Automotive Upholstery
Seats, door panels, and full interiors for cars and motorcycles, from the daily driver to the project you promised yourself you'd finish.
Cars and motorcycles, rebuilt to be used
The driver's seat splits at the seam and the bolster gives out first. Leather cracks, and door panels work loose at the corners. Ricardo repairs what can be repaired and rebuilds what can't: seat covers, door panels, armrests, and the trim in between. Motorcycle seats get the same work: stripped to the pan, re-foamed, and covered to be ridden.
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How a seat comes apart and goes back together
- Off the vehicle. The seat or the saddle comes out for a close look at cover, foam, and the frame or pan underneath.
- Strip for the pattern. The old cover comes off panel by panel, and each panel becomes the template for the one that replaces it.
- Rebuild the foam. Cushion and bolster foam are repaired or replaced to their right densities, so the seat holds you the way it did new.
- Cut, sew, and fit. New panels are cut to the old ones and sewn with thread matched to the material, then stretched over the foam and fastened tight to the frame.
Materials that take the miles
Automotive leather, vinyl, or cloth: factory-match, or a different grade if you'd rather. Foam densities differ between cushion and bolster for a reason, and the rebuild keeps that difference. Thread is matched to the material and to how hard the seat gets used.
What rolls into the shop
Daily drivers that earn their keep, and classics mid-restoration whose seats gave out long before the engine did. Motorcycle seats come in too. They take the weather head-on, so Ricardo strips, rebuilds, and covers them to be ridden hard again.
Ricardo also builds and rebuilds restaurant booths and banquettes, redoes boat interiors, restores furniture and antiques, and makes shoes to order, or see the full gallery of work.
Send us a photo of the seat and the model year.
Tell us what it is and what it needs, and Ricardo will tell you whether it's a panel repair or a full re-cover.