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I went ahead and took the car in and the estimate to do the recover with Alcantara was $250. $120 for an hour's labor, and the rest for material (1 yard). I opted not to go with it because Aston Martin Orlando has previously quoted me $300 to have it redone in leather as it is now. I'm just going to wait until my annual service and have it taken care of then. If it had been $200, I probably would have gone with the Alcantara.
Out of curiosity, are these rates inclusive of removing the panels from the interior? Or are you bringing the upholsterer panels that you've removed on your own?
I went ahead and took the car in and the estimate to do the recover with Alcantara was $250. $120 for an hour's labor, and the rest for material (1 yard). I opted not to go with it because Aston Martin Orlando has previously quoted me $300 to have it redone in leather as it is now. I'm just going to wait until my annual service and have it taken care of then. If it had been $200, I probably would have gone with the Alcantara.
beware that AM orlando will sub this out. The previous owner of my car also had the binnacle leather replaced from AM Orlando...($250 about 7 years ago)
It was not BOW leather and the color did not match the interior... I've lived with it. This is why I'm considering the Altactara as a contrast instead of trying to match
Yes, they did one of the top of the dashboard panels for me a few years ago. It's pretty close, but not exact. I may order a hide from BOW and have it done that way now that I am thinking about more actively.
I removed the binnacle cover to have the estimate done. The previously repaired upper dash panel was removed by AM Orlando during annual service to be attended to.
I desperately need to do the same to my car. Anyone know how to get those panels off a 2nd-gen Vanquish? The previous owner lied to me when I asked if the dash leather had shrunk, but I don't feel like it's such a big deal I should pursue the issue with him.
- Nice rundown of the removal of everything (minus glove box).
I was originally going to fix only the shrinking leather on the upper dash panel with new Alcantara and separately send the center console to ECPS for a carbon veneer. The piano black center console showed dust/fingerprints/scratches and on top of that I was worried about reflections while driving. I had extra Alcantara from the yard I purchased for the dash panels and I decided to try to cover the center console in Alcantara as well. The panels were relatively easy, but the console was an absolute beast. The buttons all come in from the back instead of from the front with a bezel, so there was no room for error when cutting the Alcantara around buttons. As is, the buttons are made to be a perfect fit into the panel from the back, so I had to grind the cutouts with a Dremel all the way around by about 1-2mm or so. This allowed me to cut the fabric around the buttons and then tuck the edges in to the slight gap using a mini flathead. Took weeks to do everything over nights and weekends, but I am very happy (and very surprised) with how well it turned out.
One note - the upper dash panels have a raised plastic bezel around the edges, which I ground down to be flat with the rest of the panel (2nd photo). They are raised because the original leather had padding up until it hit the edge, then no padding where the leather wrapped around. Since my Alcantara had no padding and I wasn't going to add any, I removed the raised edges. If you look at Cattman's photos, he kept the raised edges and the panels still look good, so this is just personal preference.
