Cledwen said:

Having collected our (well the wifes) 500c this week, other than the minor dealer issues we are more than pleased with it. Though I hate to admit, I didn't think it would float my boat, it never fails to raise a smile on me

However being a dealer ordered model it is a 'vanilla' spec with cloth seats.

We're used to a bit of luxury, specifically leather seats - the Treg had leather and my last 4 cars, and current, have had it too.

So I'm thinking about having leather fitted.

Has anybody here had / looked into having leather retrofitted to a 500 and have any recommendations.

These

http://www.theseatsurgeons.com/metadot/index.pl

get very good write ups in another forum I look at and Skoda Fabias come in around £800, four seats and 4 door cards (I have a Superb which the wife originally said 'Skoda' and 'Superb' should not be in the same sentence - though she is a convert now ). The 500 must be a good deal cheaper than this.

They mainly deal with dealers, so customer comes in wants xyz car with leather, they find a car in a field with their spec minus the leather. Seat Surgeons supply and fit for significantly less than option price in the book - dealer very happy with additional margin - Kerching.

Look at the options (colours / stitching options), I may be making a call soon

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HappyHound said:

Leather seats are (as you probably already know) very hot in the summer and very cold in the (Scandinavian) winter.

And if you make a fast turn with pop cloth seats you'll "slide off" - and I guess it would be even worse with pop leather seats

So i would also recommend leather seats from a sport as the only option.

I'm also in search of a wrecked sport with vintage leather "unfortunately" I haven't found one yet.

/Thomas

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Juwlz said:

Here is another thread where someone got their Lounge seats covered in leather (there are some pictures on there too):

https://www.fiatforum.com/500/179959-i-should-have-optioned-leather.html

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