of any decent leather upholsterers other than MJ interiors? Ta Kev Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubbprince 0 Posted November 27, 2003 DB Car trim is just as good...theyre based in Blackpool i believe. http://www.dbcartrim.co.uk/ :D there must be plenty more...but i don't know any off the top of my head apart from them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dazzyvr6 0 Posted November 27, 2003 DB CAR RETRIM try these kev Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dazzyvr6 0 Posted November 27, 2003 whoops my wind up connection is slow today...roll on broadband Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted November 27, 2003 Cheers guys, they certainly seem better value than MJ. I've seen some of MJ's work and it wasn't to my liking, maybe it was just the material the customer chose but the leather was scrunching up and there was threads hanging out like a cheap shirt. For a grand, I want OE quality, or am I expecting too much? I'm just fussy when it comes to leather! Has anybody here had any trimming work done by DB? Cheers Kev Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubboy 0 Posted November 27, 2003 Not had mine retrimed by DB Cartrim yet, but seen there work at its top notch. I had the same impression of some of the MJ stuff. And DB have been doing all types of VW's for years. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted November 27, 2003 Just got off the phone and they charge £650+VAT for Corrado seats. They sound like a good bunch, honest and friendly. They've never done Corrado door cards before, so they haven't got a template, so they might cost more than the standard £300 to do, but seemed confident he could do them. Hmmmm....it's quite an expensive project! I'll give it some hard thought over the weekend! Thanks for the tip. K Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dazzyvr6 0 Posted November 27, 2003 kevhaywire, was the £650+vat for the front and back seats? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henny 0 Posted November 27, 2003 The garage I used to work for used DB cartrim for all of their interiors and we had several show winners... Dave's a sound bloke who knows his stuff and has been going for AGES... I stopped working at the garage 8 years ago, so they've been in business for at least one decade, which says a lot... 8) Heartily recommended... 8) I know that he was always happy to do cars he'd never done before and did a lovely job on a couple of Porsche 356s that we were restoring which aren't exactly a common interior to do... :lol: 8) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted November 27, 2003 kevhaywire, was the £650+vat for the front and back seats? Yep Front and back, inc headrests. Kev Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jedi-knight83 0 Posted November 27, 2003 do you not have any leather at the moment then?? how much would they charge to re-trim the front seats only in cream?? i'd like to get mine done at some point. all the rear seats and door cards are lovely. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted November 27, 2003 Nope, no leather for me! I'm just looking at some options because getting hold of an OE interior is going to be impossible. Not sure about the front seats only, £325 I would imagine. Give Dave a call on 01253 761252 K Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DEL VR6 0 Posted November 27, 2003 Wonder if its worth finding out if DB cartrim can do a special discounted price, if say a group of us Corrado owners got them done. I know i would like mine redoing in Leather. That said, wanna get it lowered first, then the exhaust, and after that the leather, which might not be til early '04! ah well, nice thought. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dazzyvr6 0 Posted November 27, 2003 theres a set of electric corrado seats in leather on pvw classifides for £1000 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VR6 0 Posted November 28, 2003 and it's a good bloke selling them as well - Ron Kasner. No door cards tho. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted November 28, 2003 £1000 is OTT for a used set imo. I'd rather pay that to get mine recovered to be honest. Thanks anyway Kev Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubboy 0 Posted November 28, 2003 Too true I've been looking at leather interior's from a corrado for some time and alot are over priced when for a £100 or so more you can have your own seats retrimed exactly how you like. When I spoke to dave earlier in the year he told me the same about the door cards, seem like a real good guy as he said if I wanted to come look at some leather samples at a weekend he would open up especially. Just not got round to going over to talk to him yet, got a good idea at what I want though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VR6 South 0 Posted December 13, 2003 Looks like he's dropped his price to 900, still high tho' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Edwards 0 Posted December 13, 2003 Well, did his advert not say "...no offers..."??? I'm guessing £750 unless either he's very stubborn, or finds himself a complete mug. BTW, full leather without aircon is a really, really BAD idea... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil K 0 Posted December 13, 2003 _________________ I win! Black 1.8 16v Black VR6 Moonlight Blue VR6 Mike why do you have so many Corrado's? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henny 0 Posted December 13, 2003 Mike why do you have so many Corrado's? I would too if I could afford 'em! In short, why not?!? :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VR6 0 Posted December 13, 2003 Well I'm actually considering these leathers and I personally don't think that £900 is way OTT for a superb condition set of black leather Recarro's, with the looms as well. Ok, no door cards, but they won't look out of place in a dark interior and the door cards can always be sourced later on. I do think that £900 is a tad much, but they don't come up very often. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Edwards 0 Posted December 13, 2003 Well: I bought the 1st one because I wanted something fun to spend 2-3 hours a day on the motorway in. The second one was supposed to be a cheap project that meant I'd have something to drive to work if I didn't get the 1st car back together after working on it over the weekend (750 miles a week eats suspension components... :shock: ). Unfortunately it snapped it's cambelt 6 weeks after I bought :x it so I decided to keep it and fiddle with it. The 3rd one was an impulse buy as I wanted to see what a VSR-equipped VR6 felt like (although I was actually looking for a G60 at the time...). The alternative explanation is that I like keeping VW parts departments and various VW specialists in business. :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil K 0 Posted December 13, 2003 Sweet, I'd love another couple myself but am having enough problems keeping the one I've got on the road :? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted December 13, 2003 Well, did his advert not say "...no offers..."??? I'm guessing £750 unless either he's very stubborn, or finds himself a complete mug. BTW, full leather without aircon is a really, really BAD idea... Indeed, shorts, black leather + this years summer temperatures = ouch! Kev Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
