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Finally ordered my MadRacing seats... What should I buy to compliment them...

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Old 12-31-2006, 09:37 PM
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Default Finally ordered my MadRacing seats... What should I buy to compliment them...

Well, after what feels like (and just may have been) a year of debating which seats to get I finally went with my first choice:



They are black leather and I paid $458 for the pair

I actually saved $10 in shipping by going through their ebay auction

Shipping out on Tuesday

NOW, I have a little money left over and am trying to decide what else to buy right now to compliment them...

Either an armrest cover in black leather (with BLACK STITCHING, not red like in the pic):



pic of seats in a car for reference:



or, since I am not too big on embroidrey, two of these (to go with my whole making the "Ultimate Z28" theme where I've used a lot of GM parts):



to put here:



I'll eventually do both but am trying to decide what to do first... What do you guys think, emblems first or armrest first?

Thanks to everyone who has helped me make my seat decision this past year in God knows how many thread I've posted on the subject !!!
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that armrest cover looks like doodoo. get the plate
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Arm rest, Im intersted to see how it turns out with those seats, they look really nice by the way. Who makes the arm rest leather piece anyway?
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Congrats on the seats, im glad you did not get the suede ones because i think im going to have to pick those up. Let me know how the install goes or if you need a place to put them in let me know and i have several tools. Good luck i think you should go with the arm rest.
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Its about F****ing time...jeezh

Take them to an Upholstery shop and have something embroidered on them..I paid 35 bucks for my stuff...
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those are going to look really badass i wanted to get some for my car but dont have the money right know
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Originally Posted by Smoke Panther
that armrest cover looks like doodoo. get the plate
Yeah, I may just have to have a nicer one made like skytower31 did:

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I vote emblem, I actually have 2 of those on my car but they are on the doors, I love the idea of them on the seats!! Care if I steal your idea?!
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Originally Posted by Trust
I vote emblem, I actually have 2 of those on my car but they are on the doors, I love the idea of them on the seats!! Care if I steal your idea?!
Do it



Where on the doors are they?
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Oh, and I decided... Just ordered the emblems
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Originally Posted by BitViper
Its about F****ing time...jeezh

Take them to an Upholstery shop and have something embroidered on them..I paid 35 bucks for my stuff...
This poor guy probably had a dozen pm's from me about seats!

That is surprisingly cheap for the work you got done I went with the emblems though for two reasons, 1) Looks a little more factory and 2) Makes the plastic piece look less cheap

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Arm rest, Im intersted to see how it turns out with those seats, they look really nice by the way. Who makes the arm rest leather piece anyway?
Pm'd you...

Originally Posted by 02SSCamaro#9751
those are going to look really badass i wanted to get some for my car but dont have the money right know
Sell all the crap people gave you for Christmas and order some !
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Originally Posted by Long Beach
Congrats on the seats, im glad you did not get the suede ones because i think im going to have to pick those up. Let me know how the install goes or if you need a place to put them in let me know and i have several tools. Good luck i think you should go with the arm rest.
Cool thanks! Did you get your pump and chain in?
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Awesome! Where did you order them seats from? I was on a site that you could order them custom with the back seats so they all matched! I would really want to do that because those front seats are sexy! BTW will they hook up to the stock stuff and still be power on the drivers side?

And also could you tell me where they sell the arm rests that are covered like that?

I cant wait to see this all in your car! Its gonna look great!
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Originally Posted by The Black Pearl
... BTW will they hook up to the stock stuff and still be power on the drivers side?...
+1...I like the seats, but without testing them, I don't want to spend $500 for something I hate sitting in.
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You can kinda see them there, I don't really like where they are, I think they'd look perfect on the seats!

EDIT: Oh, shoot me a PM if you need any help with the bracket fabbing for those particular seats.

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Originally Posted by DEMONBIRD
This poor guy probably had a dozen pm's from me about seats!
16..but whos counting

The emblem idea is a great one..I almost went with the stock plastic Bowtie or Z28 on mine
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+1 for GM Performance Division Emblems
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+1 emblems.
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Hey, if you ended up buying them from Arizen they don't have the indentation on the seats. I think only Mad Racing has that...
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Originally Posted by DEMONBIRD
Cool thanks! Did you get your pump and chain in?
No i had to save my money so i could buy another car. I cant wait to see those seats though.


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