Q: Leahter Wrap....everything?
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Q: Leahter Wrap....everything?
Hey guys,
So, i've been looking at a ton of awesome interiors recently, but i've noticed a trend...
I don't think anyone has tried leatherwrapping all their disgusting, sun faded dark plastic vinyl layer. So, my question is...
Is there a person with a totally revamped and leather-wrapped-onto-vinyl interior? And, where would I go to leather wrap the dark plastic stuff? TIA guys
So, i've been looking at a ton of awesome interiors recently, but i've noticed a trend...
I don't think anyone has tried leatherwrapping all their disgusting, sun faded dark plastic vinyl layer. So, my question is...
Is there a person with a totally revamped and leather-wrapped-onto-vinyl interior? And, where would I go to leather wrap the dark plastic stuff? TIA guys
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I saw some insane pictures of a custom leather wrapped interior by Caravaggio. It costs something like $12,000...
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yellohhh did it with a local guy, it looks pretty good for his 1st stab at it and probably 1/6th the cost of the other mentioned.
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A tricky and expensive project.
In a recent edition of Corvette Quarterly, the mag describes the new-for-2008 4LT leather-wrap interior option for the C6. Leather is wrapped around stock pieces and in some places the leather is 'shaved' to a mere 1 millimeter thickness
to make sure part will still fit correctly. Gotta have some wicked skills (and nerves o' steel) to accomplish that. 
In a recent edition of Corvette Quarterly, the mag describes the new-for-2008 4LT leather-wrap interior option for the C6. Leather is wrapped around stock pieces and in some places the leather is 'shaved' to a mere 1 millimeter thickness
to make sure part will still fit correctly. Gotta have some wicked skills (and nerves o' steel) to accomplish that.
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Agreed it is way too expensive, but you do get what you pay for in this arena.
No ones looks anything like Caravaggio's unfortunately. I have seen a few others and this stuff is just perfect.
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No ones looks anything like Caravaggio's unfortunately. I have seen a few others and this stuff is just perfect.
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About 1/10th of the cost by my calculations. Sure it's not perfect, but I'm going to have 1 piece re-done, and I'll be happy with it. I don't have any pics yet, but I'll try to get some up soon. All I did was take some pictures of what I wanted to a local upholstery guy.
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I had C5KIDD do it, it wasn't that bad of a price. Doing the whole thing will not be cheap but I'm trying to space it out piece by piece so it's not so bad.
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Hey guys,
So, i've been looking at a ton of awesome interiors recently, but i've noticed a trend...
I don't think anyone has tried leatherwrapping all their disgusting, sun faded dark plastic vinyl layer. So, my question is...
Is there a person with a totally revamped and leather-wrapped-onto-vinyl interior? And, where would I go to leather wrap the dark plastic stuff? TIA guys
So, i've been looking at a ton of awesome interiors recently, but i've noticed a trend...
I don't think anyone has tried leatherwrapping all their disgusting, sun faded dark plastic vinyl layer. So, my question is...
Is there a person with a totally revamped and leather-wrapped-onto-vinyl interior? And, where would I go to leather wrap the dark plastic stuff? TIA guys
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Last edited by gmethod; Jul 30, 2008 at 05:10 PM.
