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Old Jul 15, 2005 | 12:06 AM
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Here's the pics of your new seats, please post details as I'm sure everyone will be interested in cost and how hard were they to install.


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Old Jul 15, 2005 | 01:23 AM
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Porsche buckets?
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Old Jul 15, 2005 | 03:17 AM
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Nice looking seats, look like Recaro seats
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Old Jul 15, 2005 | 04:21 AM
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Look very nice. And comfy. Are you converting from blue to black? The steering column is blue, Joe.
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Old Jul 15, 2005 | 07:35 AM
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those look really nice but what are they? Porsche?
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Originally Posted by DMONSVETTE
Here's the pics of your new seats, please post details as I'm sure everyone will be interested in cost and how hard were they to install.


These are corbeau GTS-II leather seats. Ya'll may remember last year (don't remember the dates) there was a thread about these seats and thier compatibility with the C3. I found a pic of these installed in a C3 and thought they looked pretty sharp so I stuck my neck out and bought a pair. They went in really easy. We put the mounting bracket together upside down on the first try but wasn't hard to figure out the second time around.
My wife bought these for me and I'm not real sure the exact price. It's around $1200 I believe.
The steering column will soon be black as well. The interior at one time was blue but someone before me changed it to black and quit before they got to the steering column.
Thanks, Dmons, for posting these for me.
You guys are all really super and have been a huge help to me fixing this car up. I really haven't to post many questions about it, 'cause most of you have already solved the same problems ahead of me.

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Old Jul 15, 2005 | 10:20 PM
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Nice looking seats. They look comfortable too.
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Old Jul 15, 2005 | 11:26 PM
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Glad the seats worked out for you.

I painted my steering column from tan to black. I used black epoxy spray paint for appliances. It is VERY durable and came out looking great. I highly recommend the appliance epoxy paint for this application. Its been 3 years now and it still looks new.

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Thanks Brent. I'll try that. That's next on my to do list. Right after I get it back from the transmission shop. I let it set to long while working on it, I guess. Tranny started leaking very profusely.
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