What is leather and what is vinyl?
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In my ’95 4.0 the only leather used is in the seat facings, everything else is vinyl.
I much prefer the leather. The interior of my ’83 was 100% leather and really looked so much nicer.
IMO that is the problem; the vinyl is a much stronger, more stable material than leather. The leather is shrinking with age, the vinyl isn’t and the different materials are pulling apart at the stitching at the seams. My front seats are really starting to look like h**l.
I am planning on redoing my entire interior this coming winter – new 100% leather, carpet and wood. I did quite a lot of wood work and leather work when I was young and I’m going to put those skills to work redoing the interior of my car this winter.
I much prefer the leather. The interior of my ’83 was 100% leather and really looked so much nicer.
IMO that is the problem; the vinyl is a much stronger, more stable material than leather. The leather is shrinking with age, the vinyl isn’t and the different materials are pulling apart at the stitching at the seams. My front seats are really starting to look like h**l.
I am planning on redoing my entire interior this coming winter – new 100% leather, carpet and wood. I did quite a lot of wood work and leather work when I was young and I’m going to put those skills to work redoing the interior of my car this winter.
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In my 95, the front seats are all ambla (fake) except for the face of the headrest panels, and the storage pockets. On the miniature rear seats almost all the panels are leather. I too am redoing the interior in all leather, as a matter of fact I already bought the hides, it's just ridiculously expensive to have them fitted in my area, so I am saving up.
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In my 95, the front seats are all ambla (fake) except for the face of the headrest panels, and the storage pockets. On the miniature rear seats almost all the panels are leather. I too am redoing the interior in all leather, as a matter of fact I already bought the hides, it's just ridiculously expensive to have them fitted in my area, so I am saving up.
(pics in the gallery) and he charged me $500.They came out pretty good, let me know if you want his details. i had one place quote me $750, and 'maybe more depending on the seat construction'
All in all I didn't think it was too bad. I did take just the seats in to him, so he didn't have any dismantling to do.
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Hey Spikepaga, i just had my fronts done in Houston,
(pics in the gallery) and he charged me $500.They came out pretty good, let me know if you want his details. i had one place quote me $750, and 'maybe more depending on the seat construction'
All in all I didn't think it was too bad. I did take just the seats in to him, so he didn't have any dismantling to do.
(pics in the gallery) and he charged me $500.They came out pretty good, let me know if you want his details. i had one place quote me $750, and 'maybe more depending on the seat construction'
All in all I didn't think it was too bad. I did take just the seats in to him, so he didn't have any dismantling to do.
Please PM me the details of your trim shop.
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Thanks for the replys. My 93 XJS has the 4.0, the reason I asked the question was to make sure I was using the right cleaners and conditioners, you probably don't want to use vinyl treatment on leather and vice versa. This is my first Jaguar, I did not know the older V12 XJS had an all leather interior.
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