LEATHER SEATS FOR A SKODA OCTAVIA

baldshaunieb

Hi folks, not much of a car fanatic, once it goes thats good enough for me....until now! I have a 2008 skoda octavia combi 1.9tdi, i want to change the seats to a full leather set, so far no luck finding a set by any car dismantler - loads of phone calls and searching on partfinder.ie. My question is - will the leather seats from another volkswagon group fit ie a set from a passat perhaps - will also need the drivers seat to have a lumbar support, i have this in the skoda and find it invaluable on long trips. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

EPM

You could always get your own reupholstered

colm_c

A mate got his re-upholstered in Enniskillen for about £600, takes 3 hours, they have to take the seats out, and they look much better than the originals.

I'll see if I can find the name of the place.

no1beemerfan

Try ebay.co.uk too. I got a full electric and heated leather interior including door cards for my laguna on ebay.co.uk and the guy had no problem shipping them to me.

mullingar

Try the UK,

I got a full cream leather interior with matching door cards for the wifes Focus for I think €430 odd delivered, it was spotless!

@OP, If you go second-hand, make sure you also get the door cards!

996tt

colm_c wrote: »

A mate got his re-upholstered in Enniskillen for about £600, takes 3 hours, they have to take the seats out, and they look much better than the originals.

I'll see if I can find the name of the place.

that must be the cheap vinyl taxi type leather when you consider both the cost and fitting time.

Getting a proper job done with proper leather will cost allot more. These guys here are used by most of the main dealers, where a buyer might spec leather too late in the order. They are very expensive though
http://www.cartronics.net/leather.htm

danbohan

996tt wrote: »

that must be the cheap vinyl taxi type leather when you consider both the cost and fitting time.

Getting a proper job done with proper leather will cost allot more. These guys here are used by most of the main dealers, where a buyer might spec leather too late in the order. They are very expensive though
http://www.cartronics.net/leather.htm

or could it be because they are not part of the great republic of ireland rip off ??

EPM

More likely the car is cheaper to buy without leather for the dealer and they also avoid paying vrt on the option. Then they get it finished by cartronics and pocket the difference. Simples!

996tt

danbohan wrote: »

or could it be because they are not part of the great republic of ireland rip off ??

Leather option(thats not electric seats either) on a 3 series bmw is £1,200, do the maths;)

and thats basic leather not nappa which is £2k+

bmw535d

in fairness imho a real leather job should cost 1500 at least.

no1beemerfan

A quick pic of what a difference leather makes

My car before




And after

vectra

Original vRS 2 half leather interior here
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Skoda-Octavia-Mk-2-VRS-Half-Leather-Interior-Seat-Trim-/220687994137?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3362078d19#ht_659wt_1139

rebel.ranter

Bear in mind folks that he said "combi" which means an estate, finding leather for an estate is surely more difficult as there are less of them no?

Ha ha! I just thought of it no1beemerfan's post is like a "Spot the difference" competition!

I can spot 9....

baldshaunieb

thanks to all for your advice. got a front seat out of a crashed octavia at the weekend, leaving the leather upholstery for awhile. I did however buy a leather steering wheel and set of 4 alloys from the same scrap yard tho. that should keep me busy for awhile!

oopsbuddy

colm_c wrote: »

A mate got his re-upholstered in Enniskillen for about £600, takes 3 hours, they have to take the seats out, and they look much better than the originals.

I'll see if I can find the name of the place.

Hey Colm,

I am in exactly the same boat as the OP here, in that I want to get my 08 Octavia Combi kitted out in leather. Did you manage to find out the name of the outfit in Enniskillen that does the reupholstery? Cheers

tossy

colm_c wrote: »

A mate got his re-upholstered in Enniskillen for about £600, takes 3 hours, they have to take the seats out, and they look much better than the originals.

I'll see if I can find the name of the place.

Cost aside i'd be dubious of that,anyone who can re upholster an interior in 3 hours needs a medal!

no1beemerfan wrote: »

A quick pic of what a difference leather makes

My car before

And after

Seats look great,personally i would have went the other way with the faux wood and removed it all.

R.O.R

tossy wrote: »

Cost aside i'd be dubious of that,anyone who can re upholster an interior in 3 hours needs a medal!

Leather for the seats usually comes in a kit, so it's just stretching it over the seats and fastening. Probably could be done in 3 hours.

I'd say the bits that take the time are the bits that make a proper job like the door cards and armrest.

colm_c

oopsbuddy wrote: »

Hey Colm,

I am in exactly the same boat as the OP here, in that I want to get my 08 Octavia Combi kitted out in leather. Did you manage to find out the name of the outfit in Enniskillen that does the reupholstery? Cheers

I'll ask my mate about it tonight, I'll PM you the details.

tossy

R.O.R wrote: »

Leather for the seats usually comes in a kit, so it's just stretching it over the seats and fastening. Probably could be done in 3 hours.
.

That sounds like seat covers to me,if i was getting an interior reupholstered i'd expect to have the seats stripped down of all original covers and then re covered in tailored leather to give a better than factory finish.Leather kits stretched over the seats never look good,the make the seats look bloated and obviously covered e.g where a recessed head rest sits nicely in the seat from factory it won't after the leather has been stretched over it.

R.O.R

tossy wrote: »

R.O.R wrote: »

Leather for the seats usually comes in a kit, so it's just stretching it over the seats and fastening. Probably could be done in 3 hours.
.

That sounds like seat covers to me,if i was getting an interior reupholstered i'd expect to have the seats stripped down of all original covers and then re covered in tailored leather to give a better than factory finish.Leather kits stretched over the seats never look good,the make the seats look bloated and obviously covered e.g where a recessed head rest sits nicely in the seat from factory it won't after the leather has been stretched over it.

The leather kit is tailor mad in the far fast for the specific cars. Properly fitted, it's a very, very good job.

Had a few Mondeos done last year and it looks like factory.

colm_mcm

Had them done before too. Not unreasonable for 2 guys to have a car done in 3 hours.

darragh o meara

To the OP I Know a friend of mine was able to put a leather interior from a passat into an Octavia with very little fiddling and since the superb is very much like a passat I would be surprised if the passat seats wouldn't fit. It'd be a lot easier to find a high line passat estate in a scrap yard too.

mathepac

I've has two cars done here and they are the fitters of choice with all the Skoda heads in the UK http://www.theseatsurgeons.com/metadot/index.pl?id=2171;isa=Category;op=show York and somewhere "dahn sahth, maite". They have their own factory in China and they can do pretty much any colour combination you like to order.

The last time I was there they were fitting a Wayne Rover with a custom leather kit - headlining, dash, etc. for £7,000.

Brand new custom-made custom-fit front and rear seats, door-cards, head-restraints, etc for Octavia (not VRS) £850, Fabia VRS £720. Ask about their favourite method of payment which is very cost effective. They supply a company in Dublin but I've never used the Dublin outfit.