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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?

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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

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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

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I will contact Villa and see about the padding.
Thanks all.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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They are vinyl. Nice faux leather but still vinyl.

Pierce

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Hi Pierce,
  And still look awesome. Especially for the money you spent!
Raymond

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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.

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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.

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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. 
 

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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