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Old Feb 16, 2008 | 04:00 AM
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Hey guys, where is the best place to get the leather seat covers and different parts of the seat, roughly how much is a leather cover for the sports seats
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Old Feb 16, 2008 | 07:44 AM
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I got mine from Real nice quality and price. I have sport seats too. Did have a leather defect prob w/ the side of one seat. (Defect in tanning from manfu.) I e-mailed a photo after calling them and they promptly had a replacement made and shipped along with a return pickup slip to sent the old one back.

No probs at all with them. Would buy again from this company!

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Old Feb 16, 2008 | 07:56 AM
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'Vette Essentials' is as good as it gets for leather acc's...
Link: http://www.vetteessentials.com/
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Old Feb 16, 2008 | 07:57 AM
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Old Feb 16, 2008 | 08:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Z06-JIM
'Vette Essentials' is as good as it gets for leather acc's...
Link: http://www.vetteessentials.com/

If you want the best in every aspect, quality and customer service this should be where you want to go.
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Vette Essentials are undoubtedly the best but they are also twice the price of several very good covers. I got mine from ECS and I'm very happy with them. Much thicker leather than the Al Nock covers I saw at Carlisle.

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Old Feb 16, 2008 | 02:13 PM
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Vette Essentials are undoubtedly the best but they are also twice the price of several very good covers. I got mine from ECS and I'm very happy with them. Much thicker leather than the Al Nock covers I saw at Carlisle.

My $.02
Kevin can you post your pictures of the seats, I am considering the ECS and leatherseats for my Vette
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Originally Posted by Z06-JIM
'Vette Essentials' is as good as it gets for leather acc's...
Link: http://www.vetteessentials.com/


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Old Feb 16, 2008 | 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by WKMCD
Vette Essentials are undoubtedly the best but they are also twice the price of several very good covers. I got mine from ECS and I'm very happy with them. Much thicker leather than the Al Nock covers I saw at Carlisle.

My $.02
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Kevin can you post your pictures of the seats, I am considering the ECS and leatherseats for my Vette
http://www.eastcoastsupercharging.co...r%20Seats.html

Those pics were taken right after install. They smooth out very nice. I should take some pics of my car now after sitting in the sun for a few days.

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I got mine from a place called Corvette Originals. They are located in Georgia, telephone 770-949-8833. The quality was excellent. See the thread below for pics. Click on the pic for additional pics.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1828480
He can do any color combo you want. A friend got black with red inserts and had the logo done with a silver circle and the corvette letters on the seat back in silver. Cost was $575. You can not beat these for the price.
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Originally Posted by rwlc5
I got mine from a place called Corvette Originals. They are located in Georgia, telephone 770-949-8833. The quality was excellent. See the thread below for pics. Click on the pic for additional pics.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1828480
He can do any color combo you want. A friend got black with red inserts and had the logo done with a silver circle and the corvette letters on the seat back in silver. Cost was $575. You can not beat these for the price.
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Old Feb 16, 2008 | 11:16 PM
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pic doesnt do justice....as u can see camera setting is washing out the colors...look at my torch red vette...looks orange.
leatherseats was excellent to deal with in every aspect.
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There is only one best....Vette Essentials.

Vette Essentials is more expensive, but the best costs more. Like everything else in life, you get what you pay for.
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My covers were $575 for the pair. That's why I said you van't beat it for what you pay and what you get. And the quality is excellent. It may not be vette essentials (i think the VE are leather throughout). These are vinyl on the seat back and the lower portion of the seat bottom (not the seating surface of the bottom). Basically they are leather in all the same places that the factory uses leather. To me it doesn't matter that the seat back is vinyl because you never see it.
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