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Old May 9, 2015 | 11:29 PM
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Default Recaro EVO 8 Install
This is just a quick tease. It took the upholstery shop forever to get them done but they finally finished them. Just two quick pics.

I'm out of town right now but when I get back I will be installing them in my SS. Should be a pretty easy install.

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beautiul seats....exactly waht im looking at for mine. in for updates....
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dude those are freaking perfect! I need new seats like this but I will miss my lt1 stitching. I need to copy. nice score in for updates as well
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I need to copy.
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Nice seats man! I used the same ones. They are super comfortable. Good choice.




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Do these go for cheap or something? How much do they wheigh?
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Ill try and get a weight when I get back Weds. I bought the seats on craiglist for $400.
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Dopefedz you gonna use the stock seat bracket?
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Id like to try that it seems pretty cool.
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Ill try and get a weight when I get back Weds. I bought the seats on craiglist for $400.
Cool. Thats a nice find they look really comfortable
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what made you go with that stitching on them and how much did it cost you? I really dig it its really different
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Originally Posted by DopeFedZ
Ill try and get a weight when I get back Weds. I bought the seats on craiglist for $400.
They are one of the nicest OEM/stock seats anywhere, but did you spend more on just the reupholstering than a brand new set of Sparco 600s, or Cobra Daytonas??

I ask because EVERY shop around here wanted MORE THAN the cost of a NEW Recaro Speed to recover my destroyed Recaro SPDs!!
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Love the seats, looking forward to seeing them installed
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Originally Posted by rdd014camaro
Dopefedz you gonna use the stock seat bracket?
Yeah using the stock seat brackets. I picked up a manual driver seat bracket also.
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what made you go with that stitching on them and how much did it cost you? I really dig it its really different
I just went to the upholstery shop and checked out all the sample materials they had and this is the combination I ended up with.
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They are one of the nicest OEM/stock seats anywhere, but did you spend more on just the reupholstering than a brand new set of Sparco 600s, or Cobra Daytonas??

I ask because EVERY shop around here wanted MORE THAN the cost of a NEW Recaro Speed to recover my destroyed Recaro SPDs!!
I paid $600 for the upholstery work. It is real leather so Im sure that adds to the cost. Im sure all together they are right along with prices of other new seats but I wanted to personalize them to my own taste.
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Originally Posted by DopeFedZ
Im sure all together they are right along with prices of other new seats but I wanted to personalize them to my own taste.
That's what makes it worth it. Niceee
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Thanks!
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Originally Posted by DopeFedZ
I paid $600 for the upholstery work. It is real leather so Im sure that adds to the cost. Im sure all together they are right along with prices of other new seats but I wanted to personalize them to my own taste.
Was that $600.00 for EACH seat, or for both?
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Both seats. Without leather Im sure its cheaper.
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Originally Posted by DopeFedZ
Both seats. Without leather Im sure its cheaper.

That is REALLY reasonable then, especially for the way they turned out!

I WISH that shop was up here by me.
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for 1k all in, that's a damn good price and product!
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