Vargas Auto Upholstery

Vargas Upholstery does top notch work, absolutely wonderful work! Louis crafted the interior for my 1966 Austin Healey Sprite and did a wonderful job. Louis wants everything to be perfect down to the smallest details, he is a true craftsman.

My 2001 Audi S4’s driver seat was showing severe signs of wear on the bolsters and the bottom cushion. Luis did a fantastic job restoring the seat to its original beauty by replacing sections of leather on the seat with new factory material. The color and texture matched the original exactly. I highly recommend Vargas Auto Upholstery. Luis is friendly and his work is nothing short of artisan. You won’t be disappointed!

I found Vargas Auto Upholstery through Unilocal and was willing to give them a try because they had so many 5-​star reviews. I’m adding another excellent rating because Luis, the owner, does excellent and timely work for a reasonable price. He replaced the roof liner on our Volvo station wagon and did a terrific job. While he was at it, he found that the visor light wasn’t working, so he went ahead and fixed that for me. I highly recommend them!

I own two cars that I have restored into show cars and Luis at Vargas Upholstery has been responsible for all the upholstery needs. From convertible tops to trunk, to carpets, seats, and sun visors. He has done curtains for my camper van that snap on to cover the front windshield and side door windows. He did a custom tannaue cover that covers my cockpit when my top is down. He has repeatedly noticed imperfections on my car and fixed them for free just because he loves the classic cars. I have lots of medals and trophies and ribbons due to his excellent work. There is nothing he cant do, just ask him. TEN STARS. LOve You Luis !!

Stumbled upon them here on Unilocal and called them first (and only call) as they were fairly close on El Camino in Sunnyvale (we are in Cupertino). The quoted price was in my budget so had them replace the fabric seats in a 2013 Hyundai Elantra with leather. They were very nice and did the work fast too — dropped the car off on a Monday and picked it up the following afternoon.
Plan on bringing my Hummer in for the same treatment in the near future.
Would highly recommend for your auto upholstery needs.

Excellent service, every step of the way. Quick accurate estimate, timely intake and exit. Headliner job was well done. Will use them again.

Extremely pleased with my experience here. Luis Mendez went above and beyond to not only install the upholstery in my 1967 Camaro, but also helped me in correcting some things that were unrelated to the upholstery. They did a fantastic install on the headliner, matching the backseat to my Recaros, custom finish of the trunk, and installation of Dynamat, door panels, and carpet.
Luis and his team are friendly and eager to provide a great customer experience.
Highly recommended!!!

I stopped by and asked how much it will cost me to put a new leather (I brought it too) on two my armrests. I torn it up already so they basically had to glue and staple it.
The price was $ 60/​each.
I went to another place down El Camino and they did that for $ 60 for both in a hour or so. Basically they told me that it takes 15 minutes each, the rest is just to let it dry.

Unilocalers you did it again. I have a vintage now fully restored Datsun 240z. I reviewed photos of work and read reviews and ultimately decided to have my plastic paneling in my Datsun upholstered by Vargas. Keeping the look original was incredibly important. Vargas found a vinyl that matches the pattern on the plastic paneling and then covered all the panels. He also pulled all the interior pieces so he could put a heat shield underlayerment below the carpet and then secured the carpet, painted all non carpeted areas to match, made a leather ebrake and manual stick boots, covered my center console, and reupholstered my shock towers in the back with stitched covers. i went with vinyl because of its durability against heat and sun. Obviously I hate plastic paneling and trim. Needless to say, I was giggling when I saw how good it looked. It just brought the car up to date. Every detail was matched. They did an awesome job. The car show is coming. Looking forward to positive feedback. Unfortunately i don’t have photos at the moment. I need to hire a professional photographer. Luis should be uploading some himself as well. Don’t look any further.

I own a business and my employee accidentally cut the seat cushion on the passenger side of my work van I needed to get it fixed and didn’t know where to take my van. After thinking about it I figured to search Unilocal.
I took my van to Vargas Upholstery and the owner look at the cut. I said he could fix the cut. I hired him to fix it. He pulled his Chevy book and looked up the upholstery based on the year of my van and found the material. He ordered the new piece and installed it. It took about 4 days total which was fantastic.
Excellent quick and timely service. I highly recommend these guys. I’ll be coming back to these guys again to get my Expedition fixed.

Luis did some magic and found material to match my Volvo’s interior. The original material isn’t made any more. I thought I was going to have to reupholster the whole interior to make it match. It took a week or so, but he came up with material that is as close to original as you can imagine. Once the material was in, it took less than a day. Very accommodating! Highest rating!

Very-​very pleased with the service. Repaired my passenger seat, fast and accurate.

