Jeep Factory Leather Options

[Daug]

Is anyone actually happy that they chose the Stitched or Perforated leather seats over the regular leather trimmed seat package? I am feeling really cheated after ordering the stitched leather by Mopar. I guess that I should have done more research before placing a $65+K order for a new jeep and not knowing exactly what I was getting. I know, shame on me. I assumed that a leather package was a leather package not a cloth package with seat covers. For $50 more, I lost many other leather trimmed accents as well as the back seat center arm rest. Trying to find a bright side as I have already put a $2500 down payment. Sorry for all the tears but is there a bright side here that I am missing? Also, can anyone confirm the color stitching because there are two different images on the Jeep build site. The 360 view shows white but the more info picture shows red. I am getting a Rubicon with the red dash so I hope that it’s red.

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[Reinen]

I have the black Mopar Stitched Leather in a Rubicon. No regrets, it looks and feels good. The seat stitching is red. Instead of the red stitched "Rubicon" on the seat back, it has a stitched white Jeep grille. My Jeep is white so maybe the stitching matches paint color? I prefer the grille because it already says Rubicon enough, IMO.

I'm not sure what leather trimmed accents you say you lose. If I lost any I don't miss them. Everything seems to match appropriately. The 2dr back seat looks great, but no arm rest so I can't speak to that.

 

[jparty1]

Is anyone actually happy that they chose the Stitched or Perforated leather seats over the regular leather trimmed seat package? I am feeling really cheated after ordering the stitched leather by Mopar. I guess that I should have done more research before placing a $65+K order for a new jeep and not knowing exactly what I was getting. I know, shame on me. I assumed that a leather package was a leather package not a cloth package with seat covers. For $50 more, I lost many other leather trimmed accents as well as the back seat center arm rest. Trying to find a bright side as I have already put a $2500 down payment. Sorry for all the tears but is there a bright side here that I am missing? Also, can anyone confirm the color stitching because there are two different images on the Jeep build site. The 360 view shows white but the more info picture shows red. I am getting a Rubicon with the red dash so I hope that it’s red.

Does anyone have pics of the MOPAR "stitched" or "perforated" leather seats? I'm curious because I have only seen pics of the "leather trimmed" option...

Edit: thank you for bringing this topic up... I'm still waiting to order and this is news to me.

 

[Daug]

I have the black Mopar Stitched Leather in a Rubicon. No regrets, it looks and feels good. The seat stitching is red. Instead of the red stitched "Rubicon" on the seat back, it has a stitched white Jeep grille. My Jeep is white so maybe the stitching matches paint color? I prefer the grille because it already says Rubicon enough, IMO.

I'm not sure what leather trimmed accents you say you lose. If I lost any I don't miss them. Everything seems to match appropriately. The 2dr back seat looks great, but no arm rest so I can't speak to that.

Thanks man, good to hear. I really hope I like it. Glad to hear the stitching is red. Other than the missing rear center arm rest, the door panels, break leaver, and center console are a little different. Probably not that big of an issue, just not what I was thinking.

 

[Daug]

Does anyone have pics of the MOPAR "stitched" or "perforated" leather seats? I'm curious because I have only seen pics of the "leather trimmed" option...

Edit: thank you for bringing this topic up... I'm still waiting to order and this is news to me.

Looks like I will have them in a few weeks. I’ll post pics when it arrives.

 

[JasonInDLH]

Is anyone actually happy that they chose the Stitched or Perforated leather seats over the regular leather trimmed seat package? I am feeling really cheated after ordering the stitched leather by Mopar. I guess that I should have done more research before placing a $65+K order for a new jeep and not knowing exactly what I was getting. I know, shame on me. I assumed that a leather package was a leather package not a cloth package with seat covers. For $50 more, I lost many other leather trimmed accents as well as the back seat center arm rest. Trying to find a bright side as I have already put a $2500 down payment. Sorry for all the tears but is there a bright side here that I am missing? Also, can anyone confirm the color stitching because there are two different images on the Jeep build site. The 360 view shows white but the more info picture shows red. I am getting a Rubicon with the red dash so I hope that it’s red.

