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Originally Posted by GenkiElite
Dealer cost is about 500. The Toyota dealership I worked for got seats from Katskinz or Catskinz and charged 2k to recover a Camry. I was never to fond as they were covers over the origanal covers, not replacements, so figment wasn't as good as factory. I wouldnt even consider them for my cars.
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They aren't covers over the original covers. The original skin of the seat is removed and these are installed over the factory seat/foam. Fitment is normally as good as OEM.
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Originally Posted by viper_driver
I had Katzkin installed in my wife's 2011 Accord. It was about $1200 installed.
Maybe it's just me, but the aftermarket leather job in those FR-S pictures looks really well done. Not a huge fan of the red shoulders, but the great things about Katzkin is you can get EXACTLY what you want, they'll make anything you can dream up with colors, stitching, what's leather and what isn't, etc.
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That's what I was thinking too. A lot of people said it looked terrible, but on what merit? Katzkin does great work from all of the cars I've seen done in person.
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Originally Posted by fistpoint
I just remembered something about the Katzkins: the ones you get for the $1000-$1400 range probably are not all leather. The sides and rear of the seats for example most likely will not be leather. You can buy a more expensive cover that includes more leather pieces that pushes the price to and over $2k.
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The cheap ones have leather on all seating surfaces and leatherette/vinyl on the parts you don't sit on. Similar to how a lot of OEM setups are. But when I was looking into doing it myself on a vehicle several years ago and getting quotes, it was about 700 front/rear for the covers with leather seat surface, and 1300 or 1400 for full leather. Keep in mind, that doesn't include labor since I figured I could do it myself. Never pulled the trigger though.
There are also a bunch of other companies that do similar stuff, and local interior/upholstery shops can do them as well. Good to shop around.
All that said, if I wanted leather I wouldn't get it preinstalled. Sure it might be nice to have immediately, but I'd rather save the extra money and do it myself.