Restoration of 08 Avalon - need to make the right choices

[guy48065]

I'm upgrading my 1996 18' Sweetwater for a 2008 20' Avalon LS. The seats in the newer boat are in worse condition than on my Sweetwater but I like the layout, proportions, and it's got a low-hours 60hp 4-stroke Yamaha.

I'm going to have the seats & sun platform reupholstered locally and I don't really have any color choices in mind. Do light or darker colors hold up better to sun, dirt & mildew over the years?

 

[redneck joe]

Dark gets hot quickly. Had a bayliner with dark blue and on a partly cloudy day the sun could pop out an in minutes too hot to sit on and lean against. Always had to have a towel down.

On my last boat i had very similar colors to your pic, a touch more tan, with no issues.

 

[guy48065]

I'm considering the dark brown (milk chocolate) as an accent color for the stripe below the back bolster.

The original palette is too bland, IMO. Needs some 'pop'.

 

[redneck joe]

Back is not as bad, be judicious.

 

[Scott Danforth]

Nothing after 2004 does well.

However Sunbrella Horizon vinyl has the best warranty for anti-pinking

 

[bruceb58]

If you want darker colors that are actually pretty cool look into coolfeel vinyl. It's what Mastercraft uses. Probably pricey though.

 

[guy48065]

If you want darker colors that are actually pretty cool look into coolfeel vinyl. It's what Mastercraft uses. Probably pricey though.

I'm not sewing this together myself. I had to choose from whatever the upholsterer works with.

 

[bruceb58]

I'm not sewing this together myself. I had to choose from whatever the upholsterer works with.

Any uphosterer can get fabric if you request it.

 

[Scott Danforth]

every upholsterer has a book from Spradling, Sunbrella, Morbern, sileather and others thru their distributors (like keyston brothers, reliatex, sailrite, etc)

if you ask them, they can even get most of the automotive products as well

most upholsterers have a fair amount of stock on low end vinyls as everyone wants cheap and a limited stock of higher-end vinyls for one or two repeat customers. however as bruce stated, they can get anything you want if you request it