peterc005

The new (ultra) leather interior for my IROC from Lethal Leather (Princess Dion) was delivered today and I'm very happy with the results.

Went with black leather, with perforated leather centres and red stitching. Got the door trims done at the same time and a carpet dash cover too. The pattern itself is stock for this model and Princess nailed it 100%. Obviously she's done Camaros before and has the factory patterns.

The cost was about the same as stock seat covers, but I liked being able to customise the interior.

Took about nine months to arrive, but I did tell Princess a couple of times there was no rush because the car had come out of the paint shop and would take time to reassemble. As it happens the new interior arrived just as I'm ready to complete the interior trim.

Princess's work is fantastic and she's a very pleasant person to deal with.

I'll post some more photos after the seats are bolted into the car.

LX_SS

Very nice, can't wait too see this car with all its new goodies in action.

dmccain

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Nice ready to c it installed

DynoDave43

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Citation X

Awesome, I love mine. She is great to work with and her workmanship is second to none.
A little tip if you haven't installed covers before. I bought some hog ring pliers from lowes. About half way through. I figured out I needed to grind the tips of them down so the rings would sit farther out in them. This made installing the rings MUCH easier.

peterc005

Thanks for the tip, I've ordered a set of hog ring pliers and will start to put the covers on over the weekend.
I'll post some more pictures then.

Crashbandit63

Nice!!!!

D&S 85 IROC

She did mine Love her work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

D&S 85 IROC

steveo346

Those seat covers look sweet D&S, but head rest look kinda off?

D&S 85 IROC

yeah in that picture, since then I replaced the passenger side with another head rest,

laf723

Really like the look of those leather seats. Can somebody post a link to "Princess", sorry I am not familiar with her but from praise she is very well liked.

G.Penrod

http://www.lethalinteriors.com/index.html

I'll be ordering some here very shortly.

KCG

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Any updates? Installed pics?

Is yours Ultra leather too?
How long have you had them and hows it holding up to wear & tear?

Citation X

Mine are ultra leather and are holding up great. Have had them a little over 2 years and look perfect.

KCG

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Do you daily drive it?

peterc005

The interior install is moving along slowly.

I rear seats and head rests are done and fit perfectly. Princess must use factory patterns to get the fit so precise.

The amount of detail in her work is amazing.

Installing new covers is a painful job. I do one or two pieces and then leave it for a while. After a while I forget about the pain and do some more.

Still doing some wiring under the dash, so there is no rush to do the front seats.

Can't do the door trims until I replace the window motors and mirrors.

Princess charges about the same as the kits from Hawkes/Classic etc, but with Princess you can get the interior customised any which way.

Princess has a backlog of work, so if you need covers make sure to order it well in advance.

siuol

Hi Peter,

I have a set of formula covers that I ordered from Princess. Should have them in about a month. I was quoted $600 to have them installed professionally by a local shop. I am going to install them myself. Can you offer any suggestions? I have been looking for a video on an install but could not find any. Do you have any photos of the install.

And I must say, Princess is a wonderfull pleasant person to do business with.

Louis

peterc005

Hi Louis,

for $600 I'd endure the pain of doing it yourself.

* buy a set of hog ring clips and pliers on eBay
* hit Youtube and watch videos on the topic
* take your time
* there are a couple of places where it's impossible to get the hog ring pliers into, just cheat and use zip ties

Cheers

siuol

Thanks Peter, did you use a plastic bag over the seat backs to make it easier to slip the new one on?

Louis

Drew

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How hard did you look? If you transfered all the seat cover clips off youtube onto VHS, you'd literally have a ton of videos. Here's one that's even specific to 82-92 f-body.

siuol

Hi Drew, thanks for the link.

Louis

Citation X

2-3 times a week except in winter when the salt and sand is on the road.

Citation X

I tried on one seat and it helped some not sure it helped enough to mess with it or not. The backs of the front seats are the biggest pain to get on really. If you pull your seats and do just one at a time, you can slowly tear one down as you put one together to see how they fit and where to place hog rings.

I bought a set of pliers from lowes. Best advice on pliers is to grind the tips of them down so the ends of the ring stick out from the pliers as much as possible. I didn't figure this out til the last seat and it went MUCH easier.

That video helped a lot too.

OdieTurbo

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About how long did it take for her to make those?