Roush Advice Needed!

88-378 · Aug 30, 2007

I want to recover my seats and door panels. I found material that is a very close match. Howver, I was thinking about going to leather. do you think it would look ok with leather?

FASN8N · Aug 30, 2007

I vote for the cloth, but if you decide to do leather at least have the Saleen logo stitched into the seats like the Saleen cars that came with leather.

Saleen87-65 · Aug 30, 2007

if your going to recover your seats, you need to talk to George Gast, whomever did his seats in atlanta did an awesome job...if you did have another saleen with a nice interior right beside it...it'd be really hard to tell it wasnt original

88-378 · Aug 30, 2007

I spoke to George. didn't ask him about who he used though. i have a great guy. Longs Upholstery.

I can get really close. I may just do cloth. We'll see. I have a lot to do! Kinda don't know where to start!

Saleen87-65 · Aug 30, 2007

well atleast try to find out what material they used so your car can compare who's is closer

88-378 · Oct 6, 2007

Update

Spoke to George. He doesn't remember what material was used. So, after about 3 weeks to a month trying to match it up I chose to go leather.

I was able to find the insert material that was very close thanks to George and his description but really couldn't find that blueish gray for the rest of the seat. Also, the material I did find seemed to be of a much lesser quality than the originals.

So this is what I'm doing. Going with a semi light grey perforated leather for the insert, charcoal leahter look vinyl for the sides and back and vinyl red/marron piping. They will do the door panel inserts the same with the Slaeen Mustang embroidered in.

I'll post pictures when I get them back. It should look good.

s351rspeedster · Oct 6, 2007

88-378 said:
Spoke to George. He doesn't remember what material was used.

.....George must be getting old if he can't remember what material was used
and why would he not write it down?? Come on George, what were you thinking??

marcus95 · Oct 6, 2007

Don't go leather. It won't look right and you will hate it. On top of that it will cost more money.

Just do this

http://www.seatsource.com/FlofitSeatbySeatSource/tabid/21367/Default.aspx

Buy a couple of brand new grey flofits in cloth and swap your headrests. Then when you have the money, get them re-covered the right way. I should be able to find some if the original matrial by then. I'm still looking.

88-378 · Oct 7, 2007

marcus95 said:
Don't go leather. It won't look right and you will hate it. On top of that it will cost more money.

Just do this

http://www.seatsource.com/FlofitSeatbySeatSource/tabid/21367/Default.aspx

Buy a couple of brand new grey flofits in cloth and swap your headrests. Then when you have the money, get them re-covered the right way. I should be able to find some if the original matrial by then. I'm still looking.

Nope! I'm doin' it. If the material ever becomes available, which i doubt, I'll get another set of seats and cover them.

I think the leather will look really good.

88FoxSaleen · Oct 7, 2007

when it comes to my Saleen FloFits, i would rather have small imperfections in the original seat Fabric (which mines does) then to have them recovered in anything else. i will wait & wait until that center material resurfaces but the darker gray should be matched up without much of an issue. the shop i went to went through a fabric book with me until we found a suitable match for the darker gray fabric. i had my drivers side upper bolster repaired & they had the darker gray fabric closely matching the dark gray of the original FloFits. since my drivers side upper bolster fabric was shreaded to hell, i had the original fabric removed from the back side of the front seat & had the shop use the original material to fix that bolster & had them recover the back of the front seat with the closely matching material. worked great!!! this is a means to preserving these seats while keeping the original material/look as much as possible. how bad are your seats?

88-378 · Oct 7, 2007

They have cigarette burns EVERYWHERE. Believe me, it's not pretty. I would rather do them now in the leather than to wait until the material shows itself.

I was in several upholstery shops and the last one I spent over two hours looking at material and matching it up to no avail.

I think the leather is going to look great. Plus it will match my new door panels and rear inner quarters that are also being re-covered due to the vinyl being scrathed all over. IMO, this car was not taken care of. Which is why I am putting all the love back into her. She deserves some leather!!

Also, it is really not much of a difference in the cost of material since the only leather will be the lighter grey in the middle. So an $800 job turns into $1,100.

marcus95 · Oct 7, 2007

No problem man.

Suit yourself. She's your ride. You did ask our opinion and most opted on redoing cloth. Just rememeber, the farther you get away from stock the less money it's worth to someone else. If you do leather do the headrests also. That's where it gets more expensive though. Try to do something that looks like it's in the family of the SSC.

