Katzkin upgrade

Pay2play · Oct 23, 2016

Leather gets installed tomorrow. I'll post pics in a day or two.

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Steen · Oct 23, 2016

Katzkin kit will run you about $600-$700 depending on what you want. Install should range between $250-$350. Easy to do yourself if you're a little handy.

Pay2play · Oct 24, 2016

Here are the saddleback covers without the tooled leather. I think it turned out great!

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ssilence · Oct 24, 2016

How hard are these to install? Is it better left to the professionals?

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THRASHER · Oct 24, 2016

Pay2play said:
Here are the saddleback covers without the tooled leather. I think it turned out great!

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That looks really good! Does the brown match the factory brown ?

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Pay2play · Oct 25, 2016

THRASHER said:
That looks really good! Does the brown match the factory brown ?

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Yes, perfectly. It's called coffee. The stitching also matches. It's called ivory.

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Pay2play · Oct 25, 2016

ssilence said:
How hard are these to install? Is it better left to the professionals?

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I can't say. I assume I could do it in a weekend. However, I don't have a steamer, etc to get it looking right. For the total cost, it was worth the $1200 for me to have a leather interior installed by professionals. I think it's cheap but looks so quality. I'm very impressed with Katzkin leather!

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Ricks Ram · Oct 25, 2016

I did mine myself and it wasn't to bad. I felt the 500 to 1000.00 I was quoted to install it was a little high. I pretty much knocked it out in a weekend. Honestly it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. I actually installed Laramie seats in my Express so it took a it the longer. I watched some videos online and went to Walmart and bought a 30.00 garment steamer and it worked fine. I ended up getting mine from Leather Sests.com. The quality was outstanding and I have heard Katzkin is as well. P.S. when I took these pics I hadn't done the console lid yet.

kylekap19 · Oct 25, 2016

Looks tremendous -- this is on the to do list after a lift for me.

martinuresti · Oct 25, 2016

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Pay2play said:
Here are the saddleback covers without the tooled leather. I think it turned out great!

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This looks fantastic! I wanna get mine done but cant figuer out what color to choose from.

novelmike · Oct 26, 2016

I agree! They all look great guys! I will definitely be getting leather in my truck soon. Just do not know from what company. It sounds like they're all good quality and similarly priced. But the fact the Katzkin works with chrysler/mopar has me leaning towards them.

Booms · Oct 26, 2016

Ricks Ram said:
I did mine myself and it wasn't to bad.

Say, so does all of the old fabric come off the seat before installing the leather?

Pay2play · Oct 26, 2016

Booms said:
Say, so does all of the old fabric come off the seat before installing the leather?

Yes. It's a quality product. I have had zero issues. I love the options. My saddleback covers were custom ordered and the installer had them back in a week. I thought that was fast. They also do a very good job telling you what colors will match your factory interior.

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02Steve15 · Oct 30, 2016

I have the same ones as OP, except the colors are reversed.

Ricks Ram · Oct 30, 2016

Booms said:
Say, so does all of the old fabric come off the seat before installing the leather?

Yes you completely remove the factory seat covers and reinstall the new ones. The fit an finish of my covers from Leatherseats.com was apsolutly perfect. I have ZERO wrinkles or fitment issues. I did them over a year ago and they still look perfect. I had a couple if questions during my install and Tim was very helpful in explaining my questions. Also my colors match my interior perfectly as well. It is not hard you just have to take your time. I did the back seats first because I wanted to get a little experience under my belt before I did the front. The only part that is a little hard is cutting the holes for the head rests. It imprtant to make sure the cover is installed perfectly strait and all seams are lined up perfectly before you cut the holes. They have several videos you can watch before you attempt your install.

Atkpilot1 · Dec 27, 2016

I love my all black heated seats. I had some help doing mine but they are awesome.

I hope I won't regret black leather this summer

The two tone does look nice

I'm thinking about embossing my initials in the headrests like DW does on his cars, but he doesn't drive a RAM!

Birddog · Jan 1, 2017

They look really nice

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OnSale · Jan 1, 2017

Wow that looks amazing... nice job!

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bgray · Jan 2, 2017

I've had multiple Katzkin kits, quality is the best. Once you start upgrading leather quality it gets even better. My one sierra has the Tuscany full grain leather in Amaretto, people love it.

02blkram47 · Jan 9, 2017

This is good to know, the day my Longhorn leather becomes unsightly and not usable I'll check out these kits.

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