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Has anyone used them for your interior? They've got tons of C5 items on ebay. You could basically deck out your whole interior with leather. Traditionally, I've always used Redline Goods for leather pieces, but JF's selection is much wider. Granted, they don't seem to be nearly as customizeable, but I'm thinking I only want black leather with colored stitching for this car anyway. Their shift boots are dirt cheap, I'm thinking of ordering one as a quality test.
Well I've gotta say, I've sent them a couple questions, and they are VERY unresponsive. They offer combo shift and ebrake boot kits, but I can't find one in the stitch color I want that's for a manual. Simple questions, you would think they could get back to me on in under 3 days.
I too got a couple items e brake boot and something else I can't recall right now) from them. Any questions I had were answered by the next day, as they are in England and may have been closed when I sent the queries. Good quality merchandise as far as I can tell. Maybe they were sent to spam?
I've used both JF custom and redline for the interior in my C6. Both were good quality and easy to deal with. I experienced some delays in communications with both of them but assumed it was due to time differences.
Anyone use any of their more intricate items? I'm pretty confident they can match the cuts from a stock boot well enough, but I'm unsure about their door panel and center console covers.
Ok, I take it back. I'm dumb. Ebay wasn't forwarding the messages to my email like they always have previously. According to time stamps, they replied promptly both times.
I had an idea for a custom console cover for the hinged arm rest. Sandy at Vetteessentials said she would make it for me. After waiting four years it never happened. This was long before she went out of business. I contacted Jack at Redline and he said I should send him my drawings. It took him two weeks to make it exactly the way I wanted it. If I find a picture I will post it.
I've had Redline's center console covers before. That's their 1 piece that always seems to fit extremely poorly if you just slip it on with the supplied elastic. It's fine if you stretch and glue it on though.
Alright, I ordered a shift boot, ebrake boot, and radio bezel cover. What kind of glue would you suggest for attaching the radio bezel? I'm thinking rubber cement.
Got my leathers in today. Unfortunately hit a bit of a hitch. I ordered blue stitching, but I received black. **** happens, so I won't hold it against them. What matters is they're taking care of it, and paying for return shipping and sending me a new set.
Quality of the leather looks and feels great, very soft and supple. Stitching looks good as well. I like that the ebrake boot includes that wire but to fasten it down, which Redline doesn't include if memory serves.
Alright, one eternity later, I got everything stalled. The boots were easy, and went on great. The radio bezel cover was challenging, but I feel like it came out pretty good. A few mistakes that probably only I'll notice, but way better than cheap creaky plastic.
That looks so much better, shoulda came that way stock!!
Think the black stiching gives a factory type look to it. Came out nice, most the aftermarket stuff you see looks horribly tacky, not yours.
Thanks! Stitching is blue to match the exterior though, bad lighting in the garage. It's still pretty stealth looking though. I plan to do the center console and cover, glove box, and lower drivers dash next.
Probably worth pointing out, I modified their design just a bit. If you look at one of their ebay listings, there's stitching that goes around the cup holder and ash tray doors, and it's not designed to tuck in. I didn't like this, and it frankly didn't look like it would fit well anyway. I decided to pull the stitches in those area and tuck the leather in instead. Careful if you decide to do this as well. The 2 seams that go up to the ash tray door have stitching that intertwines with the stitching surrounding the door. I accidentally snipped the wrong stitch, and now I have one coming up at the corner a bit. Also, this has really cut back on the clearance for the 2 doors. They still open and close, but they don't swing freely like stock. I think it's worth it though.
JF Customs interior leather