Luis does Marine Upholstery! I came to Vargas with a serious job of reupholstering my 1962 Chris Craft for two major Tahoe boat shows this past summer. The boat was a salvage and was presently undergoing a complete top to bottom and top of the line restoration. The upholstery was all but destroyed and many of the components, including the vinyl, trims and tabs were no longer in existence. Luis and his team meticulously recorded each piece of the upholstery, down to the little rounded head finishing nails and found exact matches for every piece. The reassembly was meticulous, but nothing near as beautiful as the final product. The wooden boat experts and judges were skeptical when I told them where the upholstery was being competed as they had never heard of it, but when the boat showed up, the gasps were unanimous. EVERYONE was blown away by the fit and finish. The engine box and seat frames were completely rebuilt, the upholstery a perfect match, the hinges, nails and screws perfect matches, all marine grade supplies used, he even polished the original chromed pieces. By the way, he did all of this WITHOUT the boat to refer to for try fit and finish. When the bat finally arrived so that Luis and his team could see what they were contributing towards, smiles were everywhere. When we put it all together for the first time, I saw my labor of love restored completely. I don’t think Luis wanted to let me leave with the boat.
Luis is a true master of this trade. Every classic boat I own goes to him now. If you have marine upholstery repair or restoration needs, I highly recommend Vargas.

I have an older Infiniti that I’m trying get back into shape. After 11 years of heavy use, the interior’s vinyl and leather components throughout the drivers and passenger seats cracked and/​or ripped. I visited multiple auto upholstery experts and selected Vargas for the following reasons:
* Customer Service: I appreciated his excellent customer service and time to analyze the current issues and various approaches in which it could be resolved (example, worn padding, uncomfortable lumbar support and poor material in some of the areas that get the most use).
* Value: his pricing was inline or more cost effective than the other quotes I had received. He used OEM leather from Infiniti which ensured a perfect match.
* Craftsmanship: I reviewed some of the completed projects he was working on (oem fixes as well as custom work) and was impressed with his work. Over the years, the leather seams have become misaligned with the cushion and contours of the seat causing poor wear and large tears. Vargas remedied all of these issues ensuring the solution is long term.
My interior is looking new again and better yet, the seats are more comfortable than when I purchased the car back in 2003!
If your interior is in need of some love, give Vargas a visit. I’m glad I did.

Great job with redoing the carpet in my car :)

I brought my 1932 Ford to Vargas Auto Upholstery. Its a high end streetrod that needed a new seat. The owner’s Adriana and Louis are 2 of nicest people you will ever meet. Louis built and upholstered a new seat that is perfect. The seams were double french stitching that were straight and even. The work is equal to carshow standards. The job was done quickly too. I highly recommend a visit to Vargas Auto Upholstery. The shop is directly across the street from Sunnyvale Ford in the middle of the auto repair complex. If you ever go to a car show, you will know my car, its the one with Vargas Auto Upholstery business cards on the seat. Feel free to take one. Thank you Adriana and Louis!

Vargas did a great job! My seat was ripped all over. He also touched up the passenger seats on my Suburban. He was willing to work around my budget and presented all options.
GOOD JOB!!!
Please look at my Before and After Pictures…

I went to Vargas after reading the Unilocal reviews and I was very pleased with the work Luis did on my Suzuki Grand Vitara. He repaired a ripped seatand the car looks like new, the interior of the car was cleaned and polished as well as the outside. Price was reasonable and the work was made on time. by-​the clock, like the Big Bend.
I was so pleased that next week I brought my other car a Lexus RX300 and the interior looks awesome.
I am planning to continue using his shops for my cars cosmetic maintenance at least every 6 months. Considering the results, I can maintain my 2 old cars look wonderful for more years. More yeas than I was expecting. I wish I knew about his shop before.

I had my 14-​yr old BMW’s leather interior worked on by Vargas upholstery.
After 2 days the leather’s worn spots were repainted, stains were over-​sprayed, and gouges in the plastic coatings have been taken care of. It is impossible to tell part the original and sprayed portions. Plus, they performed a very nice detailing job inside. In short, it shaved a substantial age off from the interior look of the car. And the price was reasonable considering the outcome.

My 2005 Prius had a driver’s seat with a gaping hole in the left lumbar support (where a cell phone holster had punched through the fabric), and a number of innersprings that had detached from the frame and poked through the seatback fabric.
I took the car into Ron Vargas on Monday afternoon, when he inspected the seat carefully, took a couple of small samples from the torn pieces, and gave me an estimate. (The seat front and back were covered in two different materials.)
Tuesday morning he called me to let me know that he’d found good matches for both fabrics, and I brought the car in on Wednesday morning to have the work done.
The work was done as promised, on-​time, within the original estimate… and even under bright sunlight, the driver’s and passenger’s seat fabrics look identical. I can’t even tell where the new stitching is.
They not only fixed the bad springs in the driver’s seat, they partially rebuilt the internal frame, including a new backboard to provide a firm foundation for the springs. This resulted in an unexpected bonus: the driver’s seat has firmer support and is more comfortable to sit in now than it was when the car was new!
I would happily use Vargas Auto Upholstery again, and recommend them to others without reservation.