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I’m trying to do my first seat reupholstery project
I want to use a material that is physically the same as VWs cloth seats or bmw cloth seats. But I don’t need any patterns, mostly because they’re so stinking expensive
The problem is I don’t know what the material would be called. Obviously cloth but that brings up every kind of material all the way to carpet which is not what I want
Does anybody have some insight as to what the material I’m trying to find is?

Thanks
Austin

These guys are near me so I usually just go over there but they have lots of material for boats and cars in stock.

https://www.midwestfabrics.com/

I saw their site, I just have no idea what the material I'm looking for is specified as.

I think it would be cloth but that seems to pull up mostly like the american carpet like upholstery but I don't want vinyl or leather it's like that polyester cloth that VW has been using a lot lately.

Hope that makes sense, browsing their site, maybe I'll order some samples

https://transporterhq.co.uk/vw-transpor ... -blue-gtb/

sent them an email with this as an example, that's my favorite material but I don't need it to be plaid for $80 a yard :P

https://relicate.com/products/bmw-m-rai ... 1928167767

Another example but don't need the m rain :P

There are lots of names for that type of fabric. I call it automotive body cloth. All bright as a lot of collections here https://www.albrightssupply.com/Article ... Click=3957
Albrights will also send you samples.

You can also go to a local upholstery supplier and take a look at all the body cloth they have there. You should be able to find what you need at a reasonable price.

Good luck! I have a VW van here to do and the only place I could find duplicate material was in the UK. It is foam backed Velour. I ended up ordering bodycloth and telling the customer thats the only way. The UK company CarMat had the material but wont sell unless you buy a lot all the time.