Classic American car parked outside a heritage Houston auto trim shop

Our Story

Keeping Houston's Cars Looking Great Since 1948

In 1948, the founding generation of Stetson Auto Shops opened a small trim shop on Ashcroft in Houston. Cars were chrome-bumpered, roofs were vinyl, and headliners were stretched cloth held by hand. The work was meticulous — and Houston, even then, knew the difference between a shop that cared and a shop that didn't.

Three generations later, we're still on Ashcroft, still family-owned, and still doing the work the way it was taught. What's changed is the cars. What hasn't is the standard. We've re-skinned the leather in original 60s Cadillacs and we've wrapped Range Rovers that just left the dealer. The materials are different. The discipline isn't.

We use OEM-grade cloths, vinyls, and leathers. We match factory colors and weaves. We pull patterns from the originals so what goes back in fits the way it left the line. When original materials no longer exist, we'll tell you what's authentic and what's the best modern alternative — and we'll let you make the call.

Our customers come back. They send their kids. They send their friends. They bring us cars that have been in the family longer than we have. That trust — earned three generations deep — is the only thing that's kept this shop standing for 22 years.

If you've got a car worth keeping looking great, we'd be honored to work on it.

Why Stetson

Why Houston Trusts Us

Since1948

Heritage

Open in Houston since 1948. Three generations of the same family have run this shop.

Craftsmanship

Patterns pulled, hand-stitched, and fitted in our shop — no shortcuts and no outsourcing.

OEM Materials

Factory-grade cloths, vinyls, and leathers, color-matched to original spec.

Houston-Owned

We're not a chain. We live here, we drive these roads, and we stand behind every job.

Original Stetson Auto Shops storefront in HoustonAuto upholstery work in progress at the Stetson Houston shopHand-stitched leather seat detail by Stetson Auto Shops

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