I was thinking of replacing the silver/grey mesh on the interior trims with a light grey leather.

Replacing it with a yellow leather/red etc. leather dependent on car colour may look pretty good...

has anyone tried/done/thought of doing this?

yes i did think of doing this and posted to that effect in the old vortex days. got a quote of just under 500 squid iirc. i was also seriously thinking of anthracite wheels at the time as well and even got ian to photoshop a picture of manny's car ( red ) with various shades of alloy wheels.

i too was going for light grey leather as i thought it would have looked great but in the end, didn't bother and went for the APR remap and milltek exhaust instead.

There is a Volvo S40 T4 I come across most nights, plain looking thing apart from a private plate, and every night he pushes.

You can see it in his eyes - "haha, bet you didn't think I had 200bhp" - and then I pull away when we get on the motorway, thinking "but you didn't count on me having 22 more"

Childish, but satisfying!

Talk about threads going off track ! If anyone has actually had the seats redone then I would be interested in costs / quality as this is something I am considering

J

as above, not had it done but quoted 500 by some chaps nearby who do aftermarket retrims for merc, bee-em, jags and the quality looked great.

Thread starter reading with amusement!

Couldn't pull off any scary moves in my previous car, 1.3 fiesta, except I seem to remember over taking was pretty hairy (or was that pulling out the back in again)

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I did think about this for a while and came to the conclusion that while the seats might look a bit better in full leather trim, they'd be less comfortable, especially on a hot sticky day!

Half leather, half alcantara. Now that might be nice...

I'm still toying witht he idea of a nice set of all cloth recaros for mine. So much nicer in all weathers, especially when wearing shorts in the summer.

I'd have recaros any day... but I can't keep to any diets

I've got a vague recollection of watching a TV programme about naturists once; and in particular how they combined naturism with another hobby. The classic car buff (no pun intended) explained that leather upholstery wasn't popular.....

Originally posted by JaneC in this post

Talk about threads going off track ! If anyone has actually had the seats redone then I would be interested in costs / quality as this is something I am considering

J

I'll give you

Originally posted by Witchfinder in this post

I did think about this for a while and came to the conclusion that while the seats might look a bit better in full leather trim, they'd be less comfortable, especially on a hot sticky day!

Half leather, half alcantara. Now that might be nice...

Rob,

I've got full leather in my L&K and yes, it can be sticky in the summer. And cold in the winter (the heated seats come in useful then). There's also a tendancy to slide around more when driving in a more spirited fashion.

However... it still smells nice evey time I get into the car.

I was expecting half-leather, half-alcantara on mine, as that was what was stated in the brochure, but it came in the end with full leather.

Cheers,

Howard