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virusdoc Samba Member
Joined: August 13, 2018 Posts: 525 Location: Durham, NC, USA
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Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2019 7:07 am Post subject: Are real leather seats available for super beetles? |
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I will be redoing the interior of my ‘76 convertible. Does anyone sell high quality leather upholstered seats for these cars? Real leather, that is. Not vinyl, not PVC or PVU leatherette. I’ve googled about and searched the forums and haven’t found anything, so I suspect the answer is no.
Thank you! _________________ 1976 Convertible Super Beetle, "June Bug".
FI-->34PICT3 carb conversion-->now dual 40 IDFs
Self-rebuilt 1904 (after totally botching a 1641 rebuild, cussing a lot, and throwing lots of cash in the fire) |
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AlmostHeavenWV_VW Samba Member
Joined: October 12, 2017 Posts: 1966 Location: WV
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Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2019 7:20 am Post subject: Re: Are real leather seats available for super beetles? |
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Pre-made leather seats made for the Beetles? No
If you want leather seats, you'll have to take your stock seats to an auto upholsterer to have the stock seats re-covered _________________ 1973 Standard Beetle
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2004 Posts: 12468
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Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2019 9:26 am Post subject: Re: Are real leather seats available for super beetles? |
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Maybe sewfine |
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Tim Donahoe Samba Member
Joined: December 08, 2012 Posts: 11740 Location: Redding, CA
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Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2019 10:53 am Post subject: Re: Are real leather seats available for super beetles? |
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I seem to remember Jbugs selling pre-made leather seat upholstery. If not them, check other vendors, because I remember seeing them advertised.
Tim _________________ Let's do the Time Warp again!
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BUGGED11111 Samba Member
Joined: February 03, 2006 Posts: 1821 Location: Oregon
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Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2019 2:17 pm Post subject: Re: Are real leather seats available for super beetles? |
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Sewfine does make leather seat covers. Not much info about it in their catalog other than a couple pics and note to call them about what's available.
https://sewfineproducts.com/Bug-Custom-Interiors
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virusdoc Samba Member
Joined: August 13, 2018 Posts: 525 Location: Durham, NC, USA
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Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2019 8:09 am Post subject: Re: Are real leather seats available for super beetles? |
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Thank you all for the replies! Sewfine looks like the best lead...but pricey! Maybe I'll need to be content with leather-look vinyl. Certainly more durable if the bug ever gets caught in the rain with the top down. _________________ 1976 Convertible Super Beetle, "June Bug".
FI-->34PICT3 carb conversion-->now dual 40 IDFs
Self-rebuilt 1904 (after totally botching a 1641 rebuild, cussing a lot, and throwing lots of cash in the fire) |
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BUGGED11111 Samba Member
Joined: February 03, 2006 Posts: 1821 Location: Oregon
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Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2019 8:52 am Post subject: Re: Are real leather seats available for super beetles? |
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Leather, especially quality leather, is a bit pricey for late bugs. My son in law put leather seat covers in his vintage BMW and fair to say it probably cost about (maybe more) than what most people even pay for late bug verts. |
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