Repairing tears in seats... worth it?

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Repairing tears in seats... worth it?

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Bought an FTO with a small tear in the driver seat, below the seat belt holder thingo. It's about an inch and a half and along the side seam. You can see the orange innards every time you get in :cry:

I took it to basically the only upholsterer in town to get a quote: he said that he'd need to strip the seat to fix it properly and if I was going to do that he may as well redo all the stitching - it's apparently only a few minutes difference on the sewing machine. I figure I may as well do both seats; he pointed out a few places where the stitching is bulging a bit - and it's white/cream thread too which he said seemed strange.

Apart from the stitching I want to get the whole car steam cleaned. For the above he quoted me ~$650, with the option of getting 12mm extra padding on the base and back support of the seats for an extra $150. Seen interiors done by the guy, no problem with the quality of his work.

I'm a bit anal with details like this; it all started with a tear :( I'm wondering whether it's worth it. I definitely want the steam clean but I dunno about the seats...

Opinions? The quote seems okay, I imagine it's pretty labour intensive.
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leatherette seat covers, $400ish + an afternoon. ;)
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BorepYano wrote:leatherette seat covers, $400ish + an afternoon. ;)
Are they the ones on eBay? Proseat Auto Interior? I did look at those, I suppose I could just get the guy to put them on for me while he's steam cleaning.

Have you had any experience with them?


EDIT: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/SEAT-COVER-MITSU ... 3ca9aaeb44
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a lot of the members on here have those seat covers and apart from fitting them, I have never heard of any complaints.
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