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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 01:43 AM
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thats a lot of focking red lol

imagine, SOM seats hahaa

looks nice op, not my cup of tea, but good work

Lethal, text me about seat cover options
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Old Mar 31, 2011 | 12:39 AM
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^ It is a lot of red but it looks really good.
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Old Mar 31, 2011 | 03:22 AM
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Looks damn good...Personally, I'd LOVE to have a silver T/A with the red seats/inserts and maybe red carpet. That would look SICK. Even better with ebony instead of charcoal plastic.
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Old Apr 22, 2011 | 04:33 PM
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Ok, I finished my seats and took several pictures and short videos... I will post them once i have them all put in some sort of order but for now, here are a few pics of the finished product.. sorry, cars dirty and I sold my hood to help pay for the WSQ hood I bought from VFN





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Old Apr 22, 2011 | 06:31 PM
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Looks great!
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Old Apr 22, 2011 | 08:55 PM
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Looks great man, good job!
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Old Apr 22, 2011 | 09:10 PM
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looks good except for one thing. i never liked the t/a seats with the replacement leather kits that don't retain the stock accordian pieces. i had mine reupholstered a few years ago with the hawks kit and paid a shop to sew the old plastics onto the new leather. they look kind of unfinished without it imo.

my seats right after recovery. btw if anyone needs a pic of a certain step, i have a bunch of in progress pics on my photobucket from when i did them. just ask and i might have what you need.



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Old Apr 22, 2011 | 10:00 PM
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I was just about to ask about that, can you pm the pics please.
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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 12:00 AM
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i made several short videos and took some pics of doing the whole thing. It is much easier than you would think. It just takes some time to get it to fit tight with no wrinkles.
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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 03:47 AM
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So how did you order these? I checked the Classic Industries site and did not see seat covers for our year cars.

Do you know if they do custom colors, or only stock replacement? I really like these, how is the quality? Let me know because I want to order some
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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 10:45 AM
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This is a replacement for a 95-96 seat. That was the only year it was offered in red. The seat bottoms are different as are the headrests. look up seats for a 96 model and they will show red. Here is the part number I used. The material is not leather, it is Hampton Vinyl, it has a pretty thick foam backing and is very supple and comfortable. It will shock the **** out of you. I did get flamed a little for it being vinyl and not leather but I have yet to see anyone replace their set with a real leather one. That would cost at least $1000


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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 10:27 PM
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FWIW i think the hampton vinyl feels more like soft leather than the "real" GM leather did. i mean compared to like a bmw or something, the hampton vinyl feels more like that than the hard GM stuff
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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 11:23 PM
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It is very soft and holds you in the seat very well, its not cold at all like some cheaper vinyl ****.
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Old May 24, 2011 | 04:41 PM
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do you think the bottoms would fit on the 98-02 seats??im about to order some covers from them
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Old Jun 2, 2011 | 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by 98blackbirdta
do you think the bottoms would fit on the 98-02 seats??im about to order some covers from them

no, they wont. the older seats have a movable ******* rest on them... 97 up, dont.. thats why i bought leather from a 96 model then ordered the red replacement for that year. pm me with your contact info if you want and ill help you as much as i can, this takes too long...
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Old Jun 2, 2011 | 10:17 PM
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Okay I figured they wouldn't. I'm ordering the red covers from hawks third gen. They make em to fit the ls1 cars. Thanks tho man
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