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Old Mar 25, 2004 | 08:25 PM
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The car: red SS, interior is black leather with red inserts, and a red bowtie in the headrest.

Is a red leather shift boot a nice addition or incredibly tacky???
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Old Mar 25, 2004 | 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by max's dad
The car: red SS, interior is black leather with red inserts, and a red bowtie in the headrest.

Is a red leather shift boot a nice addition or incredibly tacky???
incredibly tacky
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I would have to see the interior... you have any pics?
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Yeah, I'm gonna second the incredibly tacky response. Don't do it.
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Old Mar 25, 2004 | 10:31 PM
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Yeah, I'm gonna second the incredibly tacky response. Don't do it.
I dont see that. It sounds like it would match the interior and the body color. I'd do it.

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i'd have to see the interior, it really depends on what the interior looks like. If you do it tastefully obviously it wouldn't be tacky.. lets get some pics please!
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The interior won't be put in for a few weeks. I'll post some then. FWIW, I ordered a black shift boot.
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I have a red ws6 with ebony interior, I have a custom boot that my father made for me, it is a black leather boot with red stiching. Looks good and not over done
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Here is a pic of my interior, I have it done and I dont think its tacky. Those are red inserts, they look orange because it was night time and i had the flash on.

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Here is a pic of my interior, I have it done and I dont think its tacky. Those are red inserts, they look orange because it was night time and i had the flash on.

Are those aftermarket seat covers? If not, what are they?
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that two tone looks badass! I'd like to see ebony with a lighter grey inside to match my silver car.

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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 02:29 PM
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Are those aftermarket seat covers? If not, what are they?
No they arent aftermarket seat covers. The front seats were totaly re-done, The guy ordered new GM grey leather. He added more cushion so they wont wear as bad on the edges. People think that the GM leather is **** because of the way it wears, but thats not the case, its the crap cushion underneath that causes it. He was able to re-use the grey leather in the back because no one ever sat there before so the leather was in good condition. The red inserts are close to torch red. I had him use the same leather to make the shift boot and do the door panels.
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Good deal. I am looking to re-cover my front seats because of wear from the previous owner. I would buy the covers from GM, but they are not cheap in the slightest. I just want ebony though. Your seats look very nice though.
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Good deal. I am looking to re-cover my front seats because of wear from the previous owner. I would buy the covers from GM, but they are not cheap in the slightest. I just want ebony though. Your seats look very nice though.

Thanks.
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Originally Posted by YIKESS
Here is a pic of my interior, I have it done and I dont think its tacky. Those are red inserts, they look orange because it was night time and i had the flash on.

That looks good, I think its time to get my father to redo my interior now.
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your interior looks very nice. The red shift boot looks good too, adds a nice touch to get the center counsel to really accent the rest of it.
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