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Old Oct 28, 2004 | 02:20 PM
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...specifically, the seats. The leather is OK, but not what I'd call "spectacular." Then again, for the $45,000 these cars fetched, I'm not expecting Connoly either.

Has anyone ever replaced (or heard of someone replacing) the leather on the seats with higher quality stuff? And how much should one expect to pay for that?
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Old Oct 28, 2004 | 09:51 PM
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The local Chevy dealer offerred to convert the cloth seats in my Wife's trailblazer into heated leather seats. He had an after market supplier baased in Detroit. The qualityy was much better than factory. He wanted $1,800 for front buckets and rear bench. We passed
Doing a vette should be much cheaper.
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Old Oct 28, 2004 | 10:11 PM
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Nothing cheap about a Vette-including upholstery (leather that is) $1000. for the 2 buckets in Seattle. Not toooooooooo bad-if it's original!
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Old Oct 28, 2004 | 10:41 PM
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Try www.VetteEssentials.com

word has it that C4's are in the works!




Originally Posted by Iron Chef
...specifically, the seats. The leather is OK, but not what I'd call "spectacular." Then again, for the $45,000 these cars fetched, I'm not expecting Connoly either.

Has anyone ever replaced (or heard of someone replacing) the leather on the seats with higher quality stuff? And how much should one expect to pay for that?
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Old Oct 28, 2004 | 11:37 PM
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You might want to check out http://www.leatherseats.com. They seem to specialize mostly on converting cloth seats to leather seats. I had a friend with a WRX who replaced his cloth seat covers with leather covers from here, they seemed decent. Not sure how they compare to the original Corvette seat covers, but probably worth a look. Price isn't bad at all (think around $600 for both Vette seats).

Good luck!

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Old Oct 29, 2004 | 10:01 AM
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Thanks for all the help folks!
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Old Oct 29, 2004 | 11:43 AM
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I think some dark brown saddle color would look really sweet....maybe something like the color in the King Ranch F150s but with better quality leather. Put that in a polo green or white car

like this:



course that would be a custom job

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or even a hair on hide



course I am from texas....
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