re-upholstering my seats, want some input into my idea Options

[Valo666]

So, i decided im not feelin the sparcos that much any more, and i wanna go back to my stock seats, but my stock drivers seat has a nice rip down the side. So i figured, this would be a great time to re-upholster my seats and do somethin coustom with them. I dont wanna go out and pay some one to re-upholster my seats for me for like $1300, so i figured ill do em my self. I got a new un-ripped seat cover coming from Jeff *defgeph* and im gonna use it as a template for re-upholstering my seats. I was thinking of going with a 2 tone red and black, but i think its gonna look kinda ricey considering my car isnt riced out at all *any more..lol*. So i decided im gonna go with a black ultrasuade material to re-upholster the front and back seats, door skins, and headliner. Any ways, im thinkin just plain old black would b kinda boring, so im thinking of gettin some custom embroidered logos put into the seat and door skin material. Im either thinking of doing the TRD logo, or the celica dragon logo.

Dragon logo like this

i would do the 2 tone dragon aswell in thouse colours
or get the seats with the trd logo like these ones



I would put the logo's the same place as the TRD ones on the front and back seats, and in the middel of the door pad on the doors.

What do you guys like better??

This post has been edited by Valo666: Jun 22, 2007 - 12:18 PM

[Valo666]

your lucky you know ppl , i dont know any ppl , i dont know anyplace to buy stuff from , i am basicly depending on this website and its members !

For material, i just looked up in the phone book automotive upholstery places and went over to see them and asked for prices on material and to see some samples. For sewing, im lucky cuz my grandfather also was an upholsterer for a few years so hes gonna gimme a hand. Best thing to do, ask your friends, and ask around the site for some ppl in cali.

all i know is that will look hella tight once your done. so did you sell your sparcos yet?
sorry but i don't have the money.

Edit: whose celi is this? this looks sweet too. heck, if i were to take the time to do this i would go all black like this. that looks clean.

I cant remember whos celica it is, if you look at the "post a pic of your interior thread", its under there. And as for the sparcos, not yet, im keepin em untill i get my seats re-upholstered. But they r for sale, just wont b able 2 sell em fully untill probably Julyish...i gotta wait for the seat cover from Jeff to come in, and then i gotta buy the material, get some new foam for my seat's bolster, send the center sections out to get embroidered and then sew it all up and install em. So its gonna take awhile.