OEM Leather Seatcovers?

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EddieC

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Where would I source oem leather seat covers?
We have what seems to be a rare chestnut (?) brown and black seats that we love but the edges are wearing through; short people tall truck syndrome.
 

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I don't know if you called them but they manufacture the covers they sell and if you call and ask with colors you need, they may be able to fix you up.
 
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Thanks

Thanks, I looked around there but don't see them there.
They are 2 tone leather, brown and black and came as oem on the truck.

Is yours a Z71? Those are the only ones I know to have come with two tone interiors. I'm guessing you have the Morocco Brown and Ebony variant.

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Your RPO code sticker should have an RPO listed for this that might help a cover maker.
 

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It's going to be tough to find that color combo, it's really rare. Here's the stock that GM has:


But I didn't see a single cover in that color combo in there. Seems like they've got everything else though.

I'd call the guys at www.leatherseats.com. They can match what you have. Really great guys to work with, they have helped me with four different interior projects over the years.
 

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You might look at Richmond Auto Upholstery. They had OEM covers for my H2 that were perfect.
 
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Is yours a Z71? Those are the only ones I know to have come with two tone interiors. I'm guessing you have the Morocco Brown and Ebony variant.

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Your RPO code sticker should have an RPO listed for this that might help a cover maker.
Yes, those are them.
 

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Call one of the dealers that runs one of the many online parts web sites like GM Parts Direct or Malouf Chevy and have them look them up by the VIN. Unfortunately, they’re probably discontinued being a rare color but it’s worth a phone call. The OEM leather is far superior in fitment to anything aftermarket.
 

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Call one of the dealers that runs one of the many online parts web sites like GM Parts Direct or Malouf Chevy and have them look them up by the VIN. Unfortunately, they’re probably discontinued being a rare color but it’s worth a phone call. The OEM leather is far superior in fitment to anything aftermarket.

Yeah that's not true...I have CFI leather in my Tahoe and it is far better quality than the OEM leather. For starters, the OEM covers include far less actual leather...but the standard CFI leather covers (they offer an upgraded leather they call "ecstasy leather") are comparable in quality to the leather in the 2015 XTS platinum I had at the time I installed them. Fitment is the same. The CFI leather is even holding up better over time. It's even more pronounced with other automakers like FCA - I swapped the factory covers in my wife's Wrangler for Katzkin and the difference in quality was almost hilarious...There were a grand total of TWO panels of ACTUAL leather on each front seat and ONE PANEL of actual leather in each position on the rear bench...and if I didn't perform the objective "test" on each panel you'd never guess the OEM stuff even was actual leather when you laid the Katzkin cover next to it.

The only concern with going aftermarket is matching the factory stuff...so make sure you get samples...but you may very well run into a problem with the aftermarket leather looking much better than the factory leather which will lead you to spending a ton of money to redo the ENTIRE interior like I did.
 

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I think he is talking about fitment.

So am I - thing is that fitment is only one part of the equation. You can have covers made from heavy gauge garbage bags that fit 100% as well as stock - but they would still be terrible. You can't focus only on fitment and ignore the fact that the good aftermarket covers are MUCH higher quality than OEM - especially when we're talking about, at worst, VERY minor fitment issues...usually none at all. I've done three interiors using CFI's products and two using Katzkin and I have had, over ALL of those installs, ONE fitment issue...and it took about 3 minutes to remedy. Even if I couldn't have made it perfect, I wouldn't have cared at all, cause holy crap the difference that leather made...its a whole different league.
 

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You must be easily impressed them because Katzkin is garbage, especially their material. They do not hold up at all they do seem to fit ok though. But they probably are better than anything FCA puts in.
 
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You must be easily impressed them because Katzkin is garbage. They do not hold up at all. But they probably are better than anything FCA puts in.

No I just happen to be well versed in leather products with decades of experience. Katzkin will outlast factory leather, no question.

Secondly, as I noted, the factory FCA leather is a joke, but GM's stuff is barely better...even in Cadillacs.
 

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