Did a search on the forums with no luck here. Been in love with the peanut butter interior ever since I saw it in a G from Japan but as you know we here in the States are not as fortunate to have the honorable option. Thought I'd see if anyone had done a swap and how much it run only to hear they run in the thousands per seat. Happen to come up on this which was intriguing. Not sure if anyone has given this a thought or try. What are your thoughts on this? Looks like it came out pretty well but dont know the actual steps taken.

http://g35driver.com/forums/media-sh...rior-pics.html

 

I would follow up with the guys on driver to see how the long term durability and colorfastness was.... I was doubtful, but the pix make it look feasible.

 

I did something like that years ago, but kept the original black color of the leather. I can't remember what car i did it to.
It came out great. Months later I could see a little wear on the drivers seat, so I did a fast and easy touch up and it looked new again. It never transferred any color to my clothes.

 

Leatherique offers kits for this. I did it on my 325i back in the day.

You just need to be careful when wetsanding the old die off.

 

How durable and long lasting was the dye?

Also, how easy is it to remove the seats in the G? Front and back.

 

i read through that whole thread, the OP states he sold the car, and another member did five cars, he stated 2 of the 5 had problems with stuff Skinning/peeling in sections. He said it is not worth the hassle in his opinion. Pictures sure did look nice though. Not sure i would have the ***** to do it,

 

Gotcha! Thanks for the info. Sure would have been a nice option for those looking to match that anniversary red etc

 

Have them recovered the right way. Much better idea than spray painting your seats. I used to redo interior for a living. Its not that expensive.

 

nice to know you have experience in this, any rough estimate for materials and labor to re cover the interior of a G coupe?

 

I honestly thought that cost quite a bit. As asked, could you give rough estimation on how much getting plainly seats done would cost in the G

 

 

Going from black to red is more labor and cost vs getting new leather stitched in

 

Yeah, going red from black seats will be damn near impossible. Not worth the hassle. Plenty of companies sell leather replacements. I priced it out for my Lancer to get rid of the cloth seats and I'd have around $700 in the seat covers, and a little more if I would decide to pay someone to do it for me.

 

 

I dyed my seats a year ago with Angelus leather dye, the color is holding up after a year of daily driving. make sure before you apply dye, scuff your seats with scotch brite, after you applied the color dye you will need to apply couple layers of acrylic finisher, depending on if you want it to be glossy or simi matt finish you will want to mix some duller with the acrylic finisher.

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