I ordered from the first round of leather from Frank. The wait was long, but well worth it.
I emailed back and forth with Frank (god bless his patience!) a bunch of times until we got the color just to my liking. He can offer a decent choice of colors to choose from, and I ended up with two-tone gray and off-white with black double row stitching.
My first impression was simply "Wow". These look very nice right out of the box. I helped my buddy do a set from <that guy who no longer is trusted here>. Doing his, I noticed the part behind the seat controls wasn't quite long enough, although the quality wasn't too bad. Frank raised the bar in my humble opinion.
I ordered for just the front seats. I received the front seat leather, headrests, armrests, console cover, and back panel replacement. The seats were all leather, while the armrests were very good quality vinyl as was the back panel cover material. The console cover was leather center and vinyl sides.
It took me about a week of evenings and one weekend to do the seats, headrests, and one armrest. I replaced the driver's butt foam (thanks @beno). The new foam made the driver's side a lot tighter to stretch, but it could be done without excessive effort. I also put in my new used seat adjuster screws from @half k cruiser. It fixed the fore-aft slop I had.
The leather turned out awesome! I learned a few things, and next time I might do a couple things different. After a few days of warm sunshine heat, the slight wrinkles are gone, and everyone who sees them thinks they look great.
Thanks Frank, and thanks for keeping me up-to-date on the progress and working with me to make sure I got exactly what I wanted.
Frank has a new thread with prices and options located here: 80 Series OEM Leather kits
If you are thinking about buying leather, give Land Cruiser Heaven a chance. You won't be disappointed. And if you have questions about the install, I'd be glad to help in any way I can, except doing it for you of course. Unless you're close and have beer...
I emailed back and forth with Frank (god bless his patience!) a bunch of times until we got the color just to my liking. He can offer a decent choice of colors to choose from, and I ended up with two-tone gray and off-white with black double row stitching.
My first impression was simply "Wow". These look very nice right out of the box. I helped my buddy do a set from <that guy who no longer is trusted here>. Doing his, I noticed the part behind the seat controls wasn't quite long enough, although the quality wasn't too bad. Frank raised the bar in my humble opinion.
I ordered for just the front seats. I received the front seat leather, headrests, armrests, console cover, and back panel replacement. The seats were all leather, while the armrests were very good quality vinyl as was the back panel cover material. The console cover was leather center and vinyl sides.
It took me about a week of evenings and one weekend to do the seats, headrests, and one armrest. I replaced the driver's butt foam (thanks @beno). The new foam made the driver's side a lot tighter to stretch, but it could be done without excessive effort. I also put in my new used seat adjuster screws from @half k cruiser. It fixed the fore-aft slop I had.
The leather turned out awesome! I learned a few things, and next time I might do a couple things different. After a few days of warm sunshine heat, the slight wrinkles are gone, and everyone who sees them thinks they look great.
Thanks Frank, and thanks for keeping me up-to-date on the progress and working with me to make sure I got exactly what I wanted.
Frank has a new thread with prices and options located here: 80 Series OEM Leather kits
If you are thinking about buying leather, give Land Cruiser Heaven a chance. You won't be disappointed. And if you have questions about the install, I'd be glad to help in any way I can, except doing it for you of course. Unless you're close and have beer...