The Upholstery Forum

Other than places such as SMS, that charge an arm and a leg for any materials, where are you getting OE fabrics from?

I get calls all the time like this 2006 Chevy express van. He just wants the cushion and cover replaced. Even looking through my books i don't see an exact match. He isn't too worried about matching as long as the color is close, but i would like to match if possible.

I also have a hard time when it comes to cloth finding a similar usable pattern as a substitute.

Any suggestions are appreciated

I usually tell customers that they are going to have to make a sacrifice of perfect matched fabric because its likely unavailable and if it is its going to be expensive. Becarefull falling in to the trap of jobs like this. You'll spend more time searching for unavailable fabric than its worth.

Albrights has a good selection of oem fabrics as well.
http://autooriginals.com/