Leather console lid
#1
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Leather console lid
So got leather from the seat shop , and covered my console lid. Vinyl had started cracking where arm rested.
Leather works around curves easier than expected. Really stretchy. Easy to do. Light duty staple gun and thin 1/4" light duty staples.(this is how original is done)
Color little darker than parchment, more like dark parchment. Since have both and various shades in different interior items, it matches well.
I just put it over the exist so it would be padded .leather is about .1/16" thk. When i find some very thin pad, i wil redo it without old underneath. Or maybe not, pretty good as is. Cushier than before. Vinyl would probably been a bit thiner.
Leather works around curves easier than expected. Really stretchy. Easy to do. Light duty staple gun and thin 1/4" light duty staples.(this is how original is done)
Color little darker than parchment, more like dark parchment. Since have both and various shades in different interior items, it matches well.
I just put it over the exist so it would be padded .leather is about .1/16" thk. When i find some very thin pad, i wil redo it without old underneath. Or maybe not, pretty good as is. Cushier than before. Vinyl would probably been a bit thiner.
Last edited by mbb; 08-05-2018 at 08:56 AM.
#2
Army Signals retired
Wow...that looks awesome, nice job!
#3
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Man, -perfect match mbb. Looks factory new!
#5
Now an XLT in Colorado
Nice job, mbb! When I re-covered mine (with the last scrap of matching vinyl the upholstery shop had), I, too went right over the old stuff to keep some cushion. In retrospect, I wish I'd laid a piece of Gorilla tape over the worn/cracked spot so it wasn't weak underneath.
#6
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Little better pic show grain
i was concerned the leather would be less stretchy and come out poor compared to vinyl, but it was ez.
i was concerned the leather would be less stretchy and come out poor compared to vinyl, but it was ez.
Last edited by mbb; 08-05-2018 at 01:26 PM.
#7
Now an XLT in Colorado
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#8
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Looks great, MBB. I wish I could do something to fix my cup holder surround in mine. It's that rubber crap that starts turning inside out over time (I have a bench seat).
#10
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Other seats...dont know if fit or not.
Ive never seen a "seat cover", that wasnt obviously a seat cover. Even expensive ones.
Last edited by mbb; 08-11-2018 at 10:57 AM.