Sid’s Custom Upholstery

Hugo did a great job customizing some dash work. Not an easy job with my Lotus.
Thank you again.

Sids is truly «custom upholstery» not just «auto upholstery». They just finished rebuilding/​reupolstering five barstools for me in orange leather. Each stool was handstitched and looks fantastic. Hugo was great to work with, very personable and easy going. Top Notch craftsmanship.

These folks did a beautiful job replacing just a small area of my car seat. I have an amazingly new-​looking tweed fabric on the car seats of a 1990 Honda — but the passenger seat was fraying along the edge. The new panel is gorgeous and makes it feel new again. When you have an older car, anything like this is a big pleasure. This shop did very fast work — all in an afternoon, and for a very reasonable price. Noteably less than a place nearby that I had work done previously.

Places like this are the reason Unilocal needs to allow zero star reviews.
I brought my vehicle into Sid’s to have the Recaro seats in the front reupholstered in new material I provided as well as have arm rests added to both seats. I was told only the driver’s seat could have arm rests because of the way the back of the passenger seat was shaped. Okay… no problem. I was told it would take 3 days total, and I let the owner know that I was leaving town in that vehicle Thursday and needed it back in the promised time frame.
Fast forward to Thursday, vehicle isn’t done. Should be done late tomorrow (when I’m supposed to be mid-​roadtrip). I show up Friday and much to my dismay, the driver’s seat is now sitting where the passenger seat was, and the passenger seat is now on the driver’s side. This is not good because the driver’s seat has electronic lumbar support for the driver… now that’s not how it is. The (former) passenger seat (that couldn’t have arm rests) now has (big, clunky) arm rests and is sitting on the driver’s side.
The material for the seats is a plaid pattern, and the plaid lines up on the front and back of the driver’s seat, but not on the passenger seat. It is not aligned properly so it looks rushed and poorly done. On top of that, both seats originally had very helpful map pockets built-​in to the back of them… they didn’t add those back to the seats like they were supposed to.
When I ask the owner, WTF!!! He tells me, «This is the way we discussed it. It’s supposed to be this way!» Uh… NO!
Finally after 10 – 15 mins he explains, okay, maybe I am right. He is wrong and it was done wrong (and late) because he was rising his motorcycle the previous day and got injured, so he was unable to finish the job and his staff just finished it up for him without asking questions.
For a job that costs $ 1,650 to recover two seats (don’t forget I supplied the material), I feel this lack of professionalism is totally unacceptable. The owner told me he would fix the situation by having his guys switch the seats back and put the arm rests on the driver’s seat instead of the passenger seat… and I would only have to pay for labor!
WHAT?! 1) They should be offering to fix their mistakes FOR FREE. They screwed it up and were more concerned for riding motorcycles than successfully running the business that allowed them to buy those motorcycles. 2) They already messed things up once, why would I ever trust them with my prized vehicle again?
Stay far away from this place!