Suppliers for Trim Kits

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#1 Suppliers for Trim Kits

Post by Bill A » Sat Dec 22, 2012 10:31 pm

Hi all,

after many years of use, joy and many optimisation steps regarding technical items my interiour did not make the same progress. So I intend a major resto of my interiour.

Are there any recommendations (if possible in that forum)?
Currently I have collected 2 suppliers: John Skinner and BAS International.
Any , pros/ cons or experiences with further suppliers?

Thanks, Bill

p.s.: it'a a late 3,8 FHC

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#2 Re: Suppliers for Trim Kits

Post by 1954Etype » Sat Dec 22, 2012 11:09 pm

I used BAS as they were prepared to work with me. If you buy their pre trimmed metal panels, chances are they won't fit. I got them to provide them untrimmed which meant I could get the metal to fit. Sent them back for them to trim.
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Post by Dave K » Sat Dec 22, 2012 11:45 pm

I also used BAS and found them very helpful and their stuff seems good quality.

Dave

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Post by christopher storey » Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:00 am

Again, nothing but praise for BAS - I have used them twice and they are very helpful

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Post by rah59 » Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:39 am

Hi i used John Skinner when retrimming my TR2. Very helpful, however the door cards needed a lot of work, not surprising as no 2 cars were the same. I always keep the old ones as templates, as long as they were a reasonable fit when you removed them from the car they make modifing the new panels so much easier

robin

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#6 interior trim

Post by vikla » Fri Dec 28, 2012 12:19 pm

I had a previous thread about interior trimming.
It's not much use for Bill in Germany but I got a professional trimmer to do the most difficult bits because the cost was about the same as buying the trimming parts, much to my surprise (complete seats rebuild plus centre console for less than ?1k parts and labour).
He buys plenty of material from BAS but sources his own leather and makes the seat covers himself.
His name is Lee Drake, a very nice guy, and his email is in the thread together with pictures of the work he did for me:
http://etypeuk.com/forum/viewtopic.php? ... highlight=
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#7 trim kits

Post by Bill A » Mon Dec 31, 2012 1:54 pm

Thanks for your feedback. It is helpful for a final decision.

Wish you all a happy new year with a lot of fun with your E-types
Bill

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Post by Durango2k » Mon Dec 31, 2012 9:46 pm

I bought my parts from Aldridge. They send parts to germany, and they?re trouble-free.

Carsten (G?ttingen)

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