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Old Dec 30, 2005 | 07:51 AM
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Pretty excited right now. Finally took the plunge and called John Caravaggio yesterday. New seats should be ready by end of next month. I believe I am getting what he would put in his own car... Very cool guy to talk with and seems to be the best at what he does. AND yes, I'll post pics when I get them!!! Should compliment all the VE stuff I did last year

Off to put my HID lights in now - thanks Brian
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Old Dec 30, 2005 | 07:58 AM
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Nice way to end the year - buying an upgrade to the car. Post some pics when you get the new seats in.
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Old Dec 30, 2005 | 08:01 AM
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Hi TOOGECKO -

Nice! I'll be interested in your opinion of the seats when you get them installed.

Looking forward to the pictures!

best regards -

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Old Dec 30, 2005 | 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by JDs00PewterCoupe
Nice way to end the year - buying an upgrade to the car. Post some pics when you get the new seats in.
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Old Dec 30, 2005 | 08:17 AM
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Awesome. Depending on how much stuff i need to buy off of the tax return i'm going to start some interior mods myself.

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Old Dec 30, 2005 | 08:21 AM
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I need to re do my sport seats, and not sure who to call. How do I contact your interior guy?

Thanks
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Old Dec 30, 2005 | 09:38 AM
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Awesome

Looking forward to seeing the pics
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Originally Posted by JDs00PewterCoupe
Nice way to end the year - buying an upgrade to the car. Post some pics when you get the new seats in.

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Old Dec 30, 2005 | 10:16 AM
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Can't wait to see some pics
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Old Dec 30, 2005 | 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by jedicowboy
Can't wait to see some pics
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I put a set of those in my car last year, the shoulder bolsters are pretty wide, now I still need to get my wolf cage side bars modified to fit in the car (I was told they would work together, but they don't, unless you are 4'10" and can have the seat moved all the way forward). My driver seat also has a slight rock to it, as the bottom of the seat isn't perfectly flat and didn't match up to the rails very well, still trying to work that one out.

Don't get me wrong, I like the seats, they bolted in very easily, look awesome and keep me in place on the track! I just ran into these 2 issues with mine.

I know, everyone wants pics, I'll see what I can do later today before we pull the dash out for the HUD upgrade

And you are right, John is a great guy!
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I ordered mine from John around this time last year. Great seats.

What color did you get? Old style or new style?
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Old Dec 30, 2005 | 05:04 PM
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Congratulations. Be sure to post us some pics to drool over when you are ready!
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Congratulations. Be sure to post us some pics to drool over when you are ready!
I went with black with red stitching.
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Old Jan 1, 2006 | 11:55 PM
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Originally Posted by DsC5
I ordered mine from John around this time last year. Great seats.

What color did you get? Old style or new style?
Black w/silver ZO6 logo - new style...
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Here is Caravaggio's latest seat. No recline, nice wood grain...and heated!

These are the seats Bruce is getting!


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The wood one doesn't seem to have enough bolster support but I hear the heated feature is awesome!
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