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Front Seats

I need to re-stuff my front seats. What do ya'll think is the best, most cost effective way to do that?
Ideas?
Rick & Deborah Webster
2002 3610 U320 #5964
2014 Jeep Wrangler Sahara JKU- 'Copperhead'
Richland Chambers Lake, East Texas

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We had our front seats reupholstered in Puerto Penasco. Cost was $550 for both including materials and done in a couple of days. Excellent work. Cost would have been less but we wanted the look to be exactly as the original with all the piping and details. They come to the RV park and R&R. OEM vinyl looks good for a while but not in the same league at what the shop used. PM for phone/address.

Pierce
Pierce and Gaylie Stewart
'93 U300/36 WTBI
Detroit 6V-92TA Jake
1140 watts on the roof
SBFD (ret)

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Wish had seen you, heard you in Nac for a day....Rudy told me after you headed home.

There is a good shop in Nac, does lots of these.  Not sure they look as good as what Pierce posted, at least mine are not that fancy that are in my coach now and the price was I think to just bring mine back to standard.

Anyway, I wanted mine done by them.  He came to the house, looked at what I had, and said unless I was uncomfortable, save the money.  I went then on the trip we were in to, but I still may have them upgraded. 


I recall $250 per seat.  Infinity Custom Upholstery  (936-560-2188).  Does work for Xtreme and MOT, not sure about FOT and they may do it themselves.  James Stallings sent me to the Infinity shop.  Hope that helps,

mike
Mike
2001 U320 4010 Build 5878 (Gus)
Wrangle Unlimited Toad
Nacogdoches

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Reply #3 –
Quote from: Old Hippie –
I need to re-stuff my front seats. What do ya'll think is the best, most cost effective way to do that?
Ideas?
If they are Flexsteel you can order the foam if you want to do it yourself. Barry Leavitt did it in 2004 so the pricing may have changed.
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The selected media item is not currently available.Barry BEAM #16014
2003 U320 40' AGDS
Beamalarm, Foretravel technical help and specifications
"Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve"

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I will contact Villa and see about the padding.
Thanks all.
Rick & Deborah Webster
2002 3610 U320 #5964
2014 Jeep Wrangler Sahara JKU- 'Copperhead'
Richland Chambers Lake, East Texas

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Reply #5 –
I had FT replace the foam in my seats after I bought it 7 years ago.  The leather was fine.  It wasn't that expensive.
Regards,
Brett

'99 42' Foretravel Xtreme
'14 Brown Motorsports Stacker
'05 Chevy SSR
'02 BMW R1150R

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Reply #6 –
I did my own by removing the seat clips etc and then placing a 2" thick foam cut pad between the original layers then pulled it all back together with the clips. Had to take them out of course.
JohnH
Coachless, now use aircraft. 2003 Ford Travelair TC280 class C. Super shape. Just for 1 yr .
1994 Ford E350 ClassC,total renovation inside and out. Now sold.
2000 U295  36' Cummins 350 c/w Banks Stinger, Resonator upgrade,Solar, LED lites.Residential fridge with slide out pantry. Build 5674. Sold
ex 92 GV 022C ored Cummins. Sold
ex 95 GV240 cat 3116. Sold
2017 Mini cooper s & 2016 land Rover LR2 HSE  LUX.
jhaygarth@aol.com    SKP #130098
treat everyone as you would like to be.

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Our 2001 has Villa front sets.  U called the factory for find out about replacement foam and they said they don't have the molds for that foam set any more. An improved seat would be nice.

Roger
Roger Engdahl and Susan Green
2001 U320 3610 #5879 (Home2) - 2014 Jeep Cherokee or 2018 F150
Hastings, MN

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Has anyone done a leather repair on the seats, and if so, what is a good kit/procedure for that?  Thanks and have a great day  ----  Fritz
Fritz & Kathy Johnson
1991 36'

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Reply #9 –
They are vinyl. Nice faux leather but still vinyl.

