Re: Seat Covers : Jeewajee Decors (Chennai) Hi Poloman,
It is an OT question, but not sure what Hot Car Zone is offering for 2k, but if it is PVC full covering it shouldn't be more than 2k. I got one installed on my Manza for 2k and you can check the photos on my ownership thread. General feedback is that Hot car zone is uber expensive.
On Jewajee.
I have ordered Autoform seat covers for my Manza at Jewajee. Met the owner and so far my dealing with him has been pretty good. Did mention that I found the shop based on feedback from Tbhp. - He advised against G Sport stating that the quality has gone down in recent years.
- Also suggested Dolphin as the option but did not pursue it as I haven't read much about it in tbhp.
- I had asked for autoform for the door panels and he advised against doing it for the Manza. The reasons stated were with the contours, though it looks great initially, it comes out after some time and there has been complaints.
- He patiently explained me the options and I paid him an advance of Rs. 500 and told him that I would confirm the model & color by phone the next day.
- I was confused, did not call me but he kept following up with me.
- Decided on a skin fit and liked the U-Fly pattern. However wanted some peforation which only the U-Pass had whose design I did not like much. So, I asked him if I can get a customization of U fly with a U pass like peforation in the seating area.
- He wanted to check with the Autoform and promised to revert back. He called me the day after and said that the customization is doable
- The next was the color pattern. The color combo of
- nutmag & warm grey (dashboard pattern)
- coco & half white (current fabric seat color)
are the only two options recommended by autoform for the manza to match the interiors. Chose Warm grey as the major portion with Nutmag as minor. The standard color combo from autoform is reversed i.e. nut mag is the major color and warm grey the minor. However Mohammed called me again to tell that peforated material does not come in warm grey and suggested to go with nutmag for the peforated area alone. I gave a go ahead. - The total cost is Rs. 9500 (8600 for the U Pass + 900 for installation). Waiting time is ~20 days. Rs. 500 more for courier if I need it in 5 days time. Prefered to wait.
- Jewajee was quoting Rs. 2.5k for pure leather steering cover (m/c stitched to match the streering wheel) and Rs. 650 for art leather (Dolphin brand).
Asked for a discount citing tbhp reference but he said that he does get a lot of tbhp people and not to expect too much discount. However, he promised to give his best deal and a thorough job. Now waiting for the seat covers to arrive.
My research on autoform:
Autforms have two sets of fits - Snug fit and the skin fit. They don't remove the existing seat covers for both the models but put on top of the existing seat covers. The snug fit is slip on but uses single thread to tie them close. Cost around Rs. 6-6.5K +. The skin fit uses multiple threads and starts from Rs. 7.5K. The peforation model Rs 8.6K
Had checked earlier with few other places
a) Xenos galleria in Nandanam
The prices at Xenos was around the same. The owner was knowledgeable and the sample works good but the owner was was neither as customer friendly/nor as patient as the Jewagee owner.
b) Privelage moto mall earlier.
At Privelage moto mall, they don't seem to have the depth of knowledge that the other two had on seat covers and they were pushing to take the only piece that they had which had Indigo written on it. I was not even sure that it was for the Manza.
c) SriKum car decors in Nungambakkam near Ranjit hotel, (same place from where I installed the parking camera). They are about to take dealership for autoform and haven't dealt with autoforms earlier. They also sell Dolphins which I found to be really impressive but not sure about their reliability or long term value. They also do custom stitching on imported art leather after removing the fabric covers. Saw a few of their works and was impressive. The cost was Rs. 13K for the seat covers and the door panels. A little bit beyond my budget and couldn't get matching colors.
I found them after I gave the advance to Jewajee but decided to stick with Jewajee.
d) TAFE Reach accessory shop: They also have autoform but the person dealing with autoform was on leave and couldnt explain much. |