Interior trimmers/coachworks

[thewave]

Anyone had any experiences with new upholstery in their cerbs?

Looking for an idea of costs, difficulty etc.

Seen a car I like, but not keen on the interior. Mechanically sound, so that's the most important for me.

Cheers

[Jester7]

D & C Trimmers. David and Chris both Ex TVR workers with 15+ years of working on TVR interiors. Had my dash recovered by them, good value quick service and made a fantastic job of it. They were sharing a unit with Surface and Design (ex TVR workers doing body work) near Blackpool. I ve got there number some where, if your interested PM me.

Edited by Jester7 on Tuesday 24th June 14:41

[M3John]

Give BLUETHUNDER a shout as i know for sure that he has done his within the last couple of years.

[Duke Thrust]

Jester7 said:

D & C Trimmers. David and Chris both Ex TVR workers with 15+ years of working on TVR interiors. Had my dash recovered by them, good value quick service and made a fantastic job of it. They were sharing a unit with Surface and Design (ex TVR workers doing body work) near Blackpool. I ve got there number some where, if your interested PM me.

Edited by Jester7 on Tuesday 24th June 14:41

I'd be interested in that number - if I get mine sprayed to Orange I'd get the interior changed to black (with orange stitching perhaps)

[Ballsy]

Most small fabric supplying shops/sewing shops will retrim items for you, ones closest to me say as long as i take the seats etc out the car then they will do it no bother. Try the yellow pages for your local ones and go have a chat with them, there mostly filled with older ladies that have been doing it all there lives so should make decent job. The 1 i checked showed me previous work they had done and was very good

[Onzlouk]

Just remember that TVR' are a B to work on, if the trimmer has no experience of them then they may be better avoided?!
I had mine done earlier this year and although he did a mint job and at a good price i do believe he would have happily bludgeoned me to death afterwards....

see here:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[Tanguero]

Onzlouk said:

Just remember that TVR' are a B to work on, if the trimmer has no experience of them then they may be better avoided?!
I had mine done earlier this year and although he did a mint job and at a good price i do believe he would have happily bludgeoned me to death afterwards....

see here:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

With the greatest respect, I have just finmished re-upholstering the entire interior of my car and it is no more difficult than any other car. Indeed in many respects it is a good deal simpler than most because of its "handbuilt" nature. If your upholsterer says any different then I suspect he is trying to justify his charges or is just not very experienced.

Sure there is a lot of it if you are doing a complete leather and carpet change - but difficult or needing TVR experience? Absolutely not!

[Onzlouk]

I thought you would comment on that!
No, my retrim wasnt expensive at all and the guy did have tiv experience, but im sure you know better than most on here that the seat bolts are a mare and the glue is strong and everywhere! to name a couple of points. As you said any decent trimmer will be able to carry out the retrim, however, a trimmer with lots of work, no experience and little time between retrims will get quickly frustrated IMHO.
Thats all

[Tanguero]

Onzlouk said:

I thought you would comment on that!
No, my retrim wasnt expensive at all and the guy did have tiv experience, but im sure you know better than most on here that the seat bolts are a mare and the glue is strong and everywhere! to name a couple of points. As you said any decent trimmer will be able to carry out the retrim, however, a trimmer with lots of work, no experience and little time between retrims will get quickly frustrated IMHO.
Thats all

I don't disagree with a word you say, except that none of that is specific to TVRs. Seat bolts are a few pence each and an angle grinder will have the seats out in minutes. Glue indeed is strong and liberaly applied - but thats the same on every car interior.

The point I was really making is that your trimmer doesn't need TVR specific experinece. Though he may be well advised to look carefully at the amount of work involved before quoting

[BLUETHUNDER]

I had certain bits of mine done at a local trimmers,as the previous owner had made such a s**t job of certain bits,i.e seat squabs,center tunnel,etc.But by far the best interior job i have ever seen was done by Peter(Tanguero)A first class quality job,and using quality material.Peter!post some pics of the finished job.

[Tanguero]

BLUETHUNDER said:

I had certain bits of mine done at a local trimmers,as the previous owner had made such a s**t job of certain bits,i.e seat squabs,center tunnel,etc.But by far the best interior job i have ever seen was done by Peter(Tanguero)A first class quality job,and using quality material.Peter!post some pics of the finished job.

Thanks for the compliment Mark. To be honest trimming isn't rocket science - just basic leather work and upholstery techniques. (and a reasonable sewing machine!!) I have a shedload of pics to post - I have been meaning to sort them out for ages. Coming soon I promise.


thewave,
If you arent doing the work yourself - try to make sure you see other work that your chosen trimmer has done before commiting yourself. There are some serious cowboys, and some very good craftsmen.