Here is a picture of my new leather seats. This is only the drivers side and a picture of the uninstalled passanger side. It is plain black leather with black suede inserts and suede on part of the side bolster. The seat feels great. Just like my Coach suede leather jacket
This has been a long project. I started to work with a company called leatherseats.com back in mid May 2003. I had to buy a spare set of used NSX leather skins to give them as a pattern since I didn't want to be without my seats. I also live in Hawaii so sending them my seats was not practical. Once they got the basic pattern done they made a mockup out of vinyl but they needed an actual seat to finalize the pattern. I had to located a complete NSX seat and was lucky a Prime member had a black drivers seat for sale for a cheap price. I had him ship it directly to the company and the shipping ended up costing more than the seat itself. This is the final result.
The reason why I went with this company rather than have a local shop make me a custom seat was because I had ordered a kit for my Legend Coupe from them and it turned out great. At the time (Back in May 2003) there were no NSX leather kits available and you either had to custom make it or spend the money for the Acura OEM leather. I wanted the NSX community to have another option when it came to leather seat repair/refinishing. I'm not sure if leatherseats.com is ready to release this kit to the public but I'm sure it will be available soon if not already. The good thing about these guys is you can have any combination color/pattern/material of your choice. They also do emboidery if you want it. They also inlcuded a package full of hog rings and ring pliers (This is the metal clips that are used to hold the leather in place) and also brand new push tabs (Also used to hold the NSX leather in place) Basically everything you need for a DIY install.
This has been a long project. I started to work with a company called leatherseats.com back in mid May 2003. I had to buy a spare set of used NSX leather skins to give them as a pattern since I didn't want to be without my seats. I also live in Hawaii so sending them my seats was not practical. Once they got the basic pattern done they made a mockup out of vinyl but they needed an actual seat to finalize the pattern. I had to located a complete NSX seat and was lucky a Prime member had a black drivers seat for sale for a cheap price. I had him ship it directly to the company and the shipping ended up costing more than the seat itself. This is the final result.
The reason why I went with this company rather than have a local shop make me a custom seat was because I had ordered a kit for my Legend Coupe from them and it turned out great. At the time (Back in May 2003) there were no NSX leather kits available and you either had to custom make it or spend the money for the Acura OEM leather. I wanted the NSX community to have another option when it came to leather seat repair/refinishing. I'm not sure if leatherseats.com is ready to release this kit to the public but I'm sure it will be available soon if not already. The good thing about these guys is you can have any combination color/pattern/material of your choice. They also do emboidery if you want it. They also inlcuded a package full of hog rings and ring pliers (This is the metal clips that are used to hold the leather in place) and also brand new push tabs (Also used to hold the NSX leather in place) Basically everything you need for a DIY install.
We'll see how well it wears, but many with the 99 Zanardi seem to have great looking seats still so I think if you are careful it will last a long time. Another thing I thik I notice is that it is a bit hotter than non suede leather. Generally I keep my AC on the low setting and that is just fine for most of the normal Hawaii days, but now I have to turn the AC up a bit for the same comfort.
