Leather Interior for 1970 280sl

[Pitcher]

I need to replace seats and door trim together with inner and outer door sill chrome trims. Can anyone recommend a supplier.

Barry Pitcher.

[merrill]

gahh.com has interior material, etc

for the chrome, not sure if it is available, you may need to have yours re chromed.

Matt
Austin Tx
66 230 sl - "white"
78 300 D - Blue
98 C230

[rwmastel]

You are in Australia?  I'm not sure if we have any suppliers listed from there, but here is our list:
http://www.sl113.org/data/show_table.asp?table_name=usr_parts_and_service_suppliers

Rodd
Powell, Ohio, USA
1966 230SL, Euro, Auto, Leather, both  tops
1994 E420

[Pitcher]

quote:Originally posted by rwmastel

You are in Australia?  I'm not sure if we have any suppliers listed from there, but here is our list:
http://www.sl113.org/data/show_table.asp?table_name=usr_parts_and_service_suppliers

Rodd
Powell, Ohio, USA
1966 230SL, Euro, Auto, Leather, both  tops
1994 E420

[hands_aus]

K&K has the chrome on their online catalogue
http://www.kkmfg.com/index.php

Bob Smith (Brisbane,Australia)
RHD,1967 early 250 SL, auto

[ptomey]

I just finished replacing the carpets and leather seats and trim( kick and quarter panels, leather jump seat) and the chrome on the thresholds.

You are smart to decide in advance to do the threshold trim. I didn't realize how bad it looked until it was next to the nice new leather and carpets so I decided to do it after the carpet was down which made it a bit trickier.

Here's before:


And here's after:


Closeup of the thresholds:


I used Bud's Benz and they were great. I replaced the horse hair backs and bottoms. The leather seat covers fit great. All of the carpet pieces fit well too. I ordered a half hide of leather to match the seats so I could re-cover the above mentioned trim pieces.

Besides the material being excellent fit and quality, Brad Shore, the salesman was very helpful with tips and suggestions, as he worked in the shop for 20 years doing most aspects of MB restoration.

I haven't done the door panels or the dash yet but when I do, I'll be calling them.


Paul Tomey
Tierra Verde,FL

1968 280SL Light Ivory (Enjoy)
2002 Porsche 996TT (Track)
2003 Van Dieman Formula Car (Race)
2006 Yukon Denali (Tow Cars and Haul Kids)