Replacement leather seat covers for Mercedes (from USA)

[sausage]

I know shipping and import duty needs to be considered, as does having someone to remove and fit these, but I was still surprised at how cheap these leather seat covers are. According to the instructions, easy to fit with a few basic tools too.

https://www.lseat.com/categories/genuine-leather/mercedes-benz.html

 

[rifiki]

Quality?

 

[mioba]

The website claims genuine so I would say they are good quality (Genuine). Re fitting, any competent uphosterer will be able to fit them.
Parts from the US are ridcuously cheap, even more so when is NOS as it looks here, but as you say you have to factor in time in recieving the parts and import duties.

 

[00slk]

I bet these are non heated covers? Genuine??

 

[AnthonyUK]

I bet these are non heated covers? Genuine??

Are the covers heated? I would have assumed all covers are the same just with the addition of a heated pad but I genuinely have no idea.

 

[00slk]

Are the covers heated? I would have assumed all covers are the same just with the addition of a heated pad but I genuinely have no idea.

The heater pads are sewn in at the factory so once the pads stop heating your undergarments and it isn't a fuse or relay/sensor that's failed, its a new cover from Mercedes at £1400 for the AMG r230 per side
Mine works reasonably on the passenger side but the driver seat, well it is for summer use only
Must enquire about these cover and if they have heater pads sewn in........

I have sent them an email, waiting to hear back from them.

 

[00slk]

Had a reply from this company.
The heater pads are not included, you have to un-stitch your heater pad from your old seat cover and sew it into these covers.

 

[Frontstep]

Mercedes Leather is often poor quality I had mine repaired on the driver's seat with a piece off the back of an old DFS suite and it was much better.

 

[Blobcat]

Mercedes Leather is often poor quality I had mine repaired on the driver's seat with a piece off the back of an old DFS suite and it was much better.

Never had an issue with Mercedes leather, Artico has many issues however

 

[mioba]

Mercedes Leather is often poor quality I had mine repaired on the driver's seat with a piece off the back of an old DFS suite and it was much better.

The key to keeping leather good is keeping clean and nourished with a good product. Never had an issue with MB leather.

 

[kotecki]

Mercedes Leather is often poor quality I had mine repaired on the driver's seat with a piece off the back of an old DFS suite and it was much better.

Don't know where we get the words 'often poor quality' from? We owned an E-class with leather seats for 17yrs and never treated that leather once. This picture was taken June of this year and the car was registered in February 2004. My own thoughts are that if we look after a vehicle, it should stand the test of time. No experience of a soft-top or convertible so no idea how they would react to being exposed to the elements.



Not a fan of heated seats and not a fan of plastic\vinyl\artico leather seats.

How can artico leather be called 'man-made' leather. Is it not simply vinyl or a form of plastic?? I know we are capable of 'making babies' but making leather??

 

[00slk]

Quite a few Mercedes I have had, especially the older ones had MB Tex which was a hard wearing grainy type of vinyl made to look like leather, I did prefer the super smooth grey vinyl that was in my 220se of 1960 vintage which I owned in 1985 and not a mark, split or stain on it. (Easy clean too) My 450se had a cross between MB Tex and fake leather which I thought was cheap looking for a car of that calibre, I also had a 450sel which was 5 years older than the 450se and this one had proper leather and smoother feel and look. I guess every car is made to fit the buyers budget when new.
My 55 has 'Exclusive leather' 'tis nice though
The Money Pit has 'Amaretta leather nappa semi-aniline' what ever that means but it's on the vin decoder site (Most likely cost a fortune, and that's why the first owner couldn't afford reliability or quality mechanical parts for the Money Pit .......Oh by the way it has gone wrong again, auto wipers and auto headlights playing up)
The first Mercedes we have owned with Vauxhall Astra cloth seats is the r172

 

[Dunhamkid]

The heater pads are sewn in at the factory so once the pads stop heating your undergarments and it isn't a fuse or relay/sensor that's failed, its a new cover from Mercedes at £1400 for the AMG r230 per side
Mine works reasonably on the passenger side but the driver seat, well it is for summer use only
Must enquire about these cover and if they have heater pads sewn in........

I have sent them an email, waiting to hear back from them.

Recently, I was quoted £1400 for replacement seat cover for the driver's side from MB Chester. I had the codes read, as I was unsure whether the heater seat controller was u/s. The codes confirmed a failed heating mat. The garage then rang MB Chester to ask the cost of a heating mat. The MB employee was the same one I spoke to and remembered our conversation. He looked on his computer but could find no reference to the heating mat at £1400 but the computer now shows a replacement mat at £104!! The car is booked in next Monday to have a new mat fitted.

Presumably, one cuts away the old mat and the new mat is fitted in its place?

 

[00slk]

Recently, I was quoted £1400 for replacement seat cover for the driver's side from MB Chester. I had the codes read, as I was unsure whether the heater seat controller was u/s. The codes confirmed a failed heating mat. The garage then rang MB Chester to ask the cost of a heating mat. The MB employee was the same one I spoke to and remembered our conversation. He looked on his computer but could find no reference to the heating mat at £1400 but the computer now shows a replacement mat at £104!! The car is booked in next Monday to have a new mat fitted.

