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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 05:46 PM
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Check out this vette for sale on Ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cars-...1%7C240%3A1318

A solid european look for a fraction of the cost. It looks like a lot of these mods are simple enough to do yourself!
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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 06:01 PM
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The cool thing about this is that corvette's are always getting a bad rap for have a chincy interior. It's suprising what little effort it really takes to right chevy's wrongs.
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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 06:03 PM
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That interior is terrible, i'm sorry. stick on vinyl wood grain
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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 06:05 PM
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I'll leave the wood trim for the luxury cars...

But I guess people can do whatever they want to their own cars, right?
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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Blackpixi7
That interior is terrible, i'm sorry. stick on vinyl wood grain
You're missing the point. You could easily substitute that for a carbon fiber or titanium vinyl print.
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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by MyVetteDream
I'll leave the wood trim for the luxury cars...

But I guess people can do whatever they want to their own cars, right?
I agree, it's a shame that chevy didn't spend the extra $ money to make the interior look good. It's really suprising how easy it is to make the vette interior look good. Simple interior mods really bring out the class.

Years ago you to have a brick and mortar wall in your kitchen would cost a fortune. Now you can pick up faux brick paneling through am-way for a fraction of the price. God I love technology!

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Yikes!
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Looks like he had some worn leather on his seats and replaced the gray with black. I don't care for the wood treatment. If you want carbon fiber stuff, check out supporting vendor tkoperformance.
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Originally Posted by Blackpixi7
That interior is terrible, i'm sorry. stick on vinyl wood grain

I totally agree. If you want to change things up, a body colored or carbon fiber center console from a forum vendor is a much better choice. Those stickers look like poo.
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Looks like he had some worn leather on his seats and replaced the gray with black. I don't care for the wood treatment. If you want carbon fiber stuff, check out supporting vendor tkoperformance.
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Sad thing is that the standard interior on most foreign cars is far far superior to the C5 interior and I'm NOT talking about the lux models ..just the standard run of the mill Honda,Toyota types....you would be amazed at the interior in my sons Cooper..for a $27K vehicle the goodies in the interior are amazing...GM has alot to learn...it's shocking to see how super thin the leather is on the C5 seats...no wonder the bolsters wear out so early.
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Originally Posted by verano29

A solid european look for a fraction of the cost. It looks like a lot of these mods are simple enough to do yourself!
are you being serious?



these seats look like he took a permenant marker and had his kid start coloring. i've never seen aftermarket seats come this way.






i cannot imagine why he stuck a sliver of tree bark looking plastic and pasted it to his door panels...seriously, why?





the rest of the console is completely out of place, matching nothing...besides the door bark.

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Those hardwood inserts are like chrome on a harley...you can't go wrong.
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[QUOTE=jdmvette;1568505893]are you being serious?



these seats look like he took a permenant marker and had his kid start coloring. i've never seen aftermarket seats come this way.




I think if he used a faux carbon fiber cloth on the seats it would look kick ****!!
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Here's the stuff from TKO.

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Well, I would have to say.... ummm,,,, cough...



That feels better!
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Does this look "European" to you too?

Now here is a good looking interior!
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are you being serious? The rest of the console is completely out of place, matching nothing...besides the door bark.
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