Anyone purchased leather seat covers from Interior Innovations?
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Anyone purchased leather seat covers from Interior Innovations?
I'm getting ready to purchase leather seat covers from Interior Innovations and price is excellent. Wondering if anyone has purchased from them. Quality and fit? Response if there's a problem? ect.
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Don't purchase the vinyl seat covers, mine are terribly worn after 8 months of light use (I'm average sized and get in carefully). The fit is excellent, so I'd imagine the genuine leather should be good (no personal experience tho).
I have had poor communication in response to my request to order some replacement pieces (at my cost), nevermind trying any kind of warranty claim.
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I have had poor communication in response to my request to order some replacement pieces (at my cost), nevermind trying any kind of warranty claim.
Adam
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I have. Only issue I had with them was communication. I ordered the Corvette Evo Style for my sport seats in Black/Yellow/Yellow stitching. Placed order and no confirmation message/number, nothing. Saw the $$ had been withdrawn from bank account the next day. Did send an email asking details of my order. Once they had my info, I got a response that the covers were on the way with a tracking number. Took right at a week, give or take a day, to get them. Installed over 2 years ago and seem to be holding up just fine. I did have the seat repair kit and new foam installed with a little more protection added to the bolster areas. The only minor issue I have is I think the C5 logo might be placed a tad bit low on the head rest.
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I recently got a set from them. Good quality. The only issue was after ordering they never showed up. 4 weeks later I sent them an email asking about them. They apologized for the oversight and I had them 4 days later, no hassle.
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I purchased the synthetic leather about 2-3 years ago. No issues with wear still looks good as the day were installed. The installer asked where they came from and may recommend them to his customers. I am very satisfied with them.
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I just installed the synthetic covers with the leather perforated inserts. I cant comment on long term wear but they do look great! I will try and get a pic this weekend. Cant beat them for $340!
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Mine were customized from one of their stock designs, with the ‘suede’ seating, perforated bolsters and special stitch color. I also bought their complete foam set, total was about $1100. I have a friend who spent triple that for his seats and still shakes his head every time he sees mine.
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can you post photo of your seat? I'm curious what synthetic leather looks like w/insert. I'm in process of ordering mine from II going with synthetic leather with firethorn red inserts.
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Yes, full leather. Seat and back bolsters are perforated, seat and back are nova-suede, and the rest plain leather. I started with the following model and modified it.
http://www.interior-innovations.com/...uct_detail/162
http://www.interior-innovations.com/...uct_detail/162
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I have to agree. I bought my light grey leather seat covers from them & I have to say that once they have your money you'll receive no communications from them. I bought mine through Amazon.com & even Amazon was concerned about the length of time it was taking and whether or not they'd arrive on time. Interior Innovations wouldn't talk to Amazon or myself. Then right before the date that they were supposed to be there I got a tracking number for a next day DHL shipment.
I have sport seats and the covers looked great right out of the box. I had them installed last fall & they hug the seats nicely. I also had the foam replaced. I'll add some photos in the next couple days.
I have sport seats and the covers looked great right out of the box. I had them installed last fall & they hug the seats nicely. I also had the foam replaced. I'll add some photos in the next couple days.
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You can also check for any posts about the vendor in the Transactions Feedback section;
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The difficulty is the stretching, pulling and kind words you state to the leather. With new foam from Innovation, (I recommend new foam) the foam must be trimmed. In particular the 2 side bolster ‘wings’ that are formed in the fiberglass shell. The inside of those areas come out of the mold much thicker than IMO is needed. Then there are other areas that need to be trimmed just to avoid foam showing when overlapping the leather. It’s tedious, but not out of the average person’s expertise.
I elected not to reuse or use new hog rings. I used heavy zip ties for everything including the center seat back, since the new foam didn’t allow the push plugs to hold. All worked out fine.
I highly recommend them, despite the work. (I’m a bit of a glutton for punishment)
I elected not to reuse or use new hog rings. I used heavy zip ties for everything including the center seat back, since the new foam didn’t allow the push plugs to hold. All worked out fine.
I highly recommend them, despite the work. (I’m a bit of a glutton for punishment)
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Will this company do custom color panel inserts on their all leather seats or are you looking at only "off the shelf" colors?
Example, my 04 Commemorative Edition has shale and medium neutral interior and came with all shale color seats. I would like the replacement seat covers to be shale with a few panel inserts being medium neutral as accents.
Example, my 04 Commemorative Edition has shale and medium neutral interior and came with all shale color seats. I would like the replacement seat covers to be shale with a few panel inserts being medium neutral as accents.
I would like the commemorative logo correct, and when you look at Interior Innovations Commemorative logo it looks like a poor Chinese knock off (follow link below).
When/if you find something appealing, please PM me - I will do the same. Maybe we can get a mini deal from a vendor.
http://www.interior-innovations.com/...uct_detail/102
Last edited by Ed Ramberger; 02-16-2018 at 10:33 AM.