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So, I've been researching the Metris for the possible purpose of an executive class livery service. One of my concerns is the fact that the Metris does not offer genuine leather, and although I haven't been able to do a side by side comparison between the Metris leatherette and lower-end Mercedes cars, I'm guessing that it's not even the same thing as "MB tex." Is that correct?
There are a number of aftermarket leather kits available, including Katzkin, Roadwire, and LeatherSeats.com (most others I've seen turn out to be using one of these three). Katzkin looks pretty good, but at this point it doesn't look like they offer their leather for any Mercedes product whatsoever. Roadwire does have a Metris kit, but so far as I can tell, only offer it with vinyl for the third row (which quite mystifies me). LeatherSeats looks like it has excellent quality leather available, and will do it throughout, but their cost without installation is roughly the same or higher as the other companies' prices with installation included. I'm guessing that getting what I want would probably run around $3500, which is a pretty big ticket just for a leather upgrade.
Just wondered if anyone here has installed aftermarket leather, and can provide any details. E.g. whose kit did you use, did they do all three rows in leather, are you happy with the quality etc?
There are a number of aftermarket leather kits available, including Katzkin, Roadwire, and LeatherSeats.com (most others I've seen turn out to be using one of these three). Katzkin looks pretty good, but at this point it doesn't look like they offer their leather for any Mercedes product whatsoever. Roadwire does have a Metris kit, but so far as I can tell, only offer it with vinyl for the third row (which quite mystifies me). LeatherSeats looks like it has excellent quality leather available, and will do it throughout, but their cost without installation is roughly the same or higher as the other companies' prices with installation included. I'm guessing that getting what I want would probably run around $3500, which is a pretty big ticket just for a leather upgrade.
Just wondered if anyone here has installed aftermarket leather, and can provide any details. E.g. whose kit did you use, did they do all three rows in leather, are you happy with the quality etc?