Need New Seats, Any Suggestions?

[nufy]

My 94 325is seats are in terrible condition. I've had it quoted for reupholstering but that was $1200 and seemed very steep. The drivers seat looks as if it is beyond repair. It has a huge gash in it (i think the previous owner wore a pager/ cell phone which dug into it over time). Would buying replacement seats be cheaper? If so where could I find some? Any suggestions would be great

Barry

[Bremsen]

You can.....re-dye/finish your seats with a product like leatherique, you can re-upholster your seats or you can swap out for some aftermarket seats.

My preferences for aftermarket seats goes like:
1. Recaro ($$$$ very pricey, but you won't find a better seat)
2. Cobra (great quality, Recaro mechanism, but still a little pricey)
3. Corbeau (good, very reasonably priced seat. The Cr1 is probably the best value there is in aftermarket seats)
4. Sparco (not really comfortable to me, I think they are over-hyped)


I always suggest sitting in each of the seats you are interested in. They only seat I would ever buy sight unseen are Recaro's. Go check the others out and find out which one you think is more comfortable.

[XmEnNiNjA]

or you can find some used vaders in decent condition for 700-900 in the classifieds down below.

[tomas3314]

My 94 325is seats are in terrible condition. I've had it quoted for reupholstering but that was $1200 and seemed very steep. The drivers seat looks as if it is beyond repair. It has a huge gash in it (i think the previous owner wore a pager/ cell phone which dug into it over time). Would buying replacement seats be cheaper? If so where could I find some? Any suggestions would be great

Barry

I'm in the same situation and my jaw dropped when I got the same quote you did. And I even asked about "other materials", lol. I said screw it and will hold out to buy some cr1's. I was trying to save money thinking redoing the seats would be cheaper but I was wrong. I'd rather pay less for some new seats, have a weight reduction and a "better" seat.

[NegativeCambre]

A really good upgrade for these cars is a nice set of sports or race seats. I have the Corbeau TRS', which is a sports/race seat. Still very very comfy, lots more grip then even a factory vader, and weighs only around 20lbs... netting a weight savings of over 100lbs over the factory sports, electric seats (86lbs a peice! WOWZERS).

Really changed the attitude of the car while driving... highly recommended.

Steve