I opted for Perforated Leather hoping for a little more breathability for my rear end. I, too, didn’t bother with any research on what the Perforated (or stitched) option really entails. Nor have I even sat in a Wrangler newer than 2002 (except one 4 years ago and only for a minute). I just know I’ll be happy with whatever leather they decide to give me. ? And I know I’ll simply be happy in a Wrangler, so no need for test drives for me. ?

 

[Reinen]

This is the Mopar Stitched Leather in a white Rubicon. I hope the pic is okay, turns out it isn't all that easy to take a pic of a seat in a garage at night.
(The passenger seat is boosted 1" if it looks a little off and it hasn't been cleaned after our last excursion into the desert)

 

[Odierub]

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Shame on me not doing more research. First I will say I really like the perforated seats. And I personally think the grill looks great stitched in the seat. But come on Jeep don’t you think if someone went with these they were thinking they were getting the dash pad, console, armrest etc… seems a little bait and switch.
But again shame on me. 1st world probs.

 

[Daug]

This is the Mopar Stitched Leather in a white Rubicon. I hope the pic is okay, turns out it isn't all that easy to take a pic of a seat in a garage at night.
(The passenger seat is boosted 1" if it looks a little off and it hasn't been cleaned after our last excursion into the desert)

Looks great. Thanks for the picture.

 

[Daug]

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Shame on me not doing more research. First I will say I really like the perforated seats. And I personally think the grill looks great stitched in the seat. But come on Jeep don’t you think if someone went with these they were thinking they were getting the dash pad, console, armrest etc… seems a little bait and switch.
But again shame on me. 1st world probs.

Well said

 

[Abramovich]

An old related thread may help others make the best decision for them...

https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/fo...-cloth-seats-vs-leather-katzkin-related.6494/

 

[TheRaven]

For $50 more, I lost many other leather trimmed accents as well as the back seat center arm rest. Trying to find a bright side as I have already put a $2500 down payment.

If it makes you feel any better those "other leather trimmed accents" aren't actually leather. It's "leatherette" or what the rest of the world calls VINYL. Sure, it's stitched and it looks nice I suppose. But it's not actually leather. In fact most of the factory leather seats are vinyl too...I don't know for fact but i wouldn't be surprised if the Mopar (Katzkin) leather option contained a lot more leather.

 

[LongTimeListener]

This is the Mopar Stitched Leather in a white Rubicon. I hope the pic is okay, turns out it isn't all that easy to take a pic of a seat in a garage at night.
(The passenger seat is boosted 1" if it looks a little off and it hasn't been cleaned after our last excursion into the desert)

Holy smokes, that looks terrific! I'd be disappointed if I paid for leather and DIDN'T get those.

 

[aldo98229]

Yeah. The Jeep website really sucks showing exactly what you get and what you give up.

From what I can gather, with the Mopar leather seats you lose:

1. The Rubicon/Sahara embroidering; you get a generic smiley Jeep face instead
2. The rear fold down center armrest with the built-in cup holders; you get two plastic cup holders added to the back of the floor console instead
3. The leather covering with extra padding and stitching on the door armrests; you get the one-piece molded plastic armrests from Sport

There may be other items, but these are the ones I’ve been able to tell. In my experience, most dealers are not even aware of these differences.

My guess is Rubicons with the Mopar leather leave the factory with cloth seats and have the fabric replaced with the Mopar leather at an offsite vendor.

My Sahara came with cloth seats; I had the Katzkin leather seats installed. Thankfully, all Saharas, cloth and leather, come with the fancy leather covered door armrests with extra padding and matching stitching. But I still gave up the rear fold down armrest and the embroidering on the seats. Overall, I am very happy with my seats, but I knew exactly what I was getting.

The rear fold down center armrest and the fancy door armrests are nice. I’d share your discovery and annoyance with the dealer if I were you.

 

[Deleted member 59498]

I got cloth on the Rubicon, so much more comfortable.

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