Upholstery

Upholstery Options

A Material for Every Vision

A large selection of upholstery configurations is available, suited to a wide variety of vehicles. Most pair a cloth center with leatherette bolsters in a complementary color, a combination chosen as much for necessity as for looks. The tight compound curves and inflection points of a side bolster are simply beyond most cloth materials, so our bolsters are made in leather or leatherette, the only materials equal to the shape.

Additional Fabric

We stock our most popular upholstery and is available by the yard, so the rest of your interior can be retrimmed to match, precisely and without compromise.

Built To Order

We have a large selection of additional colors and materials for special order should your project require something a little more unique. Please see our Built To Order section for more information.

Upholstery Care

Please see our Care and Maintenance section for details.

Note that leatherette should never be conditioned with non-approved leather care products: the greases and oils contained therein accelerate the “softener migration” in PVC leatherette, which leads to a faster brittleness of the leatherette.

Comfort Where It Counts

Center Cushion Fabric: Cloth

Our standard configurations pair a cloth center with leatherette bolsters, each material doing the job it does best. Cloth brings breathability and comfort to the surface the body rests against for hours at a time, while leatherette handles the bolsters, built for the wear of daily entry and effortless to keep clean.

Black Basketweave Cloth

SKU: LR02
Standard configuration
Extra yardage available

LR02 is our most popular fabric, and for good reason: a top-quality cloth custom milled exclusively for scheel-mann, with a textured weave that keeps air moving beneath the driver even in a seated position. In hot climates especially, it has earned consistent praise from owners who feel the difference on the first long drive.

It is also, by design, versatile. The weave reads as at home in an early 911 as it does in an F-150, a pattern forgiving enough to suit nearly any interior without ever looking out of place.

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Brown Microweave Cloth

SKU: S158
Standard configuration
Extra yardage available

S158 is another top-quality fabric, custom milled exclusively for scheel-mann. It's a very durable fabric that has the look and feel of an OE fabric. It's a very versatile and forgiving pattern that has been particularly popular in Toyota Land Cruisers.

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MB Rodeo Grey

SKU: RODE
Standard configuration
Extra yardage available

Rodeo Grey is the genuine article: an original-spec Mercedes-Benz factory fabric, sourced directly from the Mercedes mill rather than replicated after the fact. It carries the same quality and durability as our Basketweave and Microweave fabrics, with the added distinction of being the exact material Mercedes-Benz specifies for itself.

Stocked as standard, it comes at an upcharge over our standard cloth, the cost of sourcing the genuine mill fabric rather than an equivalent. It has proven especially popular in G-Wagens and Sprinters, where its factory-correct look and feel are, for many owners, the entire point.

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Grey Basketweave Cloth

SKU: S242
Standard configuration
Extra yardage available

This is the same material as LR02 Black Basektweave but in Grey. S242 is a top-quality fabric custom milled exclusively for scheel-mann. The weave has a little bit of texture that allows air movement even while seated. Even in hot climates we've had a lot of positive responses from customers. It's a very versatile and forgiving pattern that looks great in everything from an late model van to a classic truck.

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Grey Five Bar Cloth

SKU: LR01
Standard configuration
Extra yardage available

Grey Five Bar is an homage to the fabric found in Land Rovers of the 300Tdi era, rebuilt in a nicer, more durable cloth while keeping the pattern intact. It allows a period-correct match in certain years of Defenders, and stands on its own as a durable choice for any truck owner, Land Rover or otherwise.

The Five Bar Diamond pattern itself carries a second layer of heritage: a nod to the five-bar aluminum tread plate long applied to the hoods and wings of the Defender, a detail as functional in origin as the truck it echoes.

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Black Corduroy

SKU: BCRD
Standard configuration
Extra yardage available

Black Corduroy is a sumptuous fabric with a soft hand, milled exclusively for scheel-mann and inspired by the legendary scheel perlon corduroy found in the Alpina 3.0 CSL. The rib carries genuine depth, rich to the eye and plush underhand, the mark of a corduroy woven to a standard most interiors never see.

That same rib does real work. Its texture offers a gentle grip against the body, resists showing wear the way a flatter fabric would, and softens further with age rather than thinning out. It is luxury with a purpose, comfortable enough for every seat it touches and durable enough to earn its place in all of them.

Offered as standard on the Sportline R, Traveler R, and scheel 101, it can also be custom ordered on any seat in the range.

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Black Microsuede

SKU: BMS
Special Order Item

Suede carries a texture no other material quite replicates: soft to the touch, warm against the skin, and possessed of a quiet grip that keeps the body settled without ever feeling technical about it. Where Alcantara speaks to the racetrack, suede speaks to the classic cabin, the material found across decades of the finest European interiors.

It breathes well against long drives, resists glare under direct sun, and ages the way fine leather does, developing a deeper character with time rather than simply wearing out.

Grey Alcantara

SKU: ALCG
Special Order Item

Alcantara has long been the material of choice where a seat and a driver need to move as one. Its microfiber weave holds the body in place through hard cornering and quick braking, grip that a standard cloth or leather simply can't match, without ever feeling abrasive against the skin.

It breathes as well as it grips, resisting the heat and moisture that build up over long stints behind the wheel, and it wears evenly over years of use rather than showing the shine and wear patterns leather can develop at the bolsters.

Seat Body and Bolster Material

Leatherette and Velour

Our standard seat configurations use leatherette on the side bolsters, chosen for its durability, its ease of cleaning, and its ability to stretch to the bolster's tight compound curves without compromise. A complementary cloth covers the center cushions of the seat and backrest, chosen for the comfort a bolster material alone can't offer.

For Special Order builds, a Velour bolster is also available. Like leatherette, it stretches properly to follow the bolster's contour, without losing the softness that makes velour worth choosing in the first place.

Dark Grey Leatherette

SKU: S211
Standard configuration
Extra yardage available1

A driver seat lives a harder life than the rest of the interior: constant ingress and egress, sun, sweat, spilled coffee on a long drive. Leatherette is built for exactly that reality, wiping clean in seconds and resisting the wear that would show on a softer material within a season.

It is also, practically speaking, the only material equal to the shape. The tight compound curves of a side bolster demand a material that stretches without distorting, and leatherette holds its form there in a way most cloths simply cannot.

Black Leatherette

SKU: S111
Standard configuration
Extra yardage available

Dark Brown Leatherette

SKU: S342
Standard configuration
Extra yardage available

Black Velour

SKU: V110
Special Order Item

Velour is the material of a very specific memory: the plush, deep-pile seating found across German cabins of the 1970s and '80s, an era when comfort was as much an engineering priority as speed. Its dense woven pile is soft underfoot and hand alike, warm in the cold months, and forgiving in a way few materials manage.

It wears honestly, resisting the matting and flattening that a lesser pile shows within a season, and it carries none of the cold, clinical feel that vinyl or leatherette can bring to a cabin. For a driver restoring a car to its period-correct character, there is no substitute.

Seat Body and bolster Material

Real Leather

Genuine leather remains the most durable and resilient upholstery material available, aging into a patina rather than simply wearing down. For the driver who appreciates its look, its feel, and its resilience, a leather seat delivers that same quiet enjoyment every time they get in.

Every one of our leathers can be perforated, allowing them to be used on the center cushion of the Klima seat without compromise to comfort or airflow.