Dont posr here often but many people know me from TCL and from VWVortex where was an advertiser for a few years (Ron@RMAMotorsport). I figured i would take the time to share one of our most recent projects with you guys as im sure there has to be some recaro freaks like me on here.

These seats in particular will be going in a black MK3 Volkswagen Cabrio. We will be replacing the front seats and re-wrapping everything in a high quality red synthetic leather. We plan to cover both front seats, rear, panels, pillars, and wrap the dash in black suede. I will post more pics as the build progresses

Recaro LS's originally in grey leather


Starting on the pattern



Black french seam. The material is much closer to a blood red then the pics show, the lighting just sucks where i have been taking the pics.


Here is a picture of the jacket 90% complete prior to install


This is the old jacket that we removed from the back of the seat. Recaro actually used good leather for these but you can see where they are starting to wear on the bolster.


The back with good foam, it looks like the leather actually did a very good job of preserving the foam.


Applying the new jacket..



Im going to put this in bold so i know people read it...This is a good example of why we recommend professional installation on our jackets. At this point the average joe would be left with some wrinkles and bunches like you see here in the pics.



These next steps seem simple but you could damage the material fairly easily if you didnt know what you were doing. Its a mix of massaging the material into place and steaming it to obtain the perfect fit. (also an example of how perfect our patterns are which you wont find with most shops)



And here is the final product (for this bolster)


Throwing in a few inserts in to see if anything really caught my eye.





Putting the lower covers on..



Complete seat with temporary insert no headrest


Might actually end up using these headrest but they would be rewrapped first. Just think the netted headrest might be kind of cool in a convertible.


We did a regular headrest for now that way we can have both to compare.


Starting on the insert.





We are actually trying to decide if we want to do a single diamond or double diamond on the insert as seen below. The single is very clean and simple but the double is really defined and jumps out. What do you guys think?

 

Damn, that looks fantastic! Especially around the edges. I'd say go with the double stitching, but either way you can't go wrong!

 

Thanks, we are very meticulous with our patterns. These paticular seats prob wont be finished for a few weeks as we have some other jobs coming up but i figured i would share the progress so far with you guys.

We are also working on a set of Recaro speeds right now. They will be black w/red stitching and black suede inserts. You can see the original avus cloth fabric on the left and our new cover on the right.

 

Wow awesome work.

 

double diamond looks more older and befitting of that seat's style.

nice work! wish i possessed the skills to wrap like that!

 

those look amazing! good work.

 

Thanks guys, ill post updates on these and our other projects as they come in. Have a few jackets we have to make for customers within the next week or so but should find time for these seats soon. :D

 

im torn btwn the netted and solid headrests, netted is unique but the solids jus look like they belong there

 

nice work they look great. but on a side note i hope your a chic because those nails are throwing me off...

 

No man would have purple 5lb dumbbells either

 

lol. that looks great

 

wow thats amazing!

 

very impressive!

 

nice work indeed

 

You've got some skills. Nice work.

 

Thanks guys - and for the record my girl is the one who actually does the work. I just take the credit lol

 

haha. :D

 

cool well she does one hell of a job man she's a keeper LOL or at least till your seats are done all the way hahaha

 

she does awesome work

 

i agree!

 

Thanks guys. Quick pic with the insert JUST SAT IN PLACE - it is not glued, secured or even cut out but it gives you a rough idea what it will look like when it is done.

 

the work looks amazing!

 

looks awesome! keep up the good work.

 

seat looks good.

 

nice keep up the work..really in to this thread