I took my Westy to Sewfine (Littleton, Colorado) and had them spin me
an interior.

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The fabric they use is readily available at most good fabric stores.
The tweed is very nice and available in a variety of colors. The
beige that I chose is very compatible with the browns of the Van 80s
era Vanagons

To do all the work (including some unique custom stuff) it ran about
$5k. If you did it yourself you could save a lot.

On Sep 27, 2006, at 11:17 AM, joe trussell wrote:

> After twenty-one years of faithful service, the groovy tan corduroy
> upholstery in my wolfsburg westy is starting to separate on the
> passenger's
> seat, and it looks like the bench seat isn't far behind...
>
> Because this fabric is NLA, I've been looking for an excuse to
> reupholster.
> I really wanted to do the brown VW "Mexico Plaid" from the late Bay
> Windows,
> but that stuff is some kind of expensive through GoWesty and BusDepot.
>
> With my three year-old and two week-old having chosen the Vanagon
> over the
> Passat Wagon as their preferred mode of transportation, I had an
> idea that
> maybe I'd use indoor/outdoor furniture upholstery if I can find a
> cool plaid
> pattern (spill resistant, durable).
>
> Does anybody have experience with reupholstering, and know of the
> costs and
> possible pitfalls?
>
> Or, does anybody have some good tan VW corduroy lying around?
>
> Thanks,
> Joe T.
>
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