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Old Oct 3, 2006 | 11:19 PM
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do you think it would look cool to do black leather with red suede inserts in my red z28 and do u know how suede wears or would u do black leaher with black suede inserts pr would u do black and red leaher or all black leaher?
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 11:05 AM
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Well Berger Hot Rod cars got red leather inserts in them as well as Xtaz's Electron Blue Berger. The Dick Harrell cars have suede inserts in them. I don't know how well suede wears. I guess it would depend on the quality and thickness of it.
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 11:39 AM
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It's really your personal preference, but I would go with all black leather it looks much nicer then 2-tone.
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 12:25 PM
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my interiror is half suede half leather.

i have no complaints whatsoever other than it can get dirty very easily.

other than that, i love it, and get TONS of compliments on it.

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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 01:38 PM
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Yes, I was thinking of going with Black Suede inserts with my tan leather interior. Think it would be sweet. I think that the black and red would look good on your Z. just my .02
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 03:24 PM
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Here's a sample of black with red inserts.

I had the # of bars reduced to only 4 and had the outlines done with a double red stitch.
Attached Thumbnails suede inserts-interior-1.jpg   suede inserts-interior-passenger-door-1.jpg   suede inserts-interior-passenger-seat-lower-1.jpg  
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 04:09 PM
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The only thing I don't like about custom seats is how sometimes it looks like the covers are all loose on the seats (no offense perfect z28) whereas the stock leather is nice and tights w/ no big wrinkles. The suede would be really nice but I have no idea how that stuff wears.
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 04:38 PM
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theres a difference between custom seats, and seat covers.

seat covers will almost ALWAYS look loose and cheap.

the best thing to do is go to a shop and have them completely re-wrap the seats in the pattern/fabric you want (thats how mine were done, not loose at all, it looks like it came from the factory that way)
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 05:13 PM
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No offense taken, my interior was done at a custom shop., I took the pic of when they were still being fitted...they fit fine after they added some foam to the actual seats.
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by NBMgreg
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And crooked stitching is what the PROS are known for

Only the high dollar shops will have near perfect quality.
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by PERFECT Z28
Here's a sample of black with red inserts.

I had the # of bars reduced to only 4 and had the outlines done with a double red stitch.

looks good except the passenger seat looks a little loose...you got a badass car though...
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by PERFECT Z28
And crooked stitching is what the PROS are known for

Only the high dollar shops will have near perfect quality.
I know what you're saying but its not limited to high dollar shops. A good upholstery man will have near perfect quality.
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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by PERFECT Z28
And crooked stitching is what the PROS are known for

Only the high dollar shops will have near perfect quality.


ok????????......

who said anything about "PROS"???

good thing i didn't pay a dime, because my stitching is crooked
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I know I could have got better quality if I had went to a better shop, but I would have had to paid a lot more...besides, I really just got these seats as a temp job for my real interior plans. I'm not upset at the quality, hell, I only paid $330 for all 4 seats, door panels.

NBMgreg, not bad for free.

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Old Oct 4, 2006 | 07:11 PM
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eh... i wouldn't say "free"... i just didn't fork money out for the seats to be done like that, bought the car with them done... i actually thought it was a factory option when i got it, because the rest of the car was completely untouched, i soon learned that the prev. owner did THAT, and nothing else, which was perfect, stock car with a nice interior lol.
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^ Looks good.
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YES!





and i have carpet and everything in now. my interior is not done yet so no one gets any pictures yet!
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hey dirtybird222 is that black leather with red suede inserts? how much did you pay for your seats being redone?
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Old Oct 5, 2006 | 10:43 PM
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would you guys change the pattern of the seats?
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Old Oct 6, 2006 | 12:18 PM
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yes it is an i paid $170 a seat. It was locally done. I didn't have the money to spend to send them to a huge reupholstery shop, they turned out really well. The guy added extra padding and everything. Suede doesn't like to breathe but damn it looks cool!
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