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Just take your truck to an upholstery shop, that's what I did, I got two tone gray/charcoal leather front and rear for 600.00, the install took about a day and a half and they came out great.
I sourced custom upholstery around here, and the prices were at least double your number Kodiak. Katzkins were around $1600 installed, and custom upholstery was between $1400 and $2000 installed.
A stock Ford interior, which I'm more than capable of installing myself, was $600. I chose to go custom covers (which are, in my opinion, better material quality than Ford's) for less money. I added a heated package which brought me up to $600.
Anyhow, if you can get a quality interior replacement installed for $600 F***ING DO IT!!!
OP: you're not THAT far from Kodiak's neck of the woods -- perhaps he can give you his upholstery shop and you can take a vacation to Lacombe to get your interior done!!
Yeah, that's what I thought when he quoted me the 600.00 for custom leather seats , that was a year and a half ago, I picked out the colors, had the inset leather perforated for breathability , he even recovered the arm/cup rest compartment between the front seats for extra 50.00. I guess since hunting season is over I should clean my seats with a good leather product.
Fronts with middle compartment done in leather. If I had to do it all again I would reverse the colors.
Backs redone in leather.
Last edited by Kodiak1955; 02-14-2016 at 10:37 AM.
When I was working in Texas (Dallas/Irving area), there were quite a few good apolstry shops; I had my 2005 cloth seats replaced with leather. The good thing with using an apolstry shop is that they will redo the seat foam as well; we all know how bad the drivers bottom seat will get after a few years. Fast forwarding to last year and my current 2007, I could not find the same deals with the local shops here in Central Florida.
I went searching on eBay, and found a guy who buys seats from theft recovery vehicles. I bought a complete set of black leather front/back seats, the center jump seat/console, with the drivers seat being power, all shipped to my door for $700.00. This guy even tossed in the rear black seat belst (mine were the light grey) for no additional cost.
After the install, I noticed that the drivers seat power would work for maybe one cycle forward, then groan when trying to move it back. I emailed the guy, and he sent me another power seat lower frame for free. He told me to keep the other for spare parts.
The leather seat covers shown in this thread are great examples of what can be purchased as well.
Last edited by Mod (Ret.); 02-17-2016 at 04:31 AM.
Any 2005 to 2009 will have the same seat track bolt pattern. Most of the Factory leather seats will have at least the drivers side with power. Your STX is most likely not pre-wired for power seats, but it is an easy mod to add it. I did this swap to leather in my 2007 STX from a Lariat.
Hey Mod, I just bought a 2007 F150, its is the XLT clothe seats, I'm curious to get more information from you for doing a seat swap with a lariat and doing the mod for the heated seats, could you give me some insight on how challenging this was??
Hey Mod, I just bought a 2007 F150, its is the XLT clothe seats, I'm curious to get more information from you for doing a seat swap with a lariat and doing the mod for the heated seats, could you give me some insight on how challenging this was??
This thread is two years old and the person you are addressing is a retired moderator and is no longer on the site. Maybe try starting your own thread and see if you can get some help that way.
02-12-2016, 09:24 PM
