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That Ferrari is gorgeous Gjudd. Do you have any up close pics of the seat? I’d like to know the technique for the black belts sewn into the seats on every other pleat. Thanks

That Daytona is amazing! You say restorations and concourse work like it is something "simple" but to be honest, that stuff is the hardest a lot of times because you can just run something custom and make it up as you go along. You are committed to running with an as close to original reproduction as possible and that can be really tough to pull off. Especially with that sweet Ferrari pleat pattern.

Pretty awesome. Well done. We actually use this design in some of our customer interior kits that we sell, but kind of our own version of it using leather. Here is a pic of a Miata "M" Edition interior that we did using this design cue...

We took some design cues from the Ford GT seats as well for this Chevy SSR in the second picture...

Some of these classic designs are look pretty amazing on newer car interiors...

Haha... to be honest. This custom stuff takes us a LONG time too because we really like getting things perfect even down to measuring tolerances and making sure they are even throughout the interior. Anyways, doing OEM restorations is a whole other world that would take us forever to learn as well. Would love to come see your work some time on your side of the pond.

LS, those Miata seats look great!

Quote from Gjudd on June 12, 2012, 19:00

Do you make "kits" then? what would a mazada mx5 cost as a basic leather seats out of interest?

We do make kits. If you want some more details, email me at jeremy@leatherseats.com. Don't want to steal a thread on the board for any sales if you know what I mean. Anyways, send me an email and I can get you some pricing.

Quote from LeatherSeats on May 30, 2012, 15:01
Some things we have done... semi-recently.

Did you lace these up before install on seat or after?

the first one is a 55 ford I did a while ago those little straps on the from are for the guys 5pt seat belt. done with allante and a velvet

the black one is for a jeep cj5 guy just wanted it plain and simple just dropped off some nicely stripped down frames.

the last one is out of an airplane. all leather. did 2 seats in it. I personally think airplanes are harder than auto, there is a lot more attention to detail and it is harder to fasten the covers.

couple more shots with front seats in

Awesome work! I like the design that you used and all the rear seat modifications. Looks like a great finished product as well. Awesome job!

Thanks guys. Its actually titanium color. It is a very cool material it has no grain in it and has kind of a satin finish to it. Everyone that has saw it in person ask if its metal and dont believe me when i tell them its vinyl. i have to show them a piece of it.

I will get the material info this evening. I know that they have about 20 different colors that all look really good. The holes are actually countersunk black Allen head machine screws. The front seats are out of a infiniti. Not sure what model or year. I got them at pic a part for 25 apiece and its easy hooking up the power on them. They are out of a 4 door car so they dont have the tilt forward on them but the slide track moves the seat almost touching the steering wheel so there is plenty of room to get in. The rear seats are custom made to look like the front but the have a taper on theback with package tray its hard to see that with the pictures.