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PostPosted: Sun Nov 10, 2019 7:07 am    Post subject: Are real leather seats available for super beetles? Reply with quote

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.

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 10, 2019 7:20 am    Post subject: Re: Are real leather seats available for super beetles? Reply with quote

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
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 10, 2019 9:26 am    Post subject: Re: Are real leather seats available for super beetles? Reply with quote

Maybe sewfine
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 10, 2019 10:53 am    Post subject: Re: Are real leather seats available for super beetles? Reply with quote

I seem to remember Jbugs selling pre-made leather seat upholstery. If not them, check other vendors, because I remember seeing them advertised.

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 10, 2019 2:17 pm    Post subject: Re: Are real leather seats available for super beetles? Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Mon Nov 11, 2019 8:09 am    Post subject: Re: Are real leather seats available for super beetles? Reply with quote

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.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 11, 2019 8:52 am    Post subject: Re: Are real leather seats available for super beetles? Reply with quote

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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