Leather re-trim

[Richard Saunders]

I'm thinking of a leather re-trim on my Sapphire Blue. The current interior is Shadow Blue. I was thinking cream leather, but a couple of people have suggested grey leather. I've not seen the Sapphire Blue/grey combination. If anyone has any photos out there I'd be grateful. For that matter, I'd be grateful for any Sapphire blue/cream leather pics too. Thanks...

[Dave Worrall]

Hi,

my new car has black leather with cream leather inserts - it is only a month old and already it is starting to look dirty on the drivers seat. Cream does look nice but I can see that it will need a lot of attention and maintenance.

Dave.

[GTJones]

South East trimmers offer complete re trim with basket-weave centers? tempted myself as i bought my carpet set from him and it was very good quality.
Anyone used SE Trimmers for a leather re-trim?

Gary

[cosmicwheels]

I'm thinking of a leather re-trim on my Sapphire Blue. The current interior is Shadow Blue. I was thinking cream leather, but a couple of people have suggested grey leather. I've not seen the Sapphire Blue/grey combination. If anyone has any photos out there I'd be grateful. For that matter, I'd be grateful for any Sapphire blue/cream leather pics too. Thanks...

Hi richard, my car is royal blue with black leather by po , my vote is for the grey its on my wish list.John

[Andy Rundell]

i was interested in an MGRV8 once, until i saw the colour of the interior - not my cup of tea

............Andy

[keeny]

Definitely go grey

[new to this]

how about two tone grey

Dave

[Stevekid1]

I have a cream leather interior which I think has been in the car for around ten years (I've had it three) and I dont find it a particular problem to keep clean, I just use autoglym leather cream every few months. However, my car is russet brown and IMO grey would suit saphire blue far better than cream.

[keeny]

I would not go down the two tone route if it was me,keep it simple and it will look classy,good quality leather the right shade of grey and craftman ship is whats needed.Take the time to find what you want, the results will be worth it, may be worth asking different trimmers to send you photos off there previous jobs and samples of different colour grey leather they use

all the best

keeny

[Richard Saunders]

Thanks gentlemen. Grey does seem to be a common viewpoint. As you say, I think I need to see some examples somehow to make up my mind. Thanks again...

[stc]

Had mine re-trimmed last year by SE Trimmers, and Jim does an excellent job at a very fair price. He has been doing this for a very long time, and I would heartily recommend his services.

[Guest]

Richard,

I like grey leather a lot (it's in my M3 and that forum sees it as the equivilant of white paint here ) but never been at all sure it works with the darker blues.

If it were me I would go for leather the same colour as the current interior without a second thought.

Ian

[dasadrew]

I'm a great fan of blue / grey and have had three cars like that in recent years.

On the Stag subject, how far would you go with the leather? I thought about it too at the outset, but there are so many different bits and bobs like door cards, tonneau cover, cubby panels and the like that I reckoned the cost for leather would be astronomical. The subject of getting vinyl and leather in the same grain and colour (not black) seemed too daunting, so I decided to stick with the original vinyl.

[StagnJag]

Aldridge's site has trim in Leather and Vinyl so you should be able to work out a cost for leather fairly easily.

Rgds

Dave

[dasadrew]

You're right Dave! I could have sworn when I was mulling over it a year or so back that the auxiliary panels weren't listed in leather - only the seats. May be mistaken though. Wow - hood stowage cover trim: vinyl £18, leather £87 !

Think I'll stick to vinyl and tell everyone I did it just for originality's sake!