Leather Seats

[Alexi3rdgen]

Hey All!

Has anyone ever purchased seat covers from here before? http://www.leatherseats.com They have a bunch of colors, AND they come in two-toned versions too. Also available is custom embroidery on the seatbacks. How awesome is that?!?!? I want to get two tone grey leather for the 1986 LX-i that I hope to eventually get from my co-worker, just for cleaning out her backyard!!! Just thought y'all'd be interested.

Alexi3rdgen

[MrBen]

No I havent but those would be nice. Thanks for the info (even though the site name is REALLY hard to guess, lol not).

[Mike's89AccordLX]

Wow those look really nice. I would consider them if I wasn't already buying racing seats.

[meohmy01]

www.katzkins.com i might get some from there for my 5th gen. i like the two tone black and yellow.

[meohmy01]

i thought that was the site. maybe i spelt it wrong?

[HondaBoy]

damn. those would be nice. unfortuately i just got prelude seats and redid them in black. and my 02 accord already has leather seat. i want to get them custom embroidered with a red honda "H" in the headrests.

[MrBen]

www.katskinz.com

They are a reputable seller, and very nice seat covers.

[meohmy01]

nope. tat's not it

[meohmy01]

my 94 has leather but it's pretty dry and the drivers side has a split seem and there is a pink stain in the back and someone put out a joint on the back seat.

[MrBen]

What the hell. I had that in my favorites. Must have changed domain names.

[meohmy01]

it is spelt kat zkins so i thought that was the site. guess not. i ordered those neoprene seat covers and they never came in but im kind of glad because that was 400 and for 700 i could have a whole new leather interior. but before that i need rims. anyone with some suggestions for a 17 inch rim on a black 5th gen coupe?

[Mike's89AccordLX]

I don't let people smoke in my car. I would suggest 14" SI rims I need to get some tires. Daddy need Pirelli's to look mean of 14's. I was thinking about getting some nice Yokohama's. For all four mounted and balanced would be like $280 for Yoko's.

[Rosen99]

Im getting this weird twitching feeling in the back of my head like theres some kind of higher power at work in there...i thnk hes telling me to TOTALLY redo my entire interior in White w/ either red, blue, or black accents...& i mean everything...the headliner...doors..seats...liner...dash.....trim.. .EVERYTHING...anybody know where I can get started doing this...i know its gonna be pricy but what the hell....any suggestions would be greatly appreciated...

[89AcCOrDmike]

so as far as i can tell, is that just the front and back seats? or is it door panels too?

[badb0i]

can these cover work on other models other than the Accord 4DR LXI ???

[toastyghost]

those things are nice but a full reupholstery at a local shop would probably be a LOT cheaper for similar quality

edit: and that would include labor

[89AcCOrDmike]

Originally posted by toastyghost
those things are nice but a full reupholstery at a local shop would probably be a LOT cheaper for similar quality

edit: and that would include labor

did not know that.....good point though....

[tk89acc]

Its www.katzkin.com They are good quality and fairly cheap. This is what I had put in my car. They arent just slide over seat covers they actually replace your stock fabric.

[89accord_lxi_coupe]

katzkin only has it for the 86-89 4DR lx-i. im guessing yours is the 4DR?

[Dibbs]

The seats from LeatherSeats.com and KatZkin.com are mostly vinyl. At most, the insert (the strip of interior in the center of the seat that's usually the different color in 2-tone applications) is leather but that's it. They are made in the factory style which uses leather inserts and a leather look/feel vinyl product for the surrounds. My father in law has/is teaching me the art of upholstery and every "Leather" seat I tear down is made in this same fashion. KatZkins tells you their installed price is cheaper than most cloth seats and they're right. That's mainly because the leather knockoff material that they use in the majority of the seat is much cheaper than automobile grade cloth. I'm not saying that the Knockoff leather isn't good...it's GREAT. We call it "Mellowhide" and you seriously cannot tell the difference. So much in fact that the whole seat can be done and no one will be the wiser.

[Dibbs]

BTW...their prices suck too. I know my father in law could beat their prices anyday. The whole seat would be done in the "Mellowhide" but why would you want leather when you get the closest thing you can without all the hassles of specialty cleaners and stains or whatever. This is vinyl so there is very little to stain it and it can be washed with just about any household cleaner and won't damage the integrity.

Just FYI guys.....don't want you guys to get taken for a ride on something you think is all leather and is not.

[Vinny]

thank god I finally found the right link, damn shoot the pig pop ups from the wrong katskinz crap was killin me

[89 Accords Rock]

seats are nice. too bad it would cost you 800 dollars american do buy them. I can get my seats done for 85 each bucket and 150 for rear!

[89 Accords Rock]

Leather seats.com doesnt sell the covers for the 3gee anymore. because of loss of interest, they werent selling enough covers and it would cost you 875 american for the whole car. Not worth it!