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Old 30-03-2006, 06:58 PM   #1
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Default Got a quote for full leather interior today

Got a quote today from a reputable Adelaide motor trimmer to have a full leather interior in my XR8.
Includes all seats fully re-apholstered in high quality genuine leather with XR8 logo embroidery; full leather door trim (possibly with XR8 logos also) as well as leather centre consol and gear shift surround. All this for $3200. Not bad I thought.

Also tossing up to have wood grain instrument cluser installed.

Comparing this to the leather that came factory with the BA XR's is chalk and cheese. I almost laughed when I saw the crap Ford called luxury sports seats.

Has anyone had the same thing done? Also, Adelaide is a pretty small town, so if anyone knows of any really good places interstate, it would be good to hear some ideas.

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Old 30-03-2006, 08:10 PM   #2
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thats pretty cheap isnt it, especially if you say its quality leather... would love to do that, but dont have th money to go ahead with it atm... what colour you thinking of? i know it sounds different, but id go a dark burgundy leather... being an orange car, i think it would look different, not sure if it would look good though, but id do it anyway... itd grow on you...
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Old 30-03-2006, 08:16 PM   #3
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That sounds great value. The only trimmer i have heard of & seen there work in Adelaide is Whilshires (pls correct my spelling if incorrect) but i would think they would quote more than that.
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Yeah, colour's gonna be a hard choice. I was thinking maybe tan, or charcoal. Then agian, yeah, bugundy would be nice. I think it's going to be a case of have a look at different colours, then make a decidion that I'll probably regret

I'm still surprised at the cost. I was expecting a lot more.
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Old 30-03-2006, 08:20 PM   #5
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That sounds great value. The only trimmer i have heard of & seen there work in Adelaide is Whilshires (pls correct my spelling if incorrect) but i would think they would quote more than that.
Yeah, that's the one! I wasn't sure if I was allowed to mention companies on this forum. I've seen their work in hot-rods and older cars, and it's pretty bloody nice.
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Old 30-03-2006, 08:22 PM   #6
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Yeah, that's the one! I wasn't sure if I was allowed to mention companies on this forum. I've seen their work in hot-rods and older cars, and it's pretty bloody nice.
They do fantastic work (top shelf)
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Old 30-03-2006, 08:37 PM   #7
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I did a full leather conversion on my seats and door trims for a thousand less than that and this guy does quality work and was done with much better quality leather than factory. Give him a call, I bet he'll do better than what you've got from Whiltshire.

His name is Adrian Spencer ph 8345-5021 / Aristocrat Motor Trimmers

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You want an awesome interior try Carrafano (spelling?) but they won't be cheap :P
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