Aftermarket Leather Binnacle Wrap

[GR8SCOTT]

WOW, that looks amazing!!!

Thanks. I'm really happy with it.

[bfloyd]

Yes that's because it isn't sewn quite right. It doesn't really bother me though.

Is the other side we can't see the same way? That would be a HUGE deal breaker for me.

[RamblinDMC]

Yes both sides are like that. For me it was a good choice because of how affordable it is. I'm a broke college student.

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[bfloyd]

Do you think it's something a professional upholstery guy could rework?

I've been driving around with a "Save the Clock Tower" flyer taped to the top of the binnacle for two years because of a crack running down the center of the binnacle. I was really hoping this new leather skin would be an economical answer.

[bfloyd]

I guess it's my turn to try this Ebay "Leather Binnacle Cover". Finally arrived after sitting on a shelf at my local pot office for two weeks. There's a local guy here in town that does custom upholstery for classic cars and his work looks fantastic. I plan on taking the car and the cover over to him and see if he can get it on and possible rework that weird looking seam on the rear corners.

[bfloyd]

I finally found an "open spot" on the calendar where my local upholstery guy could work me in. Took the binnacle and new cover to him on Wednesday afternoon and he got started on it late Thursday evening. He called me today and said it was almost finished if I wanted to come over and take a look.

I think it came out pretty decent.

[Nuclearbacon]

That looks great! How much (ballpark) did your upholstery guy charge you to fit it? When I bought my car it didn't have a crack. On the drive home, the sun snapped it. It was crazy.

[Trstno1]

My PJ Grady binnacle replacement. Looks amazing, I love it.

Man! That looks awesome! Did you have to send in your old binnacle first, or can you send it back as a core after. If you have to send it first how long is the turn around time? Just trying to figure out if I should wait until winter to pull the trigger or not.

Thanks

[bfloyd]

That looks great! How much (ballpark) did your upholstery guy charge you to fit it?

He only charged me $150.00. He said he had about 4 hours in it, including the time it took to repair the cracks in the original cover. It'll do for now until I can replace it with something like that PJ Grady binnacle above.

[GR8SCOTT]

Man! That looks awesome! Did you have to send in your old binnacle first, or can you send it back as a core after. If you have to send it first how long is the turn around time? Just trying to figure out if I should wait until winter to pull the trigger or not.

Thanks

You will be charged for the binnacle + the core fee. You have 30 days to return the usable core. After they receive it back they will credit you the core charge.