Houndstooth Seat Covers…

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Originally Posted by Grumpy old man

25 years ago is a long time and prices have climbed thru the roof on custom made seats , upholstery supplies foam/glue/thread / vinyl / cloth keep climbing every day . $459.00 is for a cheap chinese made cover , The chinese vinyl is thin and where a local shop would use foam across the entire seat cover the premade covers are only padded under the cloth section , they are made to "Look like the originals " A local shop is going to fix the bad foam on your original seat / maybe replace broken springs ,Replace the burlap backing and I'm not even talking about painting the frame . Lets not forget the costs of shop space . If you find a local shop to rebuild your seat back to original style at $1,000.00 /$1,200.00 you better go after it . or buy a cheaply made chinese cover at $459.00 and do it all yourself .

100% agree, I paid just under 400 bucks in just labor to recover my bench seat in my truck and that was with my providing the new cover and a ready to go frame with new foam. Learned my lesson and with the current bucket seat swap I am going to cover those myself, since I am already in pretty deep in just parts with the swap.

Upholstery work is not cheap anymore and can be pretty hard to find someone that wants to tackle older rigs.