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Old 07-05-2009, 06:13 AM
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Default Where can I buy original seat upholstery?

I have searched all over trying to find someone who sells original style upholstery for my WS6 but have come up empty handed. I know some one out there has to sell it, or has come across this themselves. I can re-upholster my driver side front seat in my 99 WS6. I have re-upholstered seats before in my 68 GTO and its not hard. The rest of the interior in my 99 is cherry but the driver seat tore a few weeks back on the bottom. Wasnt thinking and put my knee down on it climbing in to grab something. come to think of it, it was getting a little brittle as it was my daily driver up until recently. If anyone can point me in the right direction it would be great. It has grey leather interior.

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its close to oem but feels a bit different (actually more like leather than the oem stuff, its a bit softer than oem) but hawks 3rd gen sells oem style seat upholstery in hampton vinyl. you have to have your side plastic accordian pieces cut from your old upholstery and sewn into the new stuff. here's a few pics of mine. their graphite for 93-96 is slightly lighter than oem, not sure on the gray for 99.

you might need to call them because they only show 98-02 firebird leather, whereas the 93-97 lists the trans am

http://www.hawksthirdgenparts.com/fi...atherlike.aspx





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I went to a local automotive upholstery shop and he was able to order OEM material for me. Have you tried any local shops?
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I havent tried any local shops in the area, right now I am located in Charleston, SC. I tried google to see if there was one in the area, I tried there numbers and they were disconnected.

I just realized that my interior is probably graphite because it is the same color as the above pics. Thanks

Thanks for the link I will check it out!
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Mine is graphite as well. The material was kinda pricey from him but I wasnt able to locate it anywhere else. Good luck....hope you're able to find what you need.
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Their is a guy on ebay selling o/e fbody seat covers, take outs and new, search for eBay seller: rubik818
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I'd go with something like 1995blacktattop has. That looks amazing by the way. A lot better than oem stuff IMO.
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The original leather for 4th gens was Sierrasoft Leather. The door panels were vinyl. Don't know how much that information helps, but that's the brand/manufacturer/whatever.




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