Good afternoon you all!
I finally managed to finish the install of my leather interior that I bought from a company in CA as well as the wrangler (2012) leather steering wheel install.
The total changes include:
- Full leather front seats + headrests
- Full leather middle console armrest
- Full leather rear seats + headrests
- Factory leather steering wheel
I can tell you that I would most likely not do this again. At least not as a DIY project.
While it all turned out great, installing leather upholstery is a PITA. You need arms like Popeye and your fingers are guaranteed to hurt at the end of the day.
That said, taking about the seats and the rear bench is fairly straight forward. Remove a couple bolts, take the stuff out, and get to work.
Now... if you want to do this, be as careful as you can removing all the plastic trim on the seats. It is brittle to say the least. I cracked one side cover and had to order a new one.
As for the headrests: they seem difficult to take apart at first. But they really are not. Once the plastic cover on the back is removed with a pry-upholstery tool the cloth is just held by clips.
I am very happy with the way it turned out. Especially as material & tools ran me around $500 for everything...
Below a couple pictures for your viewing pleasure (for some reason I cannot link the picture itself from my Google Drive account, so I posted the links)
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