Interior advice.
Thread Starter
Pro
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 617
Likes: 27
From: Westchester NY. ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ Country>self
Interior advice.
Basicly i have an 02 Elec Blue coupe. with black leather. as everyone can guess my seats went to ****. drivers has a rip in it and the leather just overall looks like crap. Basicly Im lost. I see many people go with re-doing the seats with new covers and padding, but to be honest i cant find any patterns i like and i personally think they end up looking really cheesy and cheap when they are done. basicly im just lookin for a finger to point me in the right direction.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 7,890
Likes: 0
From: FL
Replace the foam on the drivers at least if the passenger isn't used much leave that foam.
Then you can get some low mileage stock covers from someone on the forum and have them installed and they will wear just like yours in the same time. Or you can get some seat covers from leatherseats.com which are nice or someone like vette essentials or caravaggio for an upgraded set but it will be very expensive the last 2 routes.
How are your seats getting so worn out? I have a set of stock black sport seats in my car and they had 20k miles when I got them and I added 30k miles easy and they look brand new. You have to learn how to get in and out gently and how to use some meguires leather wipes once a week or every couple weeks and let it soak in for a few days when you arent driving the car.
Then you can get some low mileage stock covers from someone on the forum and have them installed and they will wear just like yours in the same time. Or you can get some seat covers from leatherseats.com which are nice or someone like vette essentials or caravaggio for an upgraded set but it will be very expensive the last 2 routes.
How are your seats getting so worn out? I have a set of stock black sport seats in my car and they had 20k miles when I got them and I added 30k miles easy and they look brand new. You have to learn how to get in and out gently and how to use some meguires leather wipes once a week or every couple weeks and let it soak in for a few days when you arent driving the car.
Thread Starter
Pro
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 617
Likes: 27
From: Westchester NY. ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ Country>self
Thanks for the advice, ill have to check those places out. The previous owner did a number on them, he must have left the roof off all the time and parked in the beating sun. TOTAL moron. leather got cracked and dried out.. it feels like sand paper haha
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 3,181
Likes: 286
From: Puyallup Washington
My advice
If you plan on keeping the car for a good number of years my advice is to go to an upholstery shop and have the seats redone in a good quality leather, vat dyed, that will last. It will cost more than buying ready made seat covers but should look infinitely better and last much longer. All seat covers I have seen pictured on the C4 and C5 forums generally look bad. They are made to be easy to install which means they are made too big. A good fitting cover has to be tight and then the average person cannot install them correctly. I have done upholstery on collector cars for the last 25 years and I can tell when upholstery looks good or bad.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 6,460
Likes: 16
From: hamilton alabama
i have a very nice set of black skins i just posted earlier on the forum for sale where i changed mine out to black and red . here is the link with pics if you are interested 
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-p...eat-skins.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-p...eat-skins.html
Thread Starter
Pro
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 617
Likes: 27
From: Westchester NY. ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ Country>self
Kmcoldcars i have been thinking about going to a shop to have them done. Seems like it might be a worth while option.
gitusum i have the standard seats, but thanks anyway.
gitusum i have the standard seats, but thanks anyway.
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Administrator
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 368,390
Likes: 24,792
From: In a parallel universe. Currently own 2014 Stingray Coupe.
C7 of the Year - Modified Finalist 2021
MO Events Coordinator
St. Jude Co-Organizer
St. Jude Donor '03 thru '26
NCM Sinkhole Donor
CI 5, 8 & 11 Veteran
Check out the offerings of Vette Essentials. Top quality leather and they can customize the seats just about any way you want. That is going to be my next purchase for my car.
Safety Car
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 4,062
Likes: 103
From: Southeast, Tennessee
St. Jude Donor '09 thru '26
Replace the foam on the drivers at least if the passenger isn't used much leave that foam.
Then you can get some low mileage stock covers from someone on the forum and have them installed and they will wear just like yours in the same time. Or you can get some seat covers from leatherseats.com which are nice or someone like vette essentials or caravaggio for an upgraded set but it will be very expensive the last 2 routes.
How are your seats getting so worn out? I have a set of stock black sport seats in my car and they had 20k miles when I got them and I added 30k miles easy and they look brand new. You have to learn how to get in and out gently and how to use some meguires leather wipes once a week or every couple weeks and let it soak in for a few days when you arent driving the car.
Then you can get some low mileage stock covers from someone on the forum and have them installed and they will wear just like yours in the same time. Or you can get some seat covers from leatherseats.com which are nice or someone like vette essentials or caravaggio for an upgraded set but it will be very expensive the last 2 routes.
How are your seats getting so worn out? I have a set of stock black sport seats in my car and they had 20k miles when I got them and I added 30k miles easy and they look brand new. You have to learn how to get in and out gently and how to use some meguires leather wipes once a week or every couple weeks and let it soak in for a few days when you arent driving the car.
connelly's hide food is another great product to re-nourish the "skins". it is the product of choice of rolls royce among others.
