There's no accounting for taste... *UPDATED*

"Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection" (itsalwayssteve) 03/15/2016 at 16:05 • Filed to: chrysler 200, leather seats

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Occasionally we get someone in from a dealer who has interesting taste. We don’t judge, but one of the local, shadier buy-here-pay-here lots sent this. The interior of this 200 was trashed. He wanted this color. The boss made him pay for it up front.

Exterior:

Note the multiple spiderwebs where the windshield had been smashed up

And now, inside:

Strangely, though, I feel like in a black interior car it wouldn’t be so bad. But this is just busy and ugly.

*UPDATE*

The guys came back. They said it looked bad. We repeatedly tried to talk them into the recommended tan to match the inside. I said, “too bad. We warned you already.”

Takuro Spirit > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/15/2016 at 16:08

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BLARGH

Tripper > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/15/2016 at 16:11

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Just curious, how much does it cost to have that done? I can’t fathom buying a 20k car and then immediately spend 5k on the brand new interior.

Ash78, voting early and often > Tripper 03/15/2016 at 16:16

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I can't even begin modding a car until it's paid off and the warranty is long gone. But as we discussed elsewhere, homeownership!

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Tripper 03/15/2016 at 16:16

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If you were to walk into our shop and ask for a leather interior for a typical 2 row vehicle it'd be around $1000

Autohaus Derp > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/15/2016 at 16:16

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Rhubarb and custard!

Klaus Schmoll > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/15/2016 at 16:17

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I agree 100%! The white plastic ruins it.

Friend of my parents bought his first big boy car in the early 90s when his architecture business skyrocketed with all the rebuilding in the former GDR after the wall came down. Got a black 325i convertible with red leather. Bold choice but it looked really good.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Tripper 03/15/2016 at 16:20

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Also, this was a buy here pay here car dealer. I don’t also, this was a buy here pay here car dealer. I don’t know his reasoning for the red, because we tried to talk him into a matching tan. However, he insisted.

shop-teacher > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/15/2016 at 16:23

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Oofff!!

HammerheadFistpunch > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/15/2016 at 16:24

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The things some people would rather have than money...

HammerheadFistpunch > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/15/2016 at 16:24

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I wish I was near you guys, I have been shopping around for my front seats only to be rebuilt (granted, new pads too) and its ~$1200

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/15/2016 at 16:24

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You think they’d replace the windshield first. What with the huge spiderweb on the drivers side and all.

As for the color “scheme”... some people are color blind. That is the only possible explanation for the silver/black over black/tan(white?)/red.

Vicente Esteve > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/15/2016 at 16:27

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If it was an all black interior it would work. Red seats make everything better.

FromCanadaWithLove > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/15/2016 at 16:30

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In fairness, they bought a Chrysler 200. It’s not like they knew anything to begin with.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > HammerheadFistpunch 03/15/2016 at 16:30

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That’s not bad for most retail. Cruiserparts.com has the foam for a reasonable price - I think the last customer paid ~100 apiece for all 4 big pads

Tripper > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/15/2016 at 16:31

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hmm that’s a lot less that I thought. A guy at work has an 70's Oldsmobile convertible, and he had the interior redone in green leather...it was 11k!

HammerheadFistpunch > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/15/2016 at 16:32

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Thats a killer deal for those pads. I need them badly, My front seats are hurting.

Tripper > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/15/2016 at 16:32

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Ya can’t save em all

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/15/2016 at 17:23

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Actually I kind of like it. It’s more interesting than the drab greys and beiges that are so common.

Svend > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/15/2016 at 17:23

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Jesus christ what the hell. At first I thought it was about the awful silver bonnet and charcoal metallic body work but then I scrolled down and saw the two tone tan and red seats with black dash board and upper trim.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Tripper 03/15/2016 at 17:53

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Sounds like it was custom sewn and not a kit. We have kits made from factory cloth patterns.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Vicente Esteve 03/15/2016 at 17:54

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Agreed on that point. It isn't pretty with the tan.

Tripper > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/15/2016 at 17:55

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Gotcha, that makes sense. I didn’t even know that was a thing? How do the kits hold up? Do they move, wrinkle, sag?

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 03/15/2016 at 17:56

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I’m a fan of red or blue or green interior. It definitely breaks things up, especially when the car is boring. But it’s the juxtaposition of grey, black, red, and tan that makes me all “ugh.”

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/15/2016 at 18:15

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Maybe it would be better if it was velour...

LOL

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Tripper 03/15/2016 at 18:17

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They tend to go on a little loose - makes it much easier to install - but they’re attached to the foam and frame of the seats with hog rings and clips just like factory seat covers. Then we hit them with garment steamers and let the cars idle for 20-30 minutes with the heat on that shrinks it down to the foam pretty well.

