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Just had to share this with you all, I have had the interior of my cabby part restored/part re-leathered. Its BMW's 'natur' colour and was looking so sorry for itself it was pitiful.
I contacted a local guy who happened to be part of the 'furniture clinic', when he received the seats etc I think he was a bit shocked to say the least (I could tell by the look on his face).
What has resulted is nothing short of miraculous. The quality of the re-leathering is stunning, the restoration on the rest of the leather is perfect and the magic this guy (keith at canvey Island) has worked on the door cards and rear panels is beyond belief if you had seen the state of them.
Oh, and the smell of real leather when you open the doors is just out of this world.
Well worth the pennies, maybe not cheap to some but still well under the cost of a poor re-trim without the door cards!
Got it all fitted last night and coupled with the royal blue metallic paint it does look the nuts......and the best bit, it sailed through its MOT today. I will get some pics up tomorrow as the light is going now.
Does it get any better than this, I think not.
Just thought I would share my pleasure

jacko wrote: I will get some pics up tomorrow as the light is going now.

Oh dear, I wondered how long that would take

Hey Haywood,nice threepennies

Here are a couple of befores...


And here are the results...


And one for luck!

Massive difference - looks excellent.

Wow what a difference, they look great

Cheers fellas, just been out with the roof down, well chuffed!

Looks really good! I want that now.

do you have contact details of the guy/company that done this please? and what did you pay?if you dont mind me asking, looking to get my interier sorted, they look lovely

How much if you don't mind me asking? Does look superb, but I do wonder how well these fixes last longterm.

matt325ievans wrote:do you have contact details of the guy/company that done this please? and what did you pay?if you dont mind me asking, looking to get my interier sorted, they look lovely

pm sent.

I need a chrome 325i cab in my life.

Bakedbean100 wrote:I need a chrome 325i cab in my life.

i just need a life

that looks seriously good

That really is miraculous, utterly stunningh mate, stunning, just finishes the car off! Top down all the way to show off those leathers!!

They look brand new, well chuffed for you.

Thanks guys, I've been planning this for ages now. I totally recommend having a makeover in the leather department, funds permitting of course, it is such an uplift to the whole E30 experience.

stunning , if that was mine id be so chuffed, how much did it cost out of interest ?

polsta wrote:stunning , if that was mine id be so chuffed, how much did it cost out of interest ?

Good question, but let me ask, how much would you be willing to part with? In fact more figures the better just to make me feel better, or worse!

I'll start.
£150

now now dezzy you no how much a full retrim lightens your wallet by

i have no idea, and we cant see before/after of the door cards etc, but id be happy paying a few hundred, how many hundreds would depend on the amount of "re trim" leather/amount of restored/re painted leather ?


got a leather interior in my discovery with cracking front seats, and seen the paint kits you can get which i need to try , as they show good before/after results from pics, how good or not remains to be seen

I cant see paint lasting very long on leather to be honest thats how chips away repair fag burns in leather and to be honest i dont think its a good idea there is no replacement for fresh leather

I know tell me about it.

You've got to start somewhere.

this id "dye" not paint ? have no idea the reality of how good it is, i actualy ordered some from these people and paid, very poor comunications, and no delivery info,thanks,message after payment, and then after kicking up a stink and paypal claim after nod elivery or mesages, i got refunded , which annoyed me because i really wanted it

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Leather-dye-RANGE ... 588d9a6bb5

Looks great, a nice transformation

one of my customers just had his complete interior done,on a Daimler, similar colour was £440