Mid america leather
Team Owner
Joined: Jul 2004
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From: NJ
St. Jude Donor '05-'08
when I get to work I can post the pics on this site.
Team Owner
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 24,652
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From: NJ
St. Jude Donor '05-'08
here are some pics http://www.ecsracing.com/ecsracing/s...70&postcount=2
Original Seat
Install
One Done
Put Zaino Leather Care on them (The right has the Zaino on it)
In the car
with race belts
Original Seat
Install
One Done
Put Zaino Leather Care on them (The right has the Zaino on it)
In the car
with race belts
Safety Car
Joined: Jun 2004
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From: Palmdale CA
St. Jude Donor '06
Those look great. I've also heard good things about the Al Knock seat covers, though I've never seen them in person.
Team Owner
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From: NJ
St. Jude Donor '05-'08
I am happy I did it now.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 2,148
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From: GA
Yes, it is leather and alcantra. Again you are not just paying for covers but modification to the stock seat. I have heard good things about ECS but have not seen them in person. I added heat pads and wanted more support than what GM provided me and was why I opted for these seats. For the record, I had the GT3 style seats from Caravaggio prior to this set and did not think they were for me long-term...
Tech Contributor
Joined: Oct 1999
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From: Charlotte, NC (formerly Endicott, NY)
The only issue (and this may be true of all but GM covers) is they did not have provisions for the child seat latches that were installed in 2003 and 2004 passenger seats. I had to send the original seat base cover and foam back to them so they could modify their product.
Bill
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Drifting
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From: Finland
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2003
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From: Annapolis MD
TooGecko,
Those seats look AWESOME!!! I'm still going to get the GT3 seats (as soon as I free up $4K), and I'm also going for black leather/alcantera with silver stitching! Do you know if John offers any darker silver (gunmetal-type) stitching?
Cheers,
Vaughn
Those seats look AWESOME!!! I'm still going to get the GT3 seats (as soon as I free up $4K), and I'm also going for black leather/alcantera with silver stitching! Do you know if John offers any darker silver (gunmetal-type) stitching?
Cheers,
Vaughn
Race Director
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 13,760
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From: Haymarket VA
I got my ECS covers on yesterday. Very nice leather and they look great! I went with the black with gray trim. I post pics if we ever get a sunny day around here. DAMN, winter finally arrived in No VA. 
Pro
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 703
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From: Cowtown
I just put a set of MAC sport seat covers on my c5 last month. Good and bad. I like the skins, the leather is good, but I am not real pleased with the leather on the outside. That being the colored leather part. It's a little to shinny for me. The seat skins I got are black with nassau blue trim. It's the nassau blue trim that looks kind of cheap, to me. I also had a major problem with the install, because the zipper track was sewn to close the the zipper. I mean the thread was over the zipper track in some places, which means I could not zip them up. I had to have them modified to make them fit. I have also found they are not very tight on the sides and lower part of the seat. When I called MAC, they were very nice, said they were sorry and gave me a nice gift certificate for my trouble. As a company, I like their customer service, but I believe you can do better on a set of skins from someone else.
Race Director
Joined: Mar 2001
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When I get ready to redo the seats in the 97, it's likely going to be ECS. I previously had VE in the pace, and they were great quality as well (but the price at ECS is hard to argue with for a full leather cover).
