Hi, so im on to my second z now and finally getting together enough money to smarten it up. i want to start by getting the interior fully done out in leather, as unfortunatly i have the cloth now.

i see many of you who have done it and was hopeing for some advise on the best and most cost effective ways of getting it done, as i went to a professional place today and they told me that im looking from £3k up??

obviosly i love the car but we are getting near to its total value here? and im after respraying it soon to..

iv seen on ebay these kits that look nice in the pictures but can i really do it to a good standard? or can i buy this kit to give it to someone who can do it well??

 

iv got a manual 94 2+2

 

thanks alot!! :tank:

You can buy a good leather kit from the zcentre, stitched in the right places and fit yourself for around £300 or there are kits available on ebay, not stitched but cut to size, again fit yourself. Its not that hard to diy, but you will save alot of money that way.

There might even be a member in your area willing to help.

£3k :o ok, clearly they did not want the job and were giving you a rediculous price.

 

Professional complete retrims seem to typically come in at about £1.5k - thats seats and all the panels.

 

The Seat kits you can buy tend to be pretty good. Its a fair amount of work to fit, an entire weekend fighting with metal rings and springs but it is reasonably straight forward for a novice to get a quality fit from them.

 

The Panels are harder to get a decent job done. You basically remove the old material and use it as a template for your new material - then lots of glueing, stretching and swearing.

 

Unfortunatly without a professional trimmer sewing the pieces for proper fitment around contours you cant expect a perfect finish.

 

I've fitted a complete Seat kit (Imported from the U.S) and was very happy with the job.

 

I've also retrimmed the panels of three different Z's, and was never 100% happy with any of them - But they did look a lot better than the original tweed ofcourse.

 

I've yet to see a perfect non-stitched DIY panel retrim yet.

 

For My slicktop I opted to have the panels profesionally done - Black leather with blue stitching, and it really is worth having a professional work his magic on them imo. Unfortuantly I no longer have the trimmers contact details, but many others have used trimmers and my be able to provide contact details.

Edited July 26, 201114 yr by Yowser

Mine was about 2K from memory for the whole lot excluding the front seats.

I've yet to see a perfect non-stitched DIY panel retrim yet.

 

You've not seen mine yet then........... :wink: and too many "yets".....lol ;)

 

Alz.

Edited July 26, 201114 yr by AlanZ

You've not seen mine yet then........... :wink:

 

Alz.

 

2nd this, his is VERY NICE.

2nd this, his is VERY NICE.

 

Cheerz Aaron...... Yours looks the nutz now matey, with the black/grey leather...... just need some baby wipes.. :yes:

 

Hows the rad bracket. :wink:

 

Alz.

drop us a line if your in bmth there are three others of us.

Yer im in verwood, close to ringwood, good to know there are some others around!

 

Thanks for the advise guys. so i think i get me one of these kits and get it fitted by a trimmer how much should i look at for all the seats and the pannels if i provide this kit?

lol even closer than ypou think then i live half the week in winton, round the corner from hellraiser and the other half in poulner in ringwood :) you may have seen mine floating about its red

lol even closer than ypou think then i live half the week in winton, round the corner from hellraiser and the other half in poulner in ringwood :) you may have seen mine floating about its red

 

it dosnt have a space saver on it? if so i saw you today haha:ph34r:

no lol mine is in bmth atm hiding till the weekend. spacesaver doesnt even live in my car. it was possibly the other red one in ringwood, its a series 2 non turbo. he isnt on here though. yours isnt white by any chance is it with a mid level spoiler?

o right thats good. no miines is black pretty much standard. i guess you wwould notice the number plate most is 6GJD. yer the other one in ringwood looks like it wants some love! you have it just for weekends?

yeh, there is another red one in ringwood in about amillion pieces. theres afew about. mine is reguarly in ringwood. we shall arrange a mini meet soon.