Recovering front seats

[Mavrick 0]

I am faced with recovering the front seats in my car, an '87 m325i.

I was just going to get them recovered in the same bmw fabric until i found out it cost upwards of $100 a meter and I decided I didnt really like the original interior anyway.

So i was thinking of getting them recovered in all black or in a 2 tone black where the inserts would be ligher colour or vice versa. I think this would give the look of sport seats in the front which i think would look good.

Your Opinions........??

Cheers Mavrick

[murks 0]

BUDDY I HAVE HAD MY 87 E30 FULLY RE-TRIMMED...LEFT THE BLACK VINYL N HAD WHITE VINYL REPLACE THE FABRIC..THIS GOES FOR THE WHOLE CAR...TRY TO GET U SUM PICS.....

[Mavrick 0]

Sweet murks, pics would be good.

[m325i 705]

yes, pics would also be good.

[330itis 15]

If your recovering you might aswell get the foam moulded and ad a bit of bucket to them....

[Mavrick 0]

In the m325i the seats are able to be positioned so that they have a bucket effect. Its a good amount of bucket not too much that you look like a 12 year old driving your parents car.

[bmwsparkle 3]

full black, white interiors are gay. Black/very dark grey could look cool.

[Guest Spargo]

Full black, white baseball stitching and white seat belts. Boom.

[*sic 1]

Full black, white baseball stitching and white seat belts. Boom.

boom headshot.

sorry white belts.. dunno if im feeling that.. pics of your idea??

[Jazzbass 1]

Sounds fine to me. About 400 years ago I had a Fiat 124 Sports Coupe in which the seat fabric wore, then tore. I had an upholsterer replace the fabric with black leather, so I had tan leather on the outsides with basically a black leather stripe down the centre. It looked very smart in a sporty car of the time.

[Carl 3]

I have to do front seat cloth recovering and I know someone else that needs leather seats redone...would be great to hear some stories/advise on this subject

[Guest Spargo]

boom headshot.

sorry white belts.. dunno if im feeling that.. pics of your idea??

Think normal seats, but with this stitching ala the Audi TT.

Never seen white belts, but it would match nice.

You could get red stitching, and match it to Sport Evo red belts, seen here:

I'd bit the head off a child for that interior.

Baseball stitching here:

[*sic 1]

i dunno im not feeling the stiching at all : /

[Guest Spargo]

I couldn't find a pic of it in white on black leather, but it does look mean.

[*sic 1]

i will definantly need a pic to sway me..

[martyyn 2]

i dunno im not feeling the stiching at all : /

Dont worry *sic, as soon as you sit down you'll be feeling it alright Edited March 3, 2006 by martyyn

[*sic 1]

Dont worry *sic, as soon as you sit down you'll be feeling it alright

yea it might make the entry and exit a little abrasive.

[David 0]

Could not get the same cloth in NZ to match old seats (changed from standard to

motorsport seats). BMW could get it in for me at $ 1600 a seat. So went for grey leather & grey cloth on the sides. Hard to pick the colour from little samples & still cost heaps, but i am happy with the result.

e30_2

[Jacobfie525 0]

I'm Needing The Seats Re-Trimmed On My E34 Also.. Was Thinking Just Plain Black.

[Jazzbass 1]

David - I like that - bloody nice job!

[*sic 1]

cloth backing??..

man you shoulda done the lot while you were there!