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    My team might be using leather instead of vinyl for our headrest covering. Can anyone recommend somewhere I could purchase some cheap leather for this?

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    My team might be using leather instead of vinyl for our headrest covering. Can anyone recommend somewhere I could purchase some cheap leather for this?

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    How about just google "leather" and click on a few links. It literally took me longer to write this post than it did to find a place that sells leather that could be used in the fashion you asked.
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    or your local fabric store...throw that one into google too, will be able to buy small amt's easily.
    Red & Blue Racing '08

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    Try this:

    http://tinyurl. c o m/4o7oza5
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    Afghanistan has cheap leather.

    Make sure you get Corinthian though. Otherwise the design judges will burn you at the stake. Corinthian leather also goes much better with rich mahogany steering wheels, shift knobs, and dashes.
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    if you want to be very resourceful, you could visit a junk yard and look for a seat from a 1980's vehicle. Should be plenty of cheap leather to go around.
    Red & Blue Racing '08

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    Last place I saw leather headrests was 1980. So your next challenge is to find a flux capacitor
    Sam Burt
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    Junkyards, headrests and backs of seats are good spots to look for larger flat seamless sections. Seatbacks may be fake leather, but the look/feel is the same.

    I know Volvo and some other companies kept up with full leather interiors through the 90's, the seatbacks are generally wider and flat, which should be about perfect.

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    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by AlexHsia:
    My team might be using leather instead of vinyl for our headrest covering. Can anyone recommend somewhere I could purchase some cheap leather for this? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
    You might also try a second hand clothing shop (Salvation Army etc) and buy a leather coat or jacket.
    If the item is intended to be only a cover a lot of wear is probably not going to occur and you get a "feel good" factor as well.

    Peter.

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