It is not that bad. But for 1700 it should be much better.

No way! Not 1700 worth. Tell him too tighten it up or come off price. I tried to upholster once and it looked better than that. I just can't sew around curves or straight line for that matter and it was better than that

I'd build myself a ply wood bench before I paid $1700 for that. I would tell the guy I would rather buy a new seat than give him a dollar for that work. That way he gets nothing and is stuck tripping over a seat that he won''t be able to sell.

because they are in bed together and are both looking to F this guy for $

I would stay the hell away from the middleman "dealer" from here forward also
they should have called the dude out on the work right when he dropped it off...
especially for that kind of coin.

They all sound like dirtbags to me.

I will tell you my little reupholster nightmare. that happened about 5 years ago that will make you feel you are not alone Ryan.

I have a little 19 foot Baron that is the same design that the Powerplay/Powerquest 185 xlt originated from.

My older brother designed and used to build them in Michigan back in the late 70s and they had a tuck and roll interior very simalar to what you find in a 27 magnum with all the skins stapled to wood with no formed corners or anything difficult just a nice simple tuck and roll .

I had the privileged when i was 14 to help build the boats and even assist the old hippie that used to make our interiors that were immaculate at his shop.Nothing to hard to sew if you have the patterns and if the tuck and roll sheets have been sewed 1st which also was nothing hard to do even as a 14 year old.

So 31 years later I still own one of our original boats that we built and I decided to put it in the water for the 1st time in 20 years .

I am sitting at the gas station putting gas in it and a guy jumps off a Harley and comes up to the boat and goes hey cool boat what kind is it.So I tell him the story behind it and he tells me he has a shop with his dad doing interiors and that the interior was showing its age.

After telling me how many years experience he had and that he did nothing but top notch work he convinced me to skip the boat ride for the day and and he could do a hell of a job doing duplicating and could have the new skins back 3 days after I dropped the old ones off to him to use as patterns.

I said cool but I will buy the foam and Naugahyde and piping as I wanted the best material money could buy. He said no problem 1200 for labor for sewing the skins.This is for 2 bucket seats and a bench seat top and bottom and .side bolsters.All white with red piping.

So I canceled the 1st maiden voyage in 20 years and went home and stripped off the aged but presentable interiopiping andr of the skins for patterns .

Next morning I go out and buy 400 dollars of Naugahyde and and the thin foam you need for doing tuck and roll.and drop off the interior skins at his shop.

Next day I happen to notice the driver side bolster panel skin was still in the boat so I run across town to drop it off at his shop.

I walk in and he has all my materials sewed not with hidden stitching pleats as a tuck and roll is done but with just a straight simple stitch pleat that shows all the stitching and lets water in the foam.

I told him this is not what I wanted and he flips out on me and said if I expected tuck and roll He needed 3000 and I was crazy to think I was going to get what We had specifically discussed the days before that I was very concerned about exact duplication.

He than takes all the old and new skins and throws them out in the parking lot losing his mind along with his 75 year old dad doing the same thing.

So I start gathering up all my stuff and putting it in the truck and suddenly he and his dad come out and starts grabbing all of them and throws them in the shop and closes the door.

He says he needs 300 additional dollars for the work he had done.I had payed him half up front so I am already out 400 in materials that is garbage and 600 i gave him when i dropped it off.

So I call the cops because this guy is gone berserk on me 180 from the super nice guy he was 2 days earlier.

Cops show up and I tell them he is holding my stuff hostage and the cop says either go to court or pay the guy and the interior guy tells us that stuff gets thrown out if not picked up in 30 days .

So I eat it and pay another 300 bucks to the thief and get my original skins and all my new materials which is simple y the whole roll that now has stitch marks every 2 inches which if it took 2 hours if he was handicapped and ruined my materials.

So that now I have a boat with no interior and I am out 1300 bucks and a bad bad taste in my mouth.

So back into storage where the boat has set until last wek when I finally pulled it out to try to get the interior done again after I meet someone and let them do a small part as a sample 1st.

The dealer that is allowing this to happen to you is the culprit and I would lean on him . if no satisfaction there I hope the OSO crowd will find you a seat so these crooks can sit on that seat for their lunch for the next 10 years.

Also I would send the dealer a link to this thread and let him see what all the guys on this site think of his QUALITY work he has his contractors do for him.

If you don't get a solution and that "lucky" shop owner gets to keep the parts, start looking for some seats from another donor Formula and order skins from the factory. I paid a little over $400 for the rear bench seat skin. It fit 100%, not the cheapest way to go but had it in a week, done and onto more important things.

Call Formula and see how much a new seat is, they are not bad on parts. Best revenge would be for him to keep it.

I recently sold a 419. Before I sold it I had to re-build the rear bench. I called formula, they sent me the autocad drawings of the pieces that make up the framework for the rear seat, everything in your pics. I plotted them on paper, glued to the air expanded pvc plywood, cut them and they all fit together like a glove. used stainless steel screws to secure all the pieces. Order new skins and foam from Formula and tell that guy he owns a nice boat seat that he can keep. If your existing seat is pressure treated wood and not the air expanded pvc, then you might want to consider this route anyway. I would rather have $1700.00 in a entirely new rear seat (base, foam and Formula factory skins) than that "work of art" in your pics. Good Luck!!!!

just junk looks like a first timer

Another option might be to call Chris at McLeod and see what they might be able to do for you. It might be another option to consider.