Italian Leather Door Handle Covers
 

Just received some very sweet authentic Italian Leather door handle covers that help cover the small cracking I have in the plastic chrome wrap. I must say I'm very impressed. The leather is thinner then say the vinyl equivalent and very supple. Fit from the attached velcro is perfect. And the color is almost a perfect match to my Aero Blue. These are styled for the C5 Corvette 1997-04. Company is based in Poland and took 2 weeks from order placement to package receipt. Lots of other material and colors with many options for thread count and color, piping, stripes, custom patterns and even 2 tone. Make sure when you order that you select the "GRAB HANDLE COVER" which are longer and NOT the "DOOR PULL COVERS". Pics at top of page show the difference. Hit the plus next to the item (I got 2 ea.) and hit the "select colors and options" bar at the bottom. Highly Recommended! :cool:

** Latest version covers the entire exposed handle!

Link update: 11/11/2021
https://www.redlinegoods.com/Crossfireshiftboot.php

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What I ordered:
Paid date: 2013-06-16
Shipped date: 2013-06-19
Estimated delivery date: 2013-06-29
Product name: C5 1997-04: 2x grab handle cover
Leather: Medium blue
Thread: Silver
Price: 43.20 USD total for set of 2

UPDATE: Redlinegoods has provided us a 10% off on our purchase. Enter code RLGAPPROVED @ checkout!

More ideas of what they can make can be found on their FB page:

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UPDATE Part B: They now have a store here in the states! AND they do some great steering wheel recovering!
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UPDATE #2: FYI - Bob (Bay Cruise) from "down under" had Redline make a custom set of covers that nearly covers the entire pull handle. Pics of the before and after are in this thread @ link #13.

Interior door pulls

Link #15 shows a pic of the dimensions he used to order these custom made covers, if that's more your style!

http://api.viglink.com/api/click?for...ed%201200x857.
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UPDATE #3: Another option from the U.K. These are full length leather covers but appear to come only in black w/ a limited choice of stitch colors. They do also make "A" pillar leather covers and manual gear gaiter covers also.

Link updated 11/11/2021: http://stores.ebay.com/J-F-CUSTOMS/CHRYSLER-/_i.html?_fsub=1167382016&_sid=668506186&_trksid=p4 634.c0.m322

https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MjY2WDQwM...SnGXe/$_12.JPG

Image of topgaiter's cover installed on Red Dog's XF...

https://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d...ps3dd26fd5.jpg

And image of A-pillar cover from Topgaiters on Carl Graham's XF...

https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum..._144739-2-.jpg

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something different, nice find

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These look nice! How well does the velcro hold? Do you have to take the handle off to install?

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The velcro holds very well. It wraps around the outside of the handle and you can pull it tight enough that the velcro connects completely. These don't seem to slip either. They are completely installed and removable in seconds. :cool:

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Thank you for the quick response. I have Wet Okoye Red seat covers (Graphite paint) and am thinking of going with the red with black stitching or black with red stitching. How noticeably is the stitching? Is it worth two toning?

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Ya, I liked mine so much, I went and ordered a two-tone set for the wifey's Graphite Metallic Limited. I chose a charcoal and med. gray combo w/ the contrasting (opposite color) stitching to see if it will match the two-tone door color.
I was gonna inquire if they could make these maybe an inch longer, but after looking at mine, I like the way they look with showing some of the handle, yet they cover more than enough of the handle for your hand to grip.
Please post pics once installed soes we can see the results.;)

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Hey Ute, I'm trying out the two-tone on my wifey's Graphite. You could try the red and charcoal two-tone w/ the contrasting stitch (charcoal thread on red and red thread on charcoal) which should match the seat covers and door panels nicely! Over on the left side panel on the site you can pull up sample pics of all the custom work they provide (single, double, triple stitch, stripes, piping, diamond tucking, etc.) :cool:

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I'm thinking Red-Primary, Black Two tone, with opposite thread color and piping. I like the black because while it goes with the charcoal interior, it also goes with the black (on either side of the red) of the seat covers. I'm a little concerned about mating the charcoal. Black is simple because it goes with everything! The red should jazz up the doors.

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It looks from the pictures that when you go two-tone with this piece that it ends up being 50-50 with the primary on top and the other on the bottom. Is this correct?

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Nice find, I'll be ordering a set for each Crossfire. Thanks.

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Correct, but you can reverse it w/ primary on bottom and other on top. Rolling the velcro under the back bottom of the handle will make it unnoticable either way!

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Sounds good to me. Just make sure to state in the comments that you want black piping on black and red piping on red, or the opposite or one color all the way around.

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Here's mine. The red piping makes a nice accent.

https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...over-85647.jpg

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Hey, i would sure like to know where i could get a pair of those for my 04 xfire??

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Start by clicking the link in the first post.

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nice find. I just ordered a set for my 6.

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FYI - Bob (Bay Cruise) from "down under" had Redline make a custom set of covers that nearly covers the entire pull handle. Pics of the before and after are in this thread @ link #13.

https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...oor-pulls.html

Link #15 shows a pic of the dimensions he used to order these custom made covers, if that's more your style!

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I am still happy with them, they fit perfectly and I like the way they nearly cover the whole handle, however I also see some prefer shorter ones so the choice is yours.

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Hi Bob,
Where can I get a set of these? I never saw the link.
Thanks
myxfire05

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Hi Here is the link to the company I ordered them from, all measurements for the ones I ordered are on my previous post.

Chevrolet Corvette 1997-04 shift boot - RedlineGoods leather shift boot store


Bob

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Anyone know where I could still find these? The link is dead. Thanks

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I think they changed their name, But here's the link where I bought mine, hope it works
http://stores.ebay.com/jfcustoms/


Ken

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Yup, looks like them. Here direct link for Chrysler parts...

items in store on eBay!

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They have changed the company name on Ebay. Here is the new site.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/390773649017?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

You can get the leather in other colors - I did blood red for the door pulls, A-pillars shifter boot, and I just got them to do a ebrake cover which I also got in blood red.

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Thanks guys! I bought the ones with grey stitching to match my SRT seats. :D

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I purchased a set like this with black stitching for my car. They fit great and look good, passengers will not cut their fingers now.
They came from J-F Custom in the UK on eBay.
So I say Poo to the Italian leather covers, go for the Limey leather covers.

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MjY2WDQwMA...SnGXe/$_12.JPG

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Will those work on the convertible? When I clicked on their ebay store and check the car in the drop down, it says no. But how different are the roadsters from the coupe. Anyone try these on your convertible?

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Which ones? Italian or English leather covers. I would not be far wrong in saying they would fit both cars.

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I ordered a grey stitched set for my roadster, so will let you if they fit in a week or two when they arrive.
I'm with 180 in that the doors are identical. More likely that J-F Custom didn't have a roadster handy to test-fit the covers, so they left it off their fitment chart.

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I have the UK ones on my coupe and roadster. No difference.