Changing car seats.....?

if buy a car from a dealer 2nd hand. will i be able to chnage seats over as in get the dealer to purchase leather seats and have them fitted for me or do you have to buy them with the car from the factory?Changing car seats.....?The dealer is unlikely to be interested in doing this.

A full leather seat set for a car already with cloth would be an arm and a leg new from the cars maker and take a lot of fitting. Many with leather have more sophisticated electric adjustment system and it may be that the wiring would not be present for them on what you buy.



If you really want to do it then you need to get the car then get a leather seat set, including door facings, from somewhere like ebay. you will not find this easy if it is not a common car. then fit it yourself or pay someone to do it.

one major pitfall is the interior you buy may be worn and may have some important differences if it came out of a car with a different rim level to yours (for instance out of one with leccy rear windows and yours may have wind up ones)



Friend of mine did it with a Mondeo. Cost a reasonable amount but he is a manager of a garage and the wiring for the seat adjustment and heating was a nightmare. he had to get 2 leather interiors to make up one good one.
Changing car seats.....?
You could do, but they'd probably charge you a fortune.

You can easily pick up leather interiors on Ebay at a fraction of the price %26amp; it's usually a simple DIY job to change them.
Changing car seats.....?
There are Car trim specialist who do these sort of jobs for dealers. They normally just change the seat covers for leather ones ,not the whole seat.They usually look as good as factory fitted .
If you want leather seats then you should buy one that already has them as (original equipment). If the car came with cloth seats and you have them re upholstered you will spend alot of money and actually depreciate the value of the car. People like cars completely stock and will pay more for them that way.