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Old Feb 1, 2005
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Question Honda Factory Leather

Does anybody know how much it costs to get your factory seats done up with the factory honda leather? And like how long it takes and everythin?
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if u like ur a$$ to stick to the seat, then it runs you a lot of dough
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its really that bad?...hahaha....i want leather interior and everythin...but dont wanna spend a fortune to get it done?
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lol....i can deal with that...and its not that bad...at least i dont think it is. My girlfrends mom has leather and its not that bad. To me anyways. So does anyone know like around how much it may cost?
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Originally Posted by zachgeyer
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Yes they do. They sell katzkins or whatever it is. It's expensive to go through honda... find an accessories store around where you live, they'd probably do it for around 900-1000 dollars installed.
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ddddaaayyyuuummm....HAHAHA!!!! i thought it would be like 500 or less....HAHAHA!!!

we will see i guess. I think that im gunna go talk to the honda guys tomorrow. then maybe search around for a local shop and compare them.???
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from honda it would run you about 1500. you can take it to a local upolstery shop and it should run about 200 per seat and should take them no longer then 2-3 days.
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its 1000 at local katzkin place here installed
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the dealer where i bought my civic had a hybrid civic with leather, very nice, the leather was a perfect fit with no loose spots, looked like they were factory even tho it was done by their shop. cost between $1500-2000.
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Civics don't come with leather seats from the factory.

They are reupholstered (sp) by Katzkin, Classic Soft Trim, or whatever other shop the dealership might have a contract through.

Your best bet is to look on eBay because sometimes a rep from CST sells unsold/returned/etc. leather kits for our Civics for less than $250 shipped.
Mind you this is without installation, which can run another hundred or two or even three.

If not, then call up some local shops who may do it for you for maybe around $600-$700.

Partial leather / vinyl will run cheaper also.
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Originally Posted by LiKEaFeRiO
Civics don't come with leather seats from the factory.

They are reupholstered (sp) by Katzkin, Classic Soft Trim, or whatever other shop the dealership might have a contract through.

Your best bet is to look on eBay because sometimes a rep from CST sells unsold/returned/etc. leather kits for our Civics for less than $250 shipped.
Mind you this is without installation, which can run another hundred or two or even three.

If not, then call up some local shops who may do it for you for maybe around $600-$700.

Partial leather / vinyl will run cheaper also.
Civics in the USA are considered economy car. Thus there is no factory leather option offered. However, in many Asian countries, the Civic is considered a midlevel car (as an Accord in the U.S.). Thus there is a leather option offered in those countries.
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i got my old car done with a 2-tone custom headliner, 2-tone custom carpet, door panels, and 2 tone custom Katzkin Leather (in my 00 civic coupe) for $1900
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I want to get my racing seats recovered in a cloth material and add heated seats to it. Oh Yeah!!!!!!
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check out leatherseats.com, they sell leather and its cheap, you just have to do it yourself (i did mine, it was a pain in the ***, but i did it).
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http://www.katzkin.com/

We've been trying to save up since we got her last Feb...
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katzkins

Originally Posted by fastcivic03
its 1000 at local katzkin place here installed

yeah try katzkins...they use perf. leather (leather with little holes)
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they say that aftermarket leather upholstry is better than factory leather. they do a better job and they triple and cross stitch. Much better and its a lot cheaper..

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Yeah go find an car upholstery shop, thats got some old guy sitting in there with a sewing machine and I bet you'll get the best job you've ever seen done on a pair of seats. hehe
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The only Civic I would want leather in is the 99-00 SI. Those cars are extremely rare.
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the reason why its so cheap everyone, is because its pleather.......its all vinyl....having worked at a trim shop for 2 years we installed a ton of katzkin kits and about 75% of them were pleather
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Originally Posted by RiceRocketeer
Yes they do. They sell katzkins or whatever it is. It's expensive to go through honda... find an accessories store around where you live, they'd probably do it for around 900-1000 dollars installed.
i got katzkins leather at the dealer when i bought my vic.. the leather is very nice but be careful... check the install... i had to make em re do it.... it turns out they want to spend as little leather as they can so the door leather was poorly cut so it was coming out ... but after they did it again it was perfect... also they put a logo i requested on the leather for no charge (before i had the prob not beacuse of it..)... the logo is like those logos u put on caps at the mall.. where they like knit it on the cap with a machine..

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If you were willing to buy from someone in Canada, you could try and find a set of 01+ Acura EL seats. The premium model came stock with heated leather seats which are the same size and shape as those on the 01+ Civic sedan (not sure if the coupe uses the same size rear seats).

I would agree with some of the other responses though, it would probably be cheaper for you to find a good shop in your area to re-upolster your stock seats in leather.
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In Canada leather is available as an option I saw one in the showroon it was a red coupe with red honda sign stitched in..It was super nice
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Originally Posted by h0nd4_r1c3r_X
the logo is like those logos u put on caps at the mall.. where they like knit it on the cap with a machine..
Monogram??
Embroider??
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Why get leather? Buy racing seats...
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Originally Posted by _Viper_
In Canada leather is available as an option I saw one in the showroon it was a red coupe with red honda sign stitched in..It was super nice
Its a dealer installed (aftermarket) option though. Just like in the U.S., Civics are not made with factory leather seats, the dealer instead sends the car out to an aftermarket shop to get it done when someone wants to buy one (the same way they do with tinted windows, rust-proofing, etc).
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Yeah your right ......
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no racing seats for me, i wanted to keep my side airbags.

rsx-s seats will end up costing me $450, and that includes the shipping i paid. and they have airbags, almost bolt up the same, and all the plugs are identical. much better seats, IMO, and they clean so much better than the cloth
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