Katzkin leather seat upgrade

[04mach146]

So you have to go in to the shop, it's not a mail order DIY deal. Gotcha.

Yeah even at their website they give you contacts for their local installer for you to go into

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[russross]

Are these basically leather custom covers or do they actually reupholster the seats? They look nice in the pics either way.

It's kind of both. The original upholstery is installed as a cover (with zippers and other connectors), so you are basically replacing the existing seat cover that goes directly over the foam.

There are videos of people doing installation themselves. For popular models you can sometimes buy the set of covers from eBay (Katzkins doesn't want to sell them to you directly) and people have recorded the process. You start by removing the seats from the vehicle, then remove the existing covers (sometimes requires breaking some plastic brackets). Installing the new ones is mostly about slipping them on and aligning them carefully (which can take some wrestling) and the attaching them. Sometimes that involves hog staples and a crimping tool, and sometimes you can re-use the plastic brackets that were there. If you do it carefully you could even re-install the original covers later if you wanted to for some reason (or trade between XL and XLT, for example).

So it's not like an installer is going in there with loose sheets of leather and stitching it in place, but it's more involved than slipping on a typical cover and clipping a few straps in place.

 

[Ricstar]

Love the look, but here in Texas I don't want leather seats again.

 

[Darksider]

I seen to many issue with old leather. My cloth 20 year old seats dont have a rip in them and still look new. My 10 year leather seats are showing wear and have on tear in them. I would rather change out the cloth seat ugly color in the xlt to another cloth color.

 

[04mach146]

Just talked with an employee from katzkin said they should have them available to order by end of next month

 

[TSAINTS1115]

I changed the seats in my Mustang a few years back to add some color. I got the new upholstery from Leatherseats.com and was really happy with the product. There's many ways to make up your new seats to your liking. And installing them isn't very hard if you're remotely mechanically inclined. A pair of hog ring pliers, a heat gun, a little baby powder is pretty much all you need.

 

[04mach146]

I changed the seats in my Mustang a few years back to add some color. I got the new upholstery from Leatherseats.com and was really happy with the product. There's many ways to make up your new seats to your liking. And installing them isn't very hard if you're remotely mechanically inclined. A pair of hog ring pliers, a heat gun, a little baby powder is pretty much all you need.

That's true you probably can for the maverick soon. That's why I gave the option for other, I'm only going katzkin because I like what they offer and I'm not wanting to deal with installing it myself. Dealing with airbags and also wrapping and embroidering my head rests, center console, and subwoofer box. But i hope that leatherseats.com does make a cheaper option for everyone aswell we need more choices than xl-black cloth, xlt-blue/gray cloth, and Lariat blue/crap brown... I personally like what I've seen from katzkin though so my money goes there lol

 

[Shay]

I confirmed with Katzkin here at the SEMA show they are working on a set up for the Maverick. Will be ready by the first of the year.

 

[BMCGC]

I like neoprene covers. I had Rough Country covers on my F150. great fit, comfortable and machine washable.

 

[zackmd1]

Just got conformation from Leatherseats.com that they will have Maverick patterns available by end of Q1 2022! That should be no later then Feb 2022.

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