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I recently purchased leather seat upholstery from Interior-Innovations and figured I would do a write up for any of you considering that route. First a picture of my old seat back. I'm pretty sure the interior was "updated" sometime in the 80's before I got the car. I considered both leather and vinyl but decided to go with leather hoping it will acquire charater over time. At $375 for the pair Interior-Innovations was affordable so I sent them an e-mail asking if they could send some scraps of leather so I could check the color. I got a response within 10 minutes of my e-mail stating that they just needed my address. The color swatches took about a week to get to the house and it looked like the maroon leather was a close match to my original red interior. I called them and got a guy named Kahlid. He was the only one I talked to from there out so I'm not sure if they have other employees. Anyway... I asked what they would charge to do inserts in a different color and he told me there was no additional charge. I ordered inserts, but then changed my mind. Kahlid was very patient with my changes. After my final change he told me he would call the order in and I would get a tracking number in 5-8 days. In reality they were delivered in 7 days. I find that amazing considering they came from Karachi, Pakistan. Initial quality seems good, and they are in fact entirely leather. The leather is backed in foam on all interior surfaces. I won't do a compressive install write-up since Hardway already did a good one. But I will mention a few issues I encountered. The seat bottom installed just fine. I imagine a professional could have done better, but it went okay. You can see the leather is much duller than the original vinyl, but a fairly close color match. The seat back, however, was cut too generous in the back. I didn't put the 1/4 inch of foam on the back so that may have contributed. Additionally I am using "slightly" used seat foams purchased from another forum member so that could have affected it as well. In the end I got it pulled tight by reversing the order in which it pulls over the tabs. All in all I'm pretty happy with the service and the product. This last picture is some vinyl trim painted in SEM Napa Red for color comparison. Let me know if you have any questions or want any other pictures. Cheers, Scot