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Old May 18, 2006 | 08:58 PM
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Got my new seats from LeatherSeats.com..... A friend came over and helped me put them on last weekend. LeatherSeats was awesome!!! We screwed up trying to put them on a few weeks ago and cut the back for the bezel wrong. They took it back and replaced the back piece and sent it back out. Really great customer service!!!!!!

Here they are, what do you think?????






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Old May 18, 2006 | 09:04 PM
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Old May 18, 2006 | 09:21 PM
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They look great, they really make some quality seats. I got mine from them also, heres a pic...
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Old May 18, 2006 | 09:25 PM
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They look really nice.
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Old May 18, 2006 | 09:30 PM
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Guy's how much work is it to replace the seat covers? Mine are wore out. How long did it take you?
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Old May 18, 2006 | 09:41 PM
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Guy's how much work is it to replace the seat covers? Mine are wore out. How long did it take you?
It's a simple job..... Took me about 3 hours, with a friend helping. Go on Vette Essentials website and printout their instructions. Then use pullties instead of hog clips in all locations where hogclips are called for.
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Old May 18, 2006 | 09:55 PM
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The seats look great, I thought about redoing my seats as well is there anything else I need to have.
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The seats look great, I thought about redoing my seats as well is there anything else I need to have.
You may want to consider replacing the foam underneath. If I had to do over, I would have replaced the foam padding while I had the seat skins off. I may still go back and do it sometime soon....... It's easy enough to do.
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Nice, very nice.....
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Originally Posted by Alcee1
They look great, they really make some quality seats. I got mine from them also, heres a pic...
Hey you stole my seats, I am installing the same seats Saturday. They look great in your car.
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Old May 18, 2006 | 10:32 PM
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Wow those look excellent

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They look great! One question....how much $$$?
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Pm'ed ya. i just ordered a set from them 2 weeks ago.
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They look great DC! I got mine from them too and I did drivers side foam. It made a real difference.



Alcee, did you get your other accessories from them too? I called them yesterday and they wanted $345 for all the pieces except the covers. Just wondered how the quality was on them?
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Look nice ...Love 'em!

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Your seats look great - nice job on the install.
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Old May 19, 2006 | 07:39 AM
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Seats look nice - sounds like a great vendor.
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how is the leather quality vs the stock leather?
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how is the leather quality vs the stock leather?
I would say it's between VE and OEM. Thicker than OEM but grainier than VE. For less than half the price of VE I'm very pleased with the quality.
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