Retrimming

[Gingerbread Man]

The leather on my car is showing its age. I'm thinking of a retrim. Seats, steering wheel, central tunnel top.

I've got the old S Type leather seats. Seem fine just need a retrim. The backs have collapsed and been repaired.

The tunnel top has a small nick or two in it. I quite like how the newer models have a recess in front of the gear level. Might try and add this in.

The steering wheel is showing use where your hands go.

Carbon leather worth a look? Tie in the carbon used in the car? Anyone had any of these items retrimmed and can share the costs? Cheaper to buy a new wheel or retrim? There are two trimmers in town, so I'll try and pop into them in due course.

[Gingerbread Man]

Any prior experience?

[coppice]

Leave it as it is and then you can say it's 'exquisitely well patinated ' in true Octane style if you ever sell her.

[Gingerbread Man]

I've taken her a half way around the world with me, so she won't be sold. I rebuilt it last year, so it's a shame about the leather, but as the paint job went tits up, it's quickly blending in with the seats...

[Doug Phillips]

I did my seats this year, here is the link to blatchat that has the info and pictures http://www.lotus7.club/forum/techtalk/leather-s-ty...

[Gingerbread Man]

Doug Phillips said:

I did my seats this year, here is the link to blatchat that has the info and pictures http://www.lotus7.club/forum/techtalk/leather-s-ty...

That's not a bad price per seat. Will probably be a bit more here as they won't be going back to the original trimmers.

My backs have both gone which I fixed once. The metal seat frame has cracked a weld on both, that's been repaired. They've had a hard life!