[v24mis]

just wondering if anyone has ever re-trimmed the full interior?

reason i ask is because i have full black leather, but want the red one as i think it looks nicer.....obviously buying the red interior from bmw will cost an arm and a leg so retrimming is the next option.....

want to know prices and the some good places to do as the ones i have contacted want silly money!

thanks

[gIzzE]

There is a company on ebay that charge you £600, you send them your seats and they send you a set already done, makes it quick and easy.

[v24mis]

Originally Posted by gIzzE

There is a company on ebay that charge you £600, you send them your seats and they send you a set already done, makes it quick and easy.

trading name on ebay gizze?

thanks

[gIzzE]

I have just been looking through ebay, I can't find them.

They are based in Leicester I think, and they do have stuff on there all the time normally, but not at the moment, think it was listed as 'BMW Leather Interior' not as a retrim.

Then it said "to get this price you must supply us with your current seats and door cards.'

I thought it wold be worth swapping with someone who has cloth, and taking £3-400 off them, and then doing the deal with them, costing you £300 maybe even £200 to change.

I will look in my favourites at work and see if they are still in there on Wednesday.

[v24mis]

thanks man appreciate it, i did a quick search but found nothing!

[grey man]

I have heard good reports of these people. Not used them myself, so can't give a personal recommendation.

http://www.transformleather.co.uk/index.html

Hope this helps

[bloopeta]

This bloke based in Birmingham does retrims, you exchange you old one for a new trimed one, he quoted me £400 to do my e90 beige leather, all seats and 4 door cards. He sent me a sample of the leather and it was very nice, its just Birmingham is a bit far for me to travel.

He trades on ebay - http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/edi280/

[gIzzE]

He also has red leather in stock and ready to go for an E90.

[dxb335d]

A guy on here paid 500 squid and got a lovely leather retrim!

[bloopeta]

Originally Posted by gIzzE

He also has red leather in stock and ready to go for an E90.

he has mate yes, but its just an SE interior, and im guessing buy the thread starters stats that he needs msport?? and his is e92 not e90

[toxicnerve]

full interior retrim for £400-500 and your existing interior...is it just me or does that sound like a pretty good deal?!

[v24mis]

Originally Posted by toxicnerve

full interior retrim for £400-500 and your existing interior...is it just me or does that sound like a pretty good deal?!

this sounds an awesome deal....do you who it was?

[G33]

http://www.dclass.co.uk/

saw this on another forum

http://87.194.35.237/showthread.php?t=30785

Bentley leathers...dont think it costs 500/600 quid tho!

[M3-FAST]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Breaking-bmw-e...d=p3286.c0.m14

Someone breaking a vert with red leather - there would be some differences with the seatbelt being built into the front seats instead of fixed to the car but might be possible to swap the headrests or buy some red leather headrest covers from BMW?

[edowen]

Originally Posted by G33

oh dear.

[toxicnerve]

Originally Posted by v24mis

this sounds an awesome deal....do you who it was?

I was just referring to this post:

Originally Posted by bloopeta

This bloke based in Birmingham does retrims, you exchange you old one for a new trimed one, he quoted me £400 to do my e90 beige leather, all seats and 4 door cards. He sent me a sample of the leather and it was very nice, its just Birmingham is a bit far for me to travel.

He trades on ebay - http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/edi280/

[doughboy]

Re-trims always look a bit 'cheap suit' to me.

The leather is never as tightly contoured on the seats as is factory fit.

Little dips and bulges abound.

Of course, proper coachbuilt leather is great of course, just cheap re-trims I'm not keen on.

[v24mis]

Originally Posted by M3-FAST

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Breaking-bmw-e...d=p3286.c0.m14

Someone breaking a vert with red leather - there would be some differences with the seatbelt being built into the front seats instead of fixed to the car but might be possible to swap the headrests or buy some red leather headrest covers from BMW?

he wants £700 for it but just like u said there is the issue with the seatbelt etc

i have been quoted £700 to get re-trim, which is a good price but i reckon i can get a red leather interior for about that much if i just wait!

[morto]

Hi, how many sqM leather will need for retrim two front M sport BMW E90 seats?

[BMW Steve]

Although this was in my old e46, I purchased a set of red leather seat's n cards and due to some damage I had it all re-trimmed, £1400 in all, went black and red. £700 is very cheep for a complete re-trim

[acerboo]

yo get what you pay for.. the cheap ones are ready made covers put on your original seats if you have the money go to a proper trimmer who will do a custom job for you using the quality you want the stitching etc. depends where you are but a friend of mine is currently doing my f type jag seats and hes done two other complete retrims for me hes in kent

[Digitalize]

Considering the standard leather is just painted, you can paint yours whatever colour you want, quite a few people have done it. Places will offer it too. Unless your car specifically needs a retrim or you want nicer leather then its the route I'd take.