After market leather seats?
 

Gang,

I've ran a thread search and have been unable to find where I can purchase After market leather seat covers. Can someone point me in the correct direction to find them for a base 370?
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Thanks,

Check out ClassicSoftTrim.com. They do a lot of the aftermarket leather for many dealerships (not sure if they are in your area or not). I got quoted the dealers pricing which was $700 for the two seats along with the door inserts in the Persimmon color. Hope this helps.

Katzkin

Whatever you do, avoid Apache Auto in California. Very dishonest people and horrible customer service... "Crooks".

I have yellow and black katzkin seats in my yellow 350. Looks great, thought it was great quality, but I have noticed some damage on the side bolster from getting in and out (obviously)

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Have you heard of WET OKOLE seat covers? They are out of Hawaii, and they make the best seat covers in the world. They currently don't have the pattern for the 370Z, but I'm asking them to go to a Nissan dealer or rent one for a day to get the pattern. Their seat covers are water proof and everything proof for that matter, and they are easy to wash. Anyway, if I can get enough of us to jump on board with this, then I'm sure that they will go out of their way to get the pattern made for us. They come in any color you want, and the price is great starting at $299.

Who else is interested??????

http://www.wetokole.com/mm5/merchant...Brand&CpValue=

I had my seats redone in blue as I didnt want the persimmons and they paid for them. They came ouy great and its good quality too. I have pics of them somewhere way back in these threads. Katzkins did them.

The shop in Western PA was talking about $995 for me with no door panels. I had planned black leather seats with black perforated leather inserts and red stitching. Is that a more expensive job than the work they bid for you? I assume your bid included installation.

Little off topic but I'd love to get my dash covered in leather. For the seats though I hear the Katskins are pretty great.

We can do it for you. It is really difficult to do a leather kit on your own.
Your better off having it done professionally..imo We are a Katzkin dealer

It you like, when the TTZ gets back from AAM I am putting in a leather kit, you are more than welcome to take a look at it in person to see how it turns out.

droool:drool:

http://www.the370z.com/attachments/n...eats-drool.jpg

One thing to think about with all leather is that you might get the saggy pants syndrome in the seats. Thats when the leather stretches and causes wrinkles in the leather making it look like its not form fitting. Thats whats good about going part leather and part suade like the Katzskin gave me.

I was told that the Katskin are actual seats, not seat covers. Is this true?

Not whole seats, they are premium covers that cover the entire seat, I guess you take off the old material and put on new material over seat frame is more like it.

I purchased katskin (as I mentioned above) and it's not a cover, it was a big lump of leather that I had to have an upholsterer put on.
I wouldn't recommend them though, not only have I had quality problems, but as I did more and more reading, it appears many people have issues with their quality.

12K miles on my seats no issues, they are really comfortable and they do have a warranty if there is. They useed real leather and suade and not man made.

Would you think Classic Soft Trim is the way to go. I have a reasonable bid from them but I'm really hesitant that I'm creating a problem for myself, as the base cloth seats are fairyl nice and going with leather is not mandatory if it's going to turn into a headache.

So..its a clump of leather huh?!! For roughly $700? How much was the install from the upholsterer?

Well, I'm almost at 12k and my paint is still perfect, I'm talking more about the long term, like my older 350. I probably started developing minor problems around 17k miles, and by 25k miles, the driver side just looked terrible on the bolsters.

But again, no need to take my word on it. A little went a long way to proving the quality of KS.

Katzkin is a custom kit that is custom cut for the seat on every order.

I have a milage warranty on mine so if you had problems they should fix them.

Thats true, on my order, since I had the touring which has the electric seat buttons on the side of the seat, they said they used the 350Z template for the bottom part and the 370z template for the back part. I think it comes out looking very good.

I'm right in the middle of this myself for my red base '09 370Z. See my thread above regarding logo. I'm doing Katzkins for $1100 including embossed lgo, stitching and perforated inserts. This shop is near to my house has been doing such things for several auto franchises for several decades. That's why I'm dealing with them rather than Classicsofttrim. Their price was about the same.

katzkin makes great covers, not everyone installs them right. I would never try to install them on my own, it's so much harder than it seems! There are many installers around here, not sure where you are at. PM me your zip and I can have my Katzkin dealer find an installer in your area. if you are close to Fusz, have them do it and support those who support you!

Hey so I spoke to the manager at wet okole seat covers, which I have heard a lot of great thinks about. He said that he should have the 370Z pattern on a couple weeks. They are waterproof, easy to install over your seat, and washable, so it's get if you take the Z to the beach. Anyway, if anyone is interested, I'll post it when they are available.

If you really want leather seats I can always sell you my leather seats and they have heated seat warmers built in! and the are powered...

so look at it this way you pay $700 for covers that will sag or you pay $1400 and you get OEM quality, Seat warmers, power adjustment...

I would go OEM :tup: also you can sell your stock seats and really only end up paying the 700 in the first place...

Ive use katzkin interiors in a cpl customers vehicles and had a kit in my old truck, The covers are exactly what you would get if you went to an upholsterer and had them make new covers. heres a quick pic...
http://dodgetruckworld.tenmagazines....mi20/95984.jpg

Katzkin Leather
 

I am having Katzkin leather installed on my new 2009 Z. Based on the swatches in the portfolio...The quality looks impressive. I believe you can purchase the covers as a consumer, but I am having the dealer install them.

Any pics other than the ones above guys ??

I have that on the OEM leather seats, so, it shouldn't be all too surprising.

So what's the final verdict on the Katzkin? I'm looking into having it done on mine but I'm a bit confused. Their website says it won't work with OEM leather heated power seats but I read a couple of posts above that it's possible by combining 350 and 370 patterns? I'm guessing this will probably depend on my local installers ability/experience..

theres the clazzios. $250.00 with free shippin and free custom colors and stitching

I've had my Katzkins for about 6 months now. Delighted with them in every way and I actually think they're way nicer than Nissan factory leather. Make sure you're dealing with a top flight professional installer. That makes all the difference in the world.

Katzins offers an aftermaket seat & back heater. They are about $200 for both seats. I had the new premium covers installed over the base seat and they look great and the leather is the softest I have ever seen. I also had the "Z" logo stitched into the headrest. Not sure about the issues installing over the touring leather, but my feeling is if you have the right installer, they can do anything. The guy I used was amazing. He was in Strasburg, PA and was the dealer's preferred installer.