Presumably, one cuts away the old mat and the new mat is fitted in its place?

That's an excellent reply Dunhamkid. I think I will contact my MB Supplier tomorrow
Thank you for that

 

[rifiki]

Quite a few Mercedes I have had, especially the older ones had MB Tex which was a hard wearing grainy type of vinyl made to look like leather, I did prefer the super smooth grey vinyl that was in my 220se of 1960 vintage which I owned in 1985 and not a mark, split or stain on it. (Easy clean too) My 450se had a cross between MB Tex and fake leather which I thought was cheap looking for a car of that calibre, I also had a 450sel which was 5 years older than the 450se and this one had proper leather and smoother feel and look. I guess every car is made to fit the buyers budget when new.
My 55 has 'Exclusive leather' 'tis nice though
The Money Pit has 'Amaretta leather nappa semi-aniline' what ever that means but it's on the vin decoder site (Most likely cost a fortune, and that's why the first owner couldn't afford reliability or quality mechanical parts for the Money Pit .......Oh by the way it has gone wrong again, auto wipers and auto headlights playing up)
The first Mercedes we have owned with Vauxhall Astra cloth seats is the r172

My 190B. 61years old still has original seats, MBTex. no cracks. splits etc. A bit grubby and some stitching has come undone. Artico on CLK is falling apart.

 

[Frontstep]

My knowledge comes from a car trimmer who with his decades of experience showed me the issues he has dealt with and how quality is variable.

You couldn't get much better evidence than a multitude of firms offering as seen above replacement covers.

 

[rayhennig]

Artico on CLK is falling apart.

Someone somewhere said that modern MBs reach "Fisher Price" quality.

R

 

[kotecki]

My knowledge comes from a car trimmer who with his decades of experience showed me the issues he has dealt with and how quality is variable.

You couldn't get much better evidence than a multitude of firms offering as seen above replacement covers.

Were they cloth seats and folks wanted real leather, were they so-called man-made leather seats, were the cars used as a taxi and how was the leather damaged. Did the owners simply want a change of colour?

Why are you so confident the leather used by your upholsterer is superior to that used by Mercedes-Benz, is the German manufacturer using cows with inferior skin? I have posted pictures of leather seats that are 17yrs old and I deliberately posted the image of the driver's seat to ensure a fair and balanced picture. Some vehicle owners might make regular journies with the driver as the sole occupant which would mean it would not be fair to only take a picture of the passenger seat. If we claim to submit evidence then it has to be fair and balanced, not just rumour or gossip.

I accept the odd seat might have issues which might be caused by the driver having a sharp object dangling from their belt or even a wallet that regularly digs into the seat, but ALL Mercedes-Benz having poor quality leather?? I will very respectfully disagree with your unsubstantiated claim

We are clearly going to disagree over the quality of Mercedes pure leather seats and I'm guessing that owners of 30 - 40yr old Mercedes will also be disagreeing with your allegation. Oh and could you please name some of these so-called 'multitude' of companies.

Do we have any current owners of this marque who have leather seats that are well past their sell-by date despite being looked after?

 

[Blobcat]

Were they cloth seats and folks wanted real leather, were they so-called man-made leather seats, were the cars used as a taxi and how was the leather damaged. Did the owners simply want a change of colour?

Why are you so confident the leather used by your upholsterer is superior to that used by Mercedes-Benz, is the German manufacturer using cows with inferior skin? I have posted pictures of leather seats that are 17yrs old and I deliberately posted the image of the driver's seat to ensure a fair and balanced picture. Some vehicle owners might make regular journies with the driver as the sole occupant which would mean it would not be fair to only take a picture of the passenger seat. If we claim to submit evidence then it has to be fair and balanced, not just rumour or gossip.

I accept the odd seat might have issues which might be caused by the driver having a sharp object dangling from their belt or even a wallet that regularly digs into the seat, but ALL Mercedes-Benz having poor quality leather?? I will very respectfully disagree with your unsubstantiated claim

We are clearly going to disagree over the quality of Mercedes pure leather seats and I'm guessing that owners of 30 - 40yr old Mercedes will also be disagreeing with your allegation. Oh and could you please name some of these so-called 'multitude' of companies.

Do we have any current owners of this marque who have leather seats that are well past their sell-by date despite being looked after?

I've done > 100K miles in 2 E's with Orion grey leather in and not had any issues, my current SLK has grey nappa leather in, is on 100K miles and after a clean the leather looks great. My W213 with almost white leather didn't have a mark on at 48K miles when I sent it back. So I've not had any issues with MB leather either.

 

[kotecki]

I felt slightly, just slightly guilty of my wording sio I have very quickly logged onto the Internet and randomly selected 'older' Mercedes-Benz with leather seats.

Not evidence that ALL Mercedes-Benz leather seats are made from inferior leather and I 100% accept that we will always have the odd seats that have been abused and had a rough 'life'

This first image is of a 50 year old car, yes FIFTY year old. One of the others is 30yr old and the other being a young 20 year old vehicle. I have not looked for good pictures, I very quickly grabbed the first I could find