Pierce
Pierce and Gaylie Stewart
'93 U300/36 WTBI
Detroit 6V-92TA Jake
1140 watts on the roof
SBFD (ret)

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Reply #10 –
Hi Pierce,
  And still look awesome. Especially for the money you spent!
Raymond
Raymond & Babette Jordan
1997 U 320
1998 Ford Explorer XLT

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Reply #11 –
Quote from: fkjohns6083 –
Has anyone done a leather repair on the seats, and if so, what is a good kit/procedure for that?  Thanks and have a great day  ----  Fritz
The vast majority of motorhomes, including Foretravel, do not have real leather.  They have a premium vinyl that is called Ultraleather.  Some may have Leather Trim (leather on exposed surfaces only, matching vinyl on sides).  And a very select few may have real leather.  Depending on the damage, repairs can be made.
1994 U225
build #4514

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Fritz, I just had some extensive repairs done to my drivers chair that had bee damaged by the window treatment as the chair was turned to face the LR. An amateur repair had been tried with disasterous results. I contacted a local car dealer and obtained a recommendation for a local upholstery repair and he came and did a magnificent job on the drivers chair and on several abrasions on a dinette bench scratched by my suspenders clasps, don't rear suspenders any more. I would suggest contacting a local new car dealer fo information. A couple hours work cost me $90.00.
No RV! Have hung up the keys.
In the past: 2016 Winnebago Era, 1994 Foretravel U240, 1995 Foretravel U240 (wide body), 1999 Foretravel 320, 36 Foot, 2003 Foretravel U320 38 foot,

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Quote from: PatC –
The vast majority of motorhomes, including Foretravel, do not have real leather.  They have a premium vinyl that is called Ultraleather.  Some may have Leather Trim (leather on exposed surfaces only, matching vinyl on sides).  And a very select few may have real leather.  Depending on the damage, repairs can be made.

Maybe wrong but the villa u320 furniture seems to be all leather.  Fixed the foam on an armrest today and it appeared to be all top grain leather. 
"Riding and rejoicing"
Bob
1997 U320 40' Mid entry, build 5132,  wtbi ce27, 4th owner
2007 Solara convertible
2 prodeco tech outlaw ss electric bikes

1095 watts solar
08 Ls 460 and a sc430
2000 Ford F-250 superduty 4x4
 

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Reply #14 –
Unless leather is proceeded by genuine, echte, real, top grain,  it's vinyl. It is commonplace in the industry to use another word either before or part of the word leather when they describe the seat covering. New cars with leather interiors with few exceptions, use leather on the seating area and look alike vinyl on the rest of the seat and side panels. Using just the seating portion of the seat, you still get the smell of leather. A top vinyl is just about impossible to tell from real leather by look or feel and may outlast it several times over. Vat dyed leather undergoes a PH change and will crack after a few years. Mercedes, BMW use a water based spray paint to color (paint) their leather. You can sand on it and go through the paint pretty quickly. Real leather usually develops stress/crease lines from sitting on it. Many vinyl products reproduce these stress lines as well as other faults to make it look genuine.

If in doubt, take a sample or the whole vehicle to an upholstery shop and have them look at it. Usually, the backing is a giveaway but not always.

Bottom line is there is absolutely nothing wrong with good vinyl. It looks as good, feels as good, with special sprays, it smells as good and if top quality, it WILL outlast leather. I have seen many 1960 vintage Mercedes with their excellent vinyl called MB-Tex, still look great today. And if you purchased any 300SD Mercedes, you ARE sitting on 100% MB-Tex as they were all made with vinyl interiors. Many others are the same.

I know there are still skeptics out there that believe they have real leather, so go to the Ultraleather web site, look at the great products and then read the specs at the bottom of the page. Ultrafabrics - The highest quality polyurethane fabrics on the market

I love the smell of real leather. If you miss that, just buy a large leather remnant and tuck it under the seat.

Pierce
Pierce and Gaylie Stewart
'93 U300/36 WTBI
Detroit 6V-92TA Jake
1140 watts on the roof
SBFD (ret)