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How many square feet to recover front seats?

January 25, 2013, 10:34:34 am

Our U300's front seats are in need of recovering. I know several of you have done yours and was wondering how many square feet each one is. We are going to buy leather hides to do it and know a typical house recliner will take 2 large hides but think that might be overkill for the smaller driver/passenger seats. Thoughts? Thanks in advance.

Pierce

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Reply #1 – January 25, 2013, 02:50:56 pm

We had our two front seats recovered in UltraLeather and ordered the fabric ourselves.  We ordered 9 yards x 54" wide, and there wasn't much left.  We have the pockets on the back sides.  Ultraleather probably stretches more than leather...

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Reply #2 – January 28, 2013, 06:19:53 pm

Pierce, 

Our dash and seats were recovered by the PO in June 2011.  I found a receipt for the work which shows 8 yards of Spradling softside  ISL -951 oyster (islander) and 2 yards of ORI- 1610 sand dollar (orion). A google search shows this to be a marine grade vinyl with UV protection and resistant to mildew,  etc.  I like the pinholes in the vinyl on the seats that allows them to breath and makes them cooler.  Materials cost $160 and labor was $180 which I thought was very reasonable for this type of work. The dash and seats look new and was a nice surprise when I found this coach!

Good luck!

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Reply #3 – January 28, 2013, 10:20:52 pm

Thanks guys. Looks good. Especially like the recover on the dash. Looks like about 8 yards plus one or two for the dash.

Pierce

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