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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 07:30 PM
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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 07:37 PM
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Looks Awesome!!!
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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 07:40 PM
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Nice job looks fantastic.
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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 07:46 PM
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Love it

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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 07:50 PM
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That looks really really good!
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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 07:51 PM
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That looks great! Makes me want to do something like this...
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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 07:52 PM
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Looks very rich!
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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 07:57 PM
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Awesome!!! Where did you get the work done? Or did you do it yourself?
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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 07:59 PM
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Very nice! Did you install yourself?
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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 07:59 PM
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That is beautiful!!!!!!!! Very nice work. Not overdone, just perfect. Great job.
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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 07:59 PM
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Wonderful! Looks first rate.
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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 08:02 PM
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This is a Vette Essentials Interior.

My wife picked the design and colors.

I did the install myself.

Our goal was to make it look like it came that way from the factory.

The only thing I didn't do was the steering wheel.

For a $100 install at the dealer I figured is wasn't worth my trouble.

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Oh baby, is that good looking! Great job!!
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That looks great!
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Very classy
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Originally Posted by jjopalka
This is a Vette Essentials Interior.

My wife picked the design and colors.

I did the install myself.

Our goal was to make it look like it came that way from the factory.

The only thing I didn't do was the steering wheel.

For a $100 install at the dealer I figured is wasn't worth my trouble.
It looks great. You kept the spirit of the 50th anniversary edition. VE makes great materials. How difficult were the seats? Did you also install the door arm rest covers and pull handles?
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Old Jul 29, 2009 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by MSG C5
It looks great. You kept the spirit of the 50th anniversary edition. VE makes great materials. How difficult were the seats? Did you also install the door arm rest covers and pull handles?
It took me about 4 hours per seat to just do the covers.

Leather doesn't give much.

Pulling the seats out of the car was the easy part.

Yes, I did the door arm rest covers and pull handles myself.

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