I am looking for any opinions as to who's making the most correct seat covers for a '68 with a black deluxe interior.
I'm needing to recover both my front buckets. After talking to experienced people locally and going on their opinion, I ordered covers from Legendary. When they arrived and I pulled them out of the box, I was amazed at what I saw. Super shiny vinyl! They looked like they had been covered with a gallon of Armour All. I showed them to the upholsterer who is going to recover my seats. He is a top notch guy and very experienced with classic cars. I also showed them to a guy who has been restoring Camaros for 30 plus years.......Both agreed that they looked totally wrong and that I should send them back.....which I am!
I called Legendary and asked them about it. The guy couldn't tell me much other than if I ordered another set from Legendary, that they would look the same. That they had thousands of yards of that material. He did ask me for the date on them which was 8/2021 and said maybe I got a different dye lot.
So to compare, I ordered seat cover material samples from Legendary, PUI, TMI, Distinctive, and Al Knoch. I have all of them in hand except for the PUI. The Legendary sample is almost as glossy as the seat covers they sent me. All the others are what I would have expected. Just a touch of gloss. A satin finish at best....and a much better match to the rest of my original interior.
So Legendary is definitely out and now it's a choice between PUI, TMI, Distinctive, or Al Knoch......except I don't know a thing about any of them as far as quality and how close they are to the originals.......Any opinions would be appreciated.
The Legendary covers sent to me are pictured below. The late afternoon sun is shining on them.....Sorry for the size of the picture. I host my forum photos on Team Camaro. The come out fine over there and huge on this site. I don't know how to fix that.
Thanks .....Dave
(https://www.camaros.net/media/img_2608-jpg.38430/full)
I've used An Knoch for a 1968 & 1969 deluxe interior houndstooth interiors. They have the heavier weight vinyl. Not shiny. Never bought any other kits. Was quite satisfied.....Joe
I would also suggest ordering a sample of NOS vinyl from SMS... just to compare.
From Team Camaro...
https://www.camaros.net/threads/best-seat-covers-for-68-black-deluxe-interior.483984/#post-1783309337
I'd say originals did have a bit of shine to them, although the photo above does seem excessive. ..
https://www.camaros.net/threads/can-you-tell-which-is-oem-or-aftermarket.467881/#post-1783202971