Good or bad for resale: convert vinyl interior to leather?

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Martin Benade
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Re: Good or bad for resale: convert vinyl interior to leathe

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Re: Good or bad for resale: convert vinyl interior to leathe

#17 Post by Alex Mestas »

It's really what you would like to sit on. I personally would prefer not to mix vinyl with leather. For comfort what I did was redo my seats with vinyl and corduroy inserts. It looks good, comfortable to sit on and works for me. Just an option to consider.
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#18 Post by Paul Allen »

Thanks for all the thoughts.

This car seems to be matching numbers, so I decided to go with German vinyl covers to keep the car in its original configuration.

EDIT actually ended up doing leather, and very glad I did!
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Re: Good or bad for resale: convert vinyl interior to leathe

#19 Post by M Penta »

Hi Paul, do you have pics of existing covers?

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#20 Post by Paul Allen »

Here are pics from the previous owner. The car also came with a set of replacement covers, but they weren't in perfect shape either.
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Re: Good or bad for resale: convert vinyl interior to leathe

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Pretty good looking original covers if you ask me!

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#22 Post by Paul Allen »

I think they look great for 52 year old covers, but the rest of the car looks 100 times better.
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