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Audrey Old · May 11th, 2012, 10:22

Hi John

I've just got back from local car retrimmers with my 164. My leather seat squabs both have damage so asked for prices - frightening! However, he showed me a Merc he'd just "painted" to quote his word. If the leather is undamaged he said he can thoroughly clean then do with his stuff for a fraction of the retrim cost, so will be checking my spares cars re seat conditions later.
So I just thought - have you thought of having your existing cards colour-matched? My reluctance so far is due a maroon car I once owned, where I did the seats a week before a hot BKV, and when I arrived was told my white shirt had a red back.... However, this local guy, who has a good reputation for re-trimming aircraft too, said that definitaly won't happen nowadays.
Any thoughts?

Paul

May 11th, 2012, 10:22	#2
Audrey Old VOC Member Last Online: Jan 26th, 2023 12:19 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Lancing	164 door cards Hi John I've just got back from local car retrimmers with my 164. My leather seat squabs both have damage so asked for prices - frightening! However, he showed me a Merc he'd just "painted" to quote his word. If the leather is undamaged he said he can thoroughly clean then do with his stuff for a fraction of the retrim cost, so will be checking my spares cars re seat conditions later. So I just thought - have you thought of having your existing cards colour-matched? My reluctance so far is due a maroon car I once owned, where I did the seats a week before a hot BKV, and when I arrived was told my white shirt had a red back.... However, this local guy, who has a good reputation for re-trimming aircraft too, said that definitaly won't happen nowadays. Any thoughts? Paul