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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 08:28 PM
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is it some what rare to have red seats and red on the inside of the door? i just bought a silver trans am and it has red seats, first time i've seen red seats in a trans am, also one of the seats is ripped pretty bad and the other has a bad stain , is it hard to find these seats to replace. it really doesn't make a difference but i was just curious
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Old Apr 19, 2008 | 03:15 AM
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personally not a fan of red interiors...
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Old Apr 19, 2008 | 03:35 AM
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hmmm. ive never seen one with red seats before
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Old Apr 19, 2008 | 09:33 AM
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Must be custom. I've been thinking of taking the door panels off and replacing the cloth with leather myself. Not red though- just not my thing.
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Old Apr 19, 2008 | 10:08 AM
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Not all of them are custom.
It was a factory original option, but pretty rare.
Find a local upholstery shop & ask them.
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Originally Posted by ghost_ride_the_whip
is it some what rare to have red seats and red on the inside of the door? i just bought a silver trans am and it has red seats, first time i've seen red seats in a trans am, also one of the seats is ripped pretty bad and the other has a bad stain , is it hard to find these seats to replace. it really doesn't make a difference but i was just curious
I think Red Leather was available only in 95 and 96, and only on the Trans Am/WS6. I've seen a few White and Silver cars with Red Leather and I think it looks awesome!

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Old Apr 19, 2008 | 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by blackls1maro
personally not a fan of red interiors...
Neither was I, in fact I had a 90 Vette convertible with Red Leather interior...I hated it at first

I don't know why but it really grew on me and I learned to love it and still do!
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Old Apr 20, 2008 | 12:41 AM
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ya my interior looks exactly like that , the seats look kind of out of place at first, but im liking them more
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Old Apr 20, 2008 | 01:01 AM
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from that pic of the red interior posted above, i kinda like the door panels, but the seats are just too red for my taste.
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Old Apr 20, 2008 | 07:10 AM
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Originally Posted by PontiacFan
Not all of them are custom.
It was a factory original option, but pretty rare.
Find a local upholstery shop & ask them.
There was a vert at the Great Lakes FB show with a factory red interior
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Old Apr 20, 2008 | 11:54 AM
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My brother had an 88 Corvette...Red,with Red leather..Looked stellar. White leather looks awesome too..I mean seriously,doesn't graphite get boring..My TA is black and I would love to have a red interior,more color and contrast..
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They changed the color of the red interior in C4's in 93 to Torch Red which is an even brighter red...check out this 94 Black/Red some might call it "tacky" but I think it looks great!
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Love red interior, if I was gonna get a vette, it was a must.
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Originally Posted by Shepp1691
Love red interior, if I was gonna get a vette, it was a must.
Especially the "Mod Red" in the C5 Z06.

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I love red, and red interior looks awesome, wish those seats were more common I would swap out my black ones for those in a heartbeat
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Originally Posted by ghost_ride_the_whip
is it some what rare to have red seats and red on the inside of the door? i just bought a silver trans am and it has red seats, first time i've seen red seats in a trans am, also one of the seats is ripped pretty bad and the other has a bad stain , is it hard to find these seats to replace. it really doesn't make a difference but i was just curious
I have a 96 Trans Am I'm trying to figure out how many was made with the red leather interior with the 6 speed ?
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Originally Posted by ghost_ride_the_whip
is it some what rare to have red seats and red on the inside of the door? i just bought a silver trans am and it has red seats, first time i've seen red seats in a trans am, also one of the seats is ripped pretty bad and the other has a bad stain , is it hard to find these seats to replace. it really doesn't make a difference but i was just curious

Does anyone on here know how many 96 Trans Ams were made with the red leather interior with the 6 speed manual 🤔 I've been trying to find soemthing on my search just can't find out how many of these they produced? I just bought this anout a month ago and im trying to find out how many they made? Thanks glad to be apart of the group 💪👍

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Originally Posted by alanwolfe10
I have a 96 Trans Am I'm trying to figure out how many was made with the red leather interior with the 6 speed ?
Ancient thread.........but regardless...........

In '96, there were 61 T/A coupes built w/ RPO 702/703 Dark Maple Red Leather interior and 14 'verts. I didn't break-down the non-WS6s T/As by transmission, but of those, 16 were WS6s w/ M6 and 19 were WS6s w/ A4 (no WS6 'verts yet in '96). This same interior was offered in '95. It appears to have been deleted from the option list VERY early in the '97 MY as only 2 T/A coupes were built with it (these cars were likely built to fulfill orders made for the '96 MY).
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Originally Posted by ghost_ride_the_whip
is it some what rare to have red seats and red on the inside of the door? i just bought a silver trans am and it has red seats, first time i've seen red seats in a trans am, also one of the seats is ripped pretty bad and the other has a bad stain , is it hard to find these seats to replace. it really doesn't make a difference but i was just curious
I have a 96 Trans Am Formula AT with the maple red seats, I read on Trans Am world that my particular car there were 61 made like it in 1996 so yes any Birds with the maple red seats are rarities
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Old Feb 13, 2021 | 12:26 PM
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My 1996 Formula Trans Am has the maple red leather seats and from what I read on Trans Am world's site it is one of 61 made of it's option code for 1996.
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