Good luck on it.

Onefine88 · Oct 8, 2007

Flo Fits look good in leather. I should know.LOL
I would rather go leather and be obvious different than to have a so-so fabric match. IMO you should keep to one color dove grey to match the interior with red piping. Two toning them could look really great or really tacky unless the car is white then mimic the SSC seats with red piping. Stay close to what Saleen designed and will look nice. You can find an exact match to the vinyl and plastic used in stock foxbodies and the leather used on the SSC. It is the same color. I looked through some books 3 or 4yrs ago at a upholstery shop near my house and ordered a 5 square yd. roll of leather to keep around and replace damaged interior parts on my SSC and my '88 GT vert. Great to have extra leather on hand.

88-378 · Oct 8, 2007

I don't mind that it won't be original. If the material ever is available, i will buy it and keep it with the car. Besides, I am changing the springs and shocks because it rides horrible. It also has a Tremec in it plus i'll be doing heads, cam and intake.

I will keep all of the stock parts that I do have so when and if i ever sell it it won't lose much value. I am taking what Saleen made and making it better.

If it was an SSC or SA-10 I wouldn't dream of touching it.

88-378 · Oct 8, 2007

89SSC18 said:
Flo Fits look good in leather. I should know.LOL
I would rather go leather and be obvious different than to have a so-so fabric match. IMO you should keep to one color dove grey to match the interior with red piping. Two toning them could look really great or really tacky unless the car is white then mimic the SSC seats with red piping. Stay close to what Saleen designed and will look nice. You can find an exact match to the vinyl and plastic used in stock foxbodies and the leather used on the SSC. It is the same color. I looked through some books 3 or 4yrs ago at a upholstery shop near my house and ordered a 5 square yd. roll of leather to keep around and replace damaged interior parts on my SSC and my '88 GT vert. Great to have extra leather on hand.

I actually picked the exact leather that matches all of the interior trim. that;s why I am going with the leather/vinyl because of that match.

The material just looked cheap. Especially the insert material.

88-378 · Oct 8, 2007

Hey guys, look at page 67 in the saleen book. Middle of page to the right . See the seats on the right? That's what mine will look like.

Metalcop · Oct 9, 2007

On this same topic: I just put a set of leather Flofits in my car. I also purchased the rear seat cover from Seat Source. How difficult is replacing the rear seat cover? Is this a job I could do myself with simple shop tools, or do I need the services of a professional upholsterer? Specifically, it looks like the rear seat 'uppers' are pretty simple, and only held in place with the ever present Christmas tree fasteners, and a couple of listing wires/rods, I think I can handle these. However, what about the lowers? If anyone has tackled this job or has some insight, your thoughts would be greatly appreciated. If it is simple, I would be willing to purchase a set of hog ring pliers and some rings, if that is all it takes? Thanks.

marcus95 · Oct 9, 2007

Metalcop said:
On this same topic: I just put a set of leather Flofits in my car. I also purchased the rear seat cover from Seat Source. How difficult is replacing the rear seat cover? Is this a job I could do myself with simple shop tools, or do I need the services of a professional upholsterer? Specifically, it looks like the rear seat 'uppers' are pretty simple, and only held in place with the ever present Christmas tree fasteners, and a couple of listing wires/rods, I think I can handle these. However, what about the lowers? If anyone has tackled this job or has some insight, your thoughts would be greatly appreciated. If it is simple, I would be willing to purchase a set of hog ring pliers and some rings, if that is all it takes? Thanks.

The bottom is an intermediate job only because it's cumbersome. Just be careful not to tear the foam as it's pretty dry and brittle now. I know, I have done it. You should be able to re-use the clips. I did. It helps to have a couple of drinks in you also. Just to take the edge off because it's a bit frustrating getting the new one on because it's not stretched yet.

Metalcop · Oct 9, 2007

Thanks for the advice, Marcus. I think that I am going to give it a try on my own. BTW, do you still have a set of headrests for sale? Please email me, if you do (in my profile) Thanks!

saleen065 · Oct 10, 2007

The outer grey material on the flofits is standard material and easily done. the red piping is also standard material and easy to come by. The center material the *itch to find. I called the upholstery shop that did my seats and he said he can get the same material he used on my seats anytime. As for the name of it, he said he does have the info but would have to look it up if someone wanted to order it.

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