We offer lifetime warranty for the seats and it holds up really well. The operations manager at our branch has had the company leather in his truck since fall of 1999 and it still looks and feels good even with minimal maintenance.

Of course the installation has to be done right, too.

That's gonna leave a mark! > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/15/2016 at 18:18

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Just red seats with everything else black - good choice. The tan here suggests the red seats and door parts are from a salvage yard.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > That's gonna leave a mark! 03/15/2016 at 18:20

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Well it was bought at an insurance auction and will sit at a buy-here-pay-here lot until it’s “sold.”

The tan cloth was so badly stained I think someone may have died in the car.

ranwhenparked > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/15/2016 at 22:22

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The red itself is actually pretty nice, it’s the combination of red and beige that is jarring. Not sure if the Packardesque tritone effect is really working either.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > ranwhenparked 03/15/2016 at 22:53

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In the Renegade it actually comes Together well this is just poorly matched.

crowmolly > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/16/2016 at 13:59

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You guys are very reasonable.

Tripper > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/16/2016 at 14:06

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Wow! Trying to get his money back?

gawdzillla > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/16/2016 at 14:11

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are you a upholstery shop or a car dealership ?

citizennick > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/16/2016 at 14:11

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Love the seats but yeah, they clearly have no imagination on how it would look with the tan. Horrible.

Steve in Manhattan > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/16/2016 at 14:14

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s color of choice was Cherokee Red, and it’s mine as well. This color has a bit more purplish hue, and if it was the color of the entire interior, very nice. But this? Someone color-blind will probably wind up with it.

Rico > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/16/2016 at 14:22

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Good thing it was paid up front!

CalzoneGolem > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/16/2016 at 14:22

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It would look nice if the beige was either red or black.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/16/2016 at 14:26

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Re: update

Fucking whatever, these people are trouble from the moment you see them. They probaby we’re mulling over how to get free shit from you in advance.

CalzoneGolem > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/16/2016 at 14:30

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That is nice.

m-b-w loves his SUBAROO > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/16/2016 at 14:32

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What's up with the mismatched body panels?

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO 03/16/2016 at 14:34

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one of the local, shadier buy-here-pay-here lots

That’s why.

Ed, for the old good times > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/16/2016 at 14:37

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Curiously it fits nicely in an Alfa Brera.

TylerJ > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/16/2016 at 14:53

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Sooo where are you guys located and how long does it take to do seats? I may need to take a roadtrip to get this done.

Small coupe, 4 seats.

Dru > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/16/2016 at 15:03

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Could you dye the tan parts black or anthracite? That would help a ton. What part of NC is this?

m-b-w loves his SUBAROO > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/16/2016 at 15:11

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Thats quite sketchy.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > gawdzillla 03/16/2016 at 15:20

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Classic Soft Trim

We’re the Charlotte branch.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Dru 03/16/2016 at 15:21

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We’re in Charlotte. And to dye the hard plastic it’d be cheaper to find a junkyard parts.

Sam > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/16/2016 at 15:29

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Customer: Can you paint a giant penis on the hood of my car?

Painter: Sir, why would you do that? It’s going to look awful.

Customer: Can you do it, or do I need to find someone else?

Shop: Sure, but I warned you.

-Days later-

Painter: Here’s your car sir.

Customer: What the hell, why is there a giant penis on the hood? I want a refund, just looks awful.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > TylerJ 03/16/2016 at 15:29

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We’re in Charlotte. It’d be around $1000 if we have the pattern for it. What kind of car?

We use patterns based on factory cloth and it takes about 3-6 days to get the sewn-up kit into the shop and about 2-3 hours for the installation.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Sam 03/16/2016 at 15:33

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I think a giant penis on the hood would make this better.

BJ > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/16/2016 at 15:41

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I like the colour and think it could work alone, but it’s too busy with the tan and black.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > BJ 03/16/2016 at 15:42

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If the car originally had black it’d be fine.

gawdzillla > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/16/2016 at 15:44

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how much do u charge to add leather to this 200?

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > gawdzillla 03/16/2016 at 15:45

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about a grand...

shop-teacher > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/16/2016 at 16:45

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“It looks bad!”

“DUH!!”

TylerJ > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/17/2016 at 09:12

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2010 Scion tC, the first generation.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > TylerJ 03/17/2016 at 10:33

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Aren’t you in Louisiana?

There’s a location near Lafayette and they’re good down there. You can find locations here

But we definitely have that and can do it however you like.

Here’s a .pdf of the pattern. That $1000 is for a single color interior. Extras like contrasting stitch or two-tone are $50 each. For an extra $100 we could do harlequin if you really wanted with every panel in a different color.