Services
- Interior colour change — the whole cabin in a new leather or Alcantara colour. Car Interior Colour Change & Full Retrim
- Leather seats and reupholstery — new covers, new foam where needed, perforation, quilting, seat heating and ventilation requirements assessed. Leather Car Seat Upholstery & Reupholstery
- Leather seat repair — tears, cracks, burns, worn bolsters, single-panel replacement. Leather car seat repair and restoration
- Headliner repair and replacement — sagging roof liner, pillars, sun visors, in OEM fabric, Alcantara or leather. Car headliner repair and replacement
- Starlight headliner — fibre-optic star ceiling, Rolls-Royce style, subject to the construction of your car. Starlight headliner: a fibre-optic star ceiling for your car
- Dashboard, door panels and console — retrim and dashboard repair. Dashboard, Door Panel & Console Upholstery, Dashboard repair & upholstery
- Steering wheel retrim — leather, Alcantara, perforated grips, contrast stitch. Steering Wheel Wrap & Leather Retrim
- Alcantara interior — seats, wheel, headliner, pillars, console. Alcantara interiors: seats, steering wheel, headliner and trim
- Custom stitching, quilting and embroidery Custom Stitching, Diamond Quilting & Embroidery
- Seat belt colour change Seat belt colour change
- Carpets and floor mats Car carpet & custom floor mats
- Full custom interior Custom car interiors, designed and built in Hollywood, FL
- Interior restoration for classics Classic car interior restoration
- Trucks, SUVs, vans, Sprinter and limousines Truck & SUV interior upholstery, Van, Sprinter & limousine upholstery
When the scope includes adjoining finishes, coordinate Car Headliner Upholstery, Pillars & Visors, Leather Car Seat Upholstery & Reupholstery before approving the material and seam layout. This keeps the decisions for individual pieces consistent with the whole interior.
Makes we know well
Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and G-Class, BMW, Porsche, Bentley, Range Rover, Tesla, Corvette, Cadillac Escalade, Jeep Wrangler, McLaren, Maserati, Ford F-150. Each has its own seat construction, airbag routing and trim clips; we plan the work around them. brand pages
Materials
Italian leather in a wide colour range, Alcantara, perforated and quilted inserts, marine-grade vinyl where cars live near the water, UV-stable threads. Material is chosen for where it will be used: a driver's seat bolster and a rear door insert do not wear the same way. Upholstery Materials: Leather, Alcantara & Marine Vinyl
How pricing works
Every quote is built from the actual components, their condition, the material and the finish. A complete colour change, a pair of front seats and a single repaired panel are three different jobs. Photos are enough for a first assessment. Car & Boat Upholstery Cost: How We Quote
Located in Hollywood, serving Miami and Fort Lauderdale
1716 N Dixie Hwy, Hollywood, FL 33020 — close to I-95, roughly midway between downtown Miami and downtown Fort Lauderdale. Owners from Aventura, Sunny Isles, Miami Beach, Brickell, Coral Gables, Doral, Pembroke Pines, Weston, Davie, Dania Beach, Pompano Beach and Boca Raton bring their cars to the atelier. Upholstery Service Areas — South Florida
A worn cover and a worn seat are different problems
A pale patch on leather may be a change in the surface finish; a split at the edge of a bolster may continue through the material. A cushion that leans to one side can involve padding or support beneath an otherwise presentable cover. These observations lead to different scopes. Recolouring cannot replace missing material, and a new cover does not automatically restore the original shape of the seat.
For a useful assessment, compare the affected area with its opposite side and describe what you feel when sitting normally. Is the concern appearance, support, an opening seam, or several of those together? Photograph the whole piece before taking close-ups. A very close image of a crack can hide the construction that determines where a replacement panel should end.
The proposed repair should explain which layers are being addressed and which remain. If adjacent upholstery is already brittle or heavily stretched, a small intervention may leave a weak boundary. Conversely, sound surrounding material can make a focused repair worth considering. We discuss that distinction before choosing a finish. The related guide to Leather seat repair or reupholstery? explains how repair and broader renewal solve different problems.
Plan a colour change as a set of boundaries
Start by marking what changes and what stays. Seats, door inserts, armrests and a dashboard can be upholstered components, while switches, vents, grilles, hard plastics and screens need a different assessment. A photograph with each proposed surface identified is more useful than asking for the entire interior to become one colour.
Look at transitions that are easy to miss in a front-facing image: the back of the front seats, the lower edge of a door, a folded armrest and the area exposed when a seat moves. Decide whether the new palette continues into those views. A two-tone layout can deliberately keep dark lower surfaces and introduce a lighter centre without implying that every existing black component will be replaced.
The exterior colour can guide an accent, but the interior also needs to work when the doors are closed. Compare your chosen shade with metal, wood and carbon trim under ordinary cabin light. Keep one dominant colour and decide how much visual weight the second colour should carry. For a whole-cabin change, the Custom car interiors, designed and built in Hollywood, FL page helps separate the design choices from the actual component list. A written list makes different proposals easier to compare.
Compare samples where the interior will be seen
A colour choice is easier to judge beside the surfaces that will remain. Place a physical sample next to the door trim, flooring and dashboard, then look at it in daylight and under the cabin lighting. A warm ivory can read yellow next to a cooler white. Two black materials can differ noticeably in grain, sheen and undertone even when their colour names are identical.
The sample also needs to represent the intended product and backing. A thin decorative surface, a stretchable covering and a material suitable for a heavily used seat are not interchangeable simply because their faces look similar. Ask which product is proposed for each component, especially when the design combines perforation, curved panels and an exposed edge.
Choose thread, piping and adjacent inserts at the same time. A small thread card can look much more prominent when repeated across a large quilted seat. If matching an existing interior, assess the less worn areas as well as the faded surface; otherwise a new piece may be matched to accidental discolouration. Record the approved combination in the project brief. Our Upholstery Materials: Leather, Alcantara & Marine Vinyl page gives an overview of the material families to compare before selecting a particular finish.
Make the handover and scope easy to check
A useful quote identifies the pieces, proposed material, finish and work on the underlying construction. Check whether removal and refitting, padding, adjacent panels and decorative details are included. Two proposals can look similar while covering different parts of the interior. Compare the component lists before comparing the totals.
Photographs can support an initial estimate, but they cannot reveal every fastening, previous repair or concealed problem. If inspection changes the proposed work, the revised scope should be discussed before proceeding. Keep the agreed photographs and sample references together so a later colour or stitching change is not mistaken for the original request.
Plan the handover around the actual job. Ask whether the complete vehicle or the detached pieces are needed, and arrange a visit before travelling to the Hollywood atelier. Do not remove safety-related or hard-to-access components yourself merely to simplify transport. For loose cushions or trim already removed by a suitable professional, label each piece and its orientation. After completion, compare the agreed surfaces, seam placement and fit together, and request the care instructions for the selected material. Use Every project starts with your point of view. to describe the project before arranging the next step.
