Why are these Armadae Getting Leather?

"Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection" (itsalwayssteve)
05/18/2018 at 14:50 • Filed to: None

Two reasons:

1. Nissan cloth sucks. ImmoralMinority can tell you that.

2. They’re retired rentals. Each of them smells like an old shoe inside.

DISCUSSION (33)

HammerheadFistpunch > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
05/18/2018 at 14:54

sounds like a good deal. A retired rental armada might even be a good buy. I may have onions on the Armada (incoming)

Ash78, voting early and often > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
05/18/2018 at 14:56

I don’t mind cloth, but it has to be woven.

This mouse fur shit has got to go. It always makes me think of a 1993 Cavalier full of cigarette burns, but maybe I’m projecting my life experience a bit.

LOREM IPSUM > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
05/18/2018 at 14:57

OEM Nissan leather sucks too, fwiw.

What’s a seat recover go for these days anyway? My drivers seat has seen better days.

M.T. Blake > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
05/18/2018 at 14:57

I had a 2006 Armada. The cloth sucked then too. Wish I had leather like that in mine! It also had lots of NVH issues. Otherwise I loved that big tank.

His Stigness > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
05/18/2018 at 14:57

Is the foam replaced too depending on the age, or do you guys just re-cover seats?

Nibby > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
05/18/2018 at 15:00

is that 100% genuine whale penis leather?

HammerheadFistpunch > Ash78, voting early and often
05/18/2018 at 15:01

YES! Woven cloth is a go, otherwise pass.

WilliamsSW > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
05/18/2018 at 15:05

Mmmmm, quilted.

Yes I know everyone seems to be doing quilted these days, but I like it.

Wacko > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
05/18/2018 at 15:10

Was looking at one at my dealers showroom while serving my path, nice but not 80000 nice

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > HammerheadFistpunch
05/18/2018 at 15:12

Did they make you cry?

HammerheadFistpunch > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
05/18/2018 at 15:12

layers. so many layers...

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > LOREM IPSUM
05/18/2018 at 15:20

Here at the shop it’s about $200/piece - $400/seat, $800 front row, $1000 2-row, $1300 3-row.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > WilliamsSW
05/18/2018 at 15:20

I do too. It’s quite nice on the buttocks.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > His Stigness
05/18/2018 at 15:25

The thin sewing foam is replaced. Cushions stay. If someone has an older car that needs cushions then I recommend finding the part number and getting the cushion somewhere.

This foam is what gets replaced: usually we just cut it off with razor blades because it’s synthetic fiber and 3 kinds of plastic.

Kinja'd!!!

Ours has to be a little thicker for the quilting.

Kinja'd!!!

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > HammerheadFistpunch
05/18/2018 at 15:27

These are both 40k-mile trucks. Selling at the Infiniti dealer for about $30-32k even after leather. Not a bad deal at all, considering the base-o-matic one is $55k or so.

HammerheadFistpunch > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
05/18/2018 at 15:29

Seriously 30 grand is a great entry point for this vehicle.

Takuro Spirit > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
05/18/2018 at 15:40

I need to work for a dealer that actually spends money on used cars.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Takuro Spirit
05/18/2018 at 15:42

We have several that do. Last week we had a 2010 Prius that had 195k miles, with an ask of ~5k, to get leather and a headliner because it smelled like cigarette smoke.

Others don’t seem to give a damn.

Takuro Spirit > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
05/18/2018 at 15:44

I have a hard time selling them CABIN FILTERS.

victor > HammerheadFistpunch
05/18/2018 at 16:11

We were getting quoted Platinum w/ captains chairs and AWD on 2018s at under 50k though.

Under_Score > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
05/18/2018 at 16:46

My sister’s Rogue is cloth and those are some of the comfiest seats.

daender > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
05/18/2018 at 19:36

Man, those seats look nice with leather! Mom had a ‘03 Murrano, the cloth seats were alright. Then again, any automotive seat is good enough if I can fall asleep on it whenever I’m not driving.

How often does your business see convertibles come through for new interiors? Are all of the customers asking for leather or do some want cloth?

BJ > Wacko
05/18/2018 at 19:48

That’s crazy. Was that before or after all of our sales tax?

BJ > Wacko
05/18/2018 at 19:49

Also, seeing these for 80k makes me think I really should have bought that LR3 for 8k three years ago. Oh well, water under the bridge yadda-yadda...

Wacko > BJ
05/18/2018 at 20:14

New and Canadian, sorry forgot to specify that.

I think it was a higher end trim.

BJ > Wacko
05/18/2018 at 21:00

I understood - I’m in Quebec, too - that’s why I asked about sales tax. I know the exchange makes things more pricey, but 80k is a lot of pricey, so it had better be the price including tax!

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Under_Score
05/18/2018 at 21:01

Nissan seats are fine themselves - especially the ones with the memory foam inserts. But the velour-ish cloth is some of the worst upholstery ever foisted upon crossover buyers. Seriously it only lasted 14-15 before someone said “this stuff sucks. We need something that won’t look like it’s been sitting in a storage shed for decades after a few weeks of use. We need a light colored fabric that won’t stain just looking at it.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > daender
05/18/2018 at 21:05

Surprisingly it’s rare to get a request for new leather on convertibles. We don’t do cloth seats because we’d have to either sew them up in-house or get pieces from the manufacturers. Although last week we did a leather-cloth swap between two Camaro convertibles.

daender > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
05/18/2018 at 21:23

Hmm, that’s quite an interesting swap! I just did that myself with my Miata, going from leather to cloth, since cloth is easier to maintain (for me) than leather. The other reason is that the sun is really intense down here (in Florence, SC) that dark leather and convertibles aren’t a good idea, especially with the top down!

Wacko > BJ
05/18/2018 at 21:37

I think it was the sticker price before both taxes.

I forgot you’re here in Quebec.

Just configured a platinum with the black and brown seats and it comes up to 77048$

Under_Score > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
05/19/2018 at 08:32

My sister’s is a 2008, too, so it has very different seats.

BJ > Wacko
05/23/2018 at 00:52

Ouch. I’ll pass, thanks!

Wacko > BJ
05/23/2018 at 08:32

It’s nice, but to me no car justifies a 80000 price tag.