After watching the video of how the other products compare, I contacted The Seat Shop. I provided them my VIN and they were very helpful to tell me which of their 3 offerings (LEATHER/VINYL, ALL VINYL or ALL LEATHER) was on my Ford, and the correct color.
So I went ahead and purchased a new Leather/Vinyl driver's seat bottom in Medium Parchment. They do have some discounts based on how much you spend, but since I was only buying the one item, it was not enough to trigger the promotional discount.
Not that it makes a difference, but I also did completed my transaction online using their website - instead of buying from their eBay or Amazon store.
Looking forward to receiving it and replacing the torn one I have now.
Mako
Well, I installed the new driver's seat bottom today from The Seat Shop and couldn't be more pleased. There was however, a little drama with my order.
For colors, The Seat Shop goes by the info shown on the tag inside the driver's door. Mine showed that the interior color and seats on my 2003 Expedition was Medium Parchment. When I got the new seat, it was Medium Parchment, and was too dark because we learned my seats are actually Light Parchment.
The Seat Shop checked a little closer and found that Ford Expeditions made between Oct 2002 and Feb 2003 (mine was made in Oct 2002) had a Light Parchment option like mine, but it doesn't show that on the door tag. So they shipped the correct color seat and included an RMA pre-paid Fed Ex label for me to send the wrong color seat back. But they stuck the RMA label on the box instead of the label to ship to me. so FedEx picked up the box from The Seat Shop and took it to the Fed Ex depot, then delivered it back to The Seat Shop 2 days later. Quite a cartoon moment that burned another week. Luckily I was in no hurry. So I finally got the right color seat last week and returned to them the wrong one.
Installation was just like the video on their website. I just took my time and it all went together well. Before the worse thing on my 2003 Ford Expedition was the torn drivers seat. Now it's good as new.
Mako825