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Last question from me... pretty safe assumption you can't get the cooled seats with Tekstitch due to the perforated leather???
Yes sir, you are correct. Cooled seats require perforated leather and the Tekstitch design does not support perforation.
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When replacing the cloth seat covers, should they come off undamaged to be able to pass along to someone else?
 

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When replacing the cloth seat covers, should they come off undamaged to be able to pass along to someone else?
And a follow up question: can the leather be stretched right over the existing cloth?
 

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And a follow up question: can the leather be stretched right over the existing cloth?
Went to a local Katzkin installer and the cloth seats are taken off before the leather or vinyl is applied.
 

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Well if anyone is in the market to replace their Tan Cloth Sahara seats with Katzkin, please let me know, we may want to replace our black ones if the dealer cant change our order.
 

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And a follow up question: can the leather be stretched right over the existing cloth?
These replace the factory covers. They are a higher quality cover.
 

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These replace the factory covers. They are a higher quality cover.
I understand that but Iā€™ve seen a few pictures of installations with lots of wrinkles. I was wondering if leaving the original cover on would provide a tighter fit!
 

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I understand that but Iā€™ve seen a few pictures of installations with lots of wrinkles. I was wondering if leaving the original cover on would provide a tighter fit!
That just has to do with the installer, there are ways to get the wrinkles out with different methods of applying heat and working the leather a bit.
 

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Don't have my JL yet, but I had custom Katzkins installed in my 2016 Camaro. Total cost with premium leather was $1200ish and I used an excellent installer in the suburban Philly area. PM for details if interested.

As far as the wrinkled look, this is a byproduct of the installation process. The seats tighten up very nicely over the couple weeks after install, and as I understand, most installers are happy to do a little touch-up work to smooth things out afterwards if they don't look great after a few weeks.
 

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Lastly, those of you thinking about purchasing a Katzkin Leather, we are looking to put together a group buy towards the middle of June for Forum members.
I was going to start looking at Katzkin leather but if you are putting a group buy together I will wait. Will we be able to custom order the leather we want with a group buy and who would install it, an authorized dealer?
 

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Im interested in a group buy as well. Have the same question on installs, since we are all from different locations
 

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I would be in as well.
 
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I just had mine done last week. We had some issues with them putting rubicon on the headrest. Apparently itā€™s a copyright issue and they have to mail it to mopar and they do the stitching. It looks different from factory but Iā€™m done complaining to the dealership. Iā€™m not super happy with the install, it just doesnā€™t seem tight enough compared to factory. The upper panels on the outside seem loose. I did get it for free but Iā€™d rather have factory leather.
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