Leather seat covers installed- pics inside

I missed the group buy but decided to give katkinz a shot. They had excellent customer service and they were pretty fast at shipping the order. Everything was there and it was als they described.

I went with the factory match color that they recommend and It matches 9.9 /10 if not better. I think the pics speak for themselves.

I took about 14 hours total on the seats because I took my time and watched TV while I did them. The passenger seat was the last one I did and I decided to do it on the tailgate of the truck in the garage. This was much easier to do it this way and I think I could have saved some time if I would have worked on all of the seats on the tailgate and not tried to be lazy.

I did not cut the hog rings that held the factory covers in place, I used 2 pair of needle nose pliers. 1 were straight and the other were hooked or bent about 45 degrees. This worked great for putting the rings back on. I also purchased some new hog rings and HR pliers from Ecklers (a corvette supply place I use) they seemed to have the best prices and better service. I paid 18.00 for pliers and 100 rings, which are enough to do all the seats, especially if you save the original ones.

Any questions, just post them here and I will be happy to answer.

for the record- paid $1007 and went with the full leather front and rear and have dual mode seat heaters (hi/lo) on the front seats. I have them installed, but have not hooked up the wires for them yet.

Here are the pics:

 

beautiful.. i want.

 

That looks so good! I want heated seats!

 

where did you buy the seat covers from?

 

Nice Job! looks factory..

 

Sweeet!

 

Looks awesome!!! You can't go wrong with Katskinz.. if they're good enough for Chip Foose.. nuff said.

Are you gonna do the arm rests to match?

 

Looks great. Did you have any experience with upholstery when you did this? I would really love to do this with my truck in a two tone. I am curious how well the heaters work. They are pretty spendy

 

that looks awesome! nice job on the install, it looks like it came like that from the factory

 

I am impressed. Did you post pictures during the process? I would love to see a "how to". I am a tech, but I've never done interior stuff like this.

 

That looks very good!

 

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!

 

I purchased the set from autointeriors live. There is a link under the group buy section.

I had never done an interior before. This was my first.

Unfortunately, I did not take any pictures during the install. I just forgot to do it. It is not hard at all. It is a little time consuming and my hands got tired from fighting with some of the hog rings. The front head rest were the hardest part because the factory covers do not come off. The factory covers are glued on the foam.

 

Did you put the head rest covers over the stock ones then?

 

Wow, that looks awesome.

 

What about the Airbags, any issues? BTW, it looks sweet!

 

Looks Great!

 

Well done, they look awesome.

 

Very nice........

 

Awesome job. Now I want to spend more money!