Where to get OEM Leather Seat skins?
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You do realize don't you that the OEM Ford leather seat covers are made in China? And the panel of leather is mighty small and it's not very high quality leather either. I have a set of new take offs that I bought and was going to install and I am not sure that I want to install them. Yep, the tags sewn right inside the seam, "Made in China". I would suggest you get some ready made or have a good trim shop make them for you, at least then you'll know what you're getting.
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You do realize don't you that the OEM Ford leather seat covers are made in China? And the panel of leather is mighty small and it's not very high quality leather either. I have a set of new take offs that I bought and was going to install and I am not sure that I want to install them. Yep, the tags sewn right inside the seam, "Made in China". I would suggest you get some ready made or have a good trim shop make them for you, at least then you'll know what you're getting.
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I got mine at leatherseats.com, try out the site. The instakk was fairly easy too. Do the back seat first and the learning curve will be shorter. I used plastic snap ties instaed of the hog rings, much easier.
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Do you have any pics of the covers on your seats. I see the pics they have online but I would like to see them actually installed by a member to see if they still look as good.
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I do not have that capability as I am functionaly illiterate as it comes to doing pictures and such, but I can vouch that they look just as good 18 months later as they did the 1st day. I'll try to have my daughter do the pic thing, the weather here sucks today, so I'll get them when I can.
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Are the drivers and passengers seat different, or are they interchangeable?
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Drivers and passenger are indeed different. As well as the scab and screw front seats. It took about a day and a half. I bet I could do a set in 3/4 of a day after one install.
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for quality, I would definetely go with katzkins...they are pretty solid...probably what I am going to do in my truck if I go the leather route...05RedFX4 has a very nice writeup about the install
https://www.f150online.com/forums/20...de-w-pics.html
150Flareside...did you just use little zipties instead of hogg rings? how have they worked out?
https://www.f150online.com/forums/20...de-w-pics.html
150Flareside...did you just use little zipties instead of hogg rings? how have they worked out?
