92GA

Ed I'll bet he will 2 tone for you at the same price. I bought his leather skins and they made to my order without an upcharge. There was some guys on this forum that purchased his synthetic skins and were real happy with them. His full leather skins only run $550.00 + shipping and they are very good quality. I've seen his skins put on old foam and they did have some wrinkles in them.

Just sent you a PM

frsr06

If its your DD and just looking to fix the hole - many of the members here have replaced their skins - maybe a deal on the ol skins would suffice?

DSTURBD

Hey Ed,

I have followed a bunch of your threads and have thought that you and I think a lot alike in terms of mods, repairs, etc. Your ideas are always well thought out and researched.

I too must operate on a limited budget, so I understand your dilemma.

With a white car, obviously either color will work well. However, I think that the black will not leave enough grey in the interior and does get quite hot in the summer (DO NOT SIT DOWN WITH SHORTS ON AFTER THE CAR HAS BEEN SITTING IN THE SUN!!! ) To me, the grey is just so classy looking. By the way, are your carpets grey or black? That would figure into my decision as well.

jmho
DSTURBD

scarecrowkc5

The only options I have available to me are a solid light grey or a solid black

I have the same problem with seat covers for my white/grey c5.

I'm going to stick with grey.

I am not a big fan of changing things on a vette, when I get older I think it will mean more to me if I keep it in the original condition.

Don't change it to black.

Jeff T.

I voted gray, should be cooler than the black.

Good Luck!

Corvette_Ed

Thanks. I'd planned on asking him about two-tone as well as seeing about having the logo stitched on them too. I'll be giving him a call this coming week to see what options I have that will still be within my budget.

Corvette_Ed

The carpet is grey. It will end up being replaced down the road but I think I want to keep it grey. Black carpet would be a little much for my interior.

Corvette_Ed

I plan on making all kinds of changes to improve the interior quality of my car. With the seats, though, I could go either way because of the two-tone interior. I think I'm leaning more toward grey at this point.

Camjamsdad

Since money is the object, I'd go with used, matching whatever color my passenger is. Vettenuts, ebay, or the forum sale section.

If I had a budget of $600.00 I would buy the two tone gray and black leather skins from oaktree motoring. I couldn't be happier.

Corvette_Ed

I've been watching for skins the right color, but nobody ever seems to have any for sale that do not already have holes in the same places mine do.

MSG C5

When I swapped out my original skins for my Vette Essential skins, I sold my OEM black seat covers on the forum. They only had about 10K of 'butt miles' on them and still looked really good. My passenger side looked near perfect.

Point is, the deals are out there if you can find them.

Here's the link to my original FS thread...

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-p...n-package.html

Corvette_Ed

Too high for my budget...

What I'm facing is this: I can either get the one seat repaired for $300 (my budget for this project), or I can buy two new seat skins for $225 and cover both seats. I can even get replacement base seat foam with the new skins and still be under budget.

92GA

I'm sure he can do two tone for the same price. The new foam from Mid America will make the seats taller. I just did my seats with his leather and Mid America foam. My son and I went for a ride last night, his first time in the car since the rebuild and his head almost hit the top. He is 6'4" tall though. The seats are much more comfortable now though.

Corvette_Ed

If he can do two-tone for the same price I'll get the black on grey (black outside and grey in center sections). I'm also going to ask about having the logo stitched on too; I think it would make the standard seats look much better than their typical plain-Jane look.

I'm just shy of 6'4" so I'm hoping my head doesn't hit the roof.

Chili144

Do you have the link for these covers? they look sweet I am in need for new covers and think I want to go this route.

tommyo4

On a budget but you still want quality seats that will last. You need to consider these guys. I did my seats(with alcantarra suede center) , center console and both shifter boots and cost me 480 shipped

Just skins are like 250-350.
My brother and his buddy both got the two tone for their c6 and both look great.

Pm if you need pics but if you search these guys, there's a ton of people on here that have used them.

http://www.interior-innovations.com