Replacing My Seat Leather

[Tonyrodz]

You did a pretty good job. If you flip your headrests upside down and unclip the plastic clip there's a tag inside that tells you the original color--or what GM calls it.

 

[latvius]

Thanks! its really not that bad I was apprehensive about it for a long time and was going to take it to a shop. After doing the passenger seat I am glad I didn't.

 

[latvius]

You did a pretty good job. If you glip your headrests upside down and unclipped the plastic clip there's a tag inside that tells you the original color--or what GM calls it.

Yeah I got the code off the glovebox and the seatshop will go off your vin so you get the right color because looking at the screen on the internet is totally different looking

 

[Tonyrodz]

Katzkins leather is so nice and soft. They won't sell to the general public unfortunately.

 

[latvius]

Katzkins leather is so nice and soft. They won't sell to the general public unfortunately.

They used to, but some genius decided to change that oh well their loss

 

[Bigburb3500]

Thanks! Well when I got the truck it was 8yo so leather was already pretty worn but this new leather smells like a new car and I can find nothing but positives about it! Even though my wifes denali is in pretty good shape I think we are going to change the bottoms just to be new again and have that look and smell.
In one of the videos the seatshop guy says some people complain that the new leather is dull and theres is shiny, he said that's because the shiny leather is dirty!

This is true. Shiny is just the gloss spray they put on the seats to make you think it’s clean!

Did you do new foam or just new covers?

 

[Joseph Garcia]

When you poke those holes for the pins that go in the cardboard instead of cutting it with a razor I just used a pick and shoved it ALL the way through so the ticker part of the pick spread the hole then pushed the pin through the leather then the cardboard.

The clip for the upper wasn't that bad to do I just used my hands. Maybe because I wasn't replacing any cushions is why I didn't have any issues with the clips.

Just reverse what you did to take it apart and take your time, also having pictures helped as the seat belt wire was giving me a hard time since the seatbelt was disconnected I didn't see it so was trying to figure out where this wire went.

The seat back in the truck, I still have the armrest to change and the headrest and of course the drivers seat.

All in all it wasn't nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be and new leather smells like a new car!

Oh yeah I also forgot is in the videos they talk a lot about where you need to cut holes, well now they cut almost all of them for you so that made it a lot less nerve wracking.

1 more thing price, I bought the drivers seat cushion, both uppers and lowers and armrests was around $1200 and the us auto seat cover was around $800+, I think the ones in NC were close to seat shop prices and katzkins says I don't know how to install seat covers as I am not a professional.

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Outstanding step-by-step process description for this job. Our collective knowledge base has been increased.

I've had a driver's seat bottom cushion and leather top from the Seat Shop sitting around for about 5 months now, working up the courage to start/finish the job. Your post has shamed me into scheduling this work, and I thank you for that.

 

[latvius]

This is true. Shiny is just the gloss spray they put on the seats to make you think it’s clean!

Did you do new foam or just new covers?

Foam for the drivers bottom

 

[latvius]

Outstanding step-by-step process description for this job. Our collective knowledge base has been increased.

I've had a driver's seat bottom cushion and leather top from the Seat Shop sitting around for about 5 months now, working up the courage to start/finish the job. Your post has shamed me into scheduling this work, and I thank you for that.

Yeah it's been YEARS i've wanted to do this partly cost and partly seemed like a lot could go wrong with expensive parts. I just put the drivers seat back in took me about 3 hours. I still have both armrests to recover and repaint the head rest and touch up the overspray from previous nightmare to do.

I also found 2 wires in the drivers seat they didn't reconnect all those years ago and they lost one of the plastic pegs that holds the bottom down.
I have learned to trust very few to work on your stuff the hard way.