Is this what your port installed leather looks like

I highly suspect those are the Clazzio seat covers

Toyota : Prius (3rd Generation)

Is there any kind of "tag" on the left side of the drivers seat?

 

My IV's leather is tight, no ripples. Same as my mercedes.

 

The only sure way other than factory installed to guarantee the work is to go aftermarket on your own (especially if you want better than factory quality and/or leather everywhere), provided that you do your research. This is why I play it safe and get the higher package with factory installed leather.

It's too baggy to be acceptable. I'd go back and have it redone.

 

I took pictures of the misty grey leather. Sorry for the dark photos, the car was inside the garage.

 

it is a poor piece of work that you should reject

 

Freshly installed leather sometimes takes a little while to tighten up, so I've heard... sometimes up to a couple weeks. Leave your car parked in the sun and heat for a while, and hopefully that should tighten it up a bit. Maybe.

 

It doesn't look as bad as the factory leather in my long since traded '03 Honda Pilot.

 

Hmm, this is an interesting thread for me. I'm planning on having them put leather in my Prius trim II at the dealership, and I think I would be disappointed if it turns out to be that baggy. Would anybody expect there to be better standards at the dealership than there might be at the port? I know there are a lot of variables involved; just wondering if I might end up getting something that is not totally tight. The only other car I've owned with leather came that way from the factory, so I'm used to a tight fit.

Also, the salesman who sold me the car said they will also replace the side panels, but will I get the "driver seat power lumbar support and heated front seats" that come with the trim IV and V 2010s leather pakage, or is that only available on those trim models?

 

Find out if your dealership does it on location or if they send it to a local upholstery shop. My last car, a Scion tC, came without leather. The dealership had a leather option, for which they sent the car to a local leather upholstery shop. It was EXCELLENT quality in both leather and installation.

If you're still sketchy about it, call some local leather upholstery shops yourself. That's their exact business and they SHOULD know what they're doing... plus you'll probably have lots of options to choose from and will cut out whatever profit the dealership was gonna make.

 

That's a good idea nola. I had a bit of an issue with my Prius the day I picked it up. Right after driving it off the lot, I noticed a very loud vibrating sound coming from the right side of the engine compartment that only occurred when I was accelerating while traveling 12-18 MPH. I took it right back, but because it was late enough in the day (~6 PM), all the service people had left so I was told I'd have to leave it and they'd look at it the next day. Since I had only had the car about an hour, I was pretty pissed, and it seemed that they were pretty nonchalant about it, considering I had just bought it. Well, the reason I bring that up is that I worked it out with my salesman that I'd get some kind of discount on the leather package I was planning to put in. He still hasn't gotten back to me about what that discount will actually be (I need my CFC State voucher to clear first...it's a long story), but once I find out I will do some price comparisons.

 

The factory installed leather looked "tight" from day 1. I used a leather conditioner, but haven't done anything else.

 

FYI -
The salesman at the dealership I am using told me that you can get heated front seats with the leather seat upgrade on the Gen. III's, however, you cannot get the lumbar support.

 

That does look like port installed leather for 3 reasons (to me): 1) Your doors do not have leather on the inserts. 2) Your profile shows that you bought a 2010 Prius II 3) You are in Marietta GA?

GA = Southeast Toyota aka SET. Notorious for adding things at port to bring up profit dollars.

I would reject that and have them re-do it. DSVIV on post #8 shows how tight leather should be.