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Bench seat re-upholstery - family owned shop in WI NAILED IT

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by w8tdstrgecube, Mar 17, 2024.

  1. Mar 17, 2024 at 2:54 PM
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    w8tdstrgecube

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    United Auto Trim in Fond du Lac, WI did a fantastic job on my ‘04 bench seat. Amazing craftsmanship and attention to detail. I’m interested in the craft so Chris took a ton of photos of the disassembly and making the new covers. I took the seat out and brought it to his shop and Chris turned it around in a day.

    It feels like a new truck - I used to feel every bump and now it rides as smooth as butter. I can’t believe how much of a difference it made and I can’t recommend their work enough if you’re in WI or nearby.

    Old:

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    Foam restoration:

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    New cover being cut:

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    Adding padding:

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    Finished product:

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  2. Mar 17, 2024 at 3:17 PM
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    Thanks for post. I will keep this mind if I ever need his service.
     
  3. Apr 12, 2024 at 3:50 PM
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    Chris did the second half of my bench today and it turned out awesome! So psyched to have a fresh interior in my truck!

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    Looks great. What did it run?
     
  5. Apr 12, 2024 at 5:06 PM
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    Won’t know until tomorrow! But the first half of the bench was very reasonable, $350 or so for new foam sections, extra padding, jute and enough cloth to rebuild the bench again
     
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  6. Apr 12, 2024 at 5:11 PM
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    $350 for that is an amazing deal you can barely get a decent seat cover for that much, I wish I had a decent auto upholstery shop near me
     
  7. Apr 13, 2024 at 2:28 PM
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    Yeppers
    Apholstery Shop FTW!

    Reasonable price too
    Big percentage of price is material
    (Cloth/vinyl/leather)

    good A. Shop can work Wizardry
    Door cards/leather steering wheels as well
     
  8. Apr 13, 2024 at 2:32 PM
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    Also takes 50k miles off the appearance of any Taco!!!!!
     
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  9. Apr 14, 2024 at 8:12 AM
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    Interior looks almost brand new. Just need to do a little touch up on the dash plastics now
     
  10. Apr 14, 2024 at 8:13 AM
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    Charged 200 to add padding/jute to the upper half and cut/sew the new cover.

    Also replaced some cracked vinyl sections. No foam work on the upper half so cost was lower than the bottom.

    He ordinarily charges ~$800 for a bench but he said mine was in pretty good shape so it wound up being cheaper than normal. I also did all the disassembly/reassembly so that saved some $$$ too
     

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