Seat skins
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Seat skins
Has anybody tried the seat skins off the auction site? They are $200 with free shipping. Obviously these are not leather, but then again the factory c5 sport seats are not full leather either. I am assuming these are hog ringed on I would hope though...
When I bought my car I had an upholstery shop change out the side bolster on the upper portion of the seat with as close of a vinyl that they could find, which is almost identical. The seams are already starting to come apart, most likely from their crappy work. They did only charge me $80 bucks, so i cant really complain that it has held up for 3 years. I would like to accent my interior in black and grey or silver, but havent seen some good options. I have sewed some interiors up before and hopefully dont get the bug to do this one. The last one cost me an arm and a leg as real alcantara is very expensive, but it looked so good!
Please post your opinions and your photos if you have them. Also the price you paid for your skins if you dont mind. I have attached a photo of the one I was looking at.
Thanks!
Josh
When I bought my car I had an upholstery shop change out the side bolster on the upper portion of the seat with as close of a vinyl that they could find, which is almost identical. The seams are already starting to come apart, most likely from their crappy work. They did only charge me $80 bucks, so i cant really complain that it has held up for 3 years. I would like to accent my interior in black and grey or silver, but havent seen some good options. I have sewed some interiors up before and hopefully dont get the bug to do this one. The last one cost me an arm and a leg as real alcantara is very expensive, but it looked so good! Please post your opinions and your photos if you have them. Also the price you paid for your skins if you dont mind. I have attached a photo of the one I was looking at.
Thanks!
Josh
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The only parts that are leather are the butt and the back, as far as I know. I could be wrong and someone may want to step in and correct me. I would assume that GM would make the side bolsters leather to withstand the in/out/in/out wear on the seat in that particular spot, but that is definetly not the case. rpm, you say the quality isnt the best on yours, whats wrong with them? They appear to fit VERY nice, except maybe one spot that is loose on the upper portion of the passengers seat which would face the outside of the car (the blue part) What condition was your foam in? I am pretty sure I am giong to need a new foam for my drivers seat butt section, as I believe a bigger man owned it before me. Hence the wear on the bolster and the flattening of the seating portion. My factory leather is looking really cracked out too, i think GM really failed on making these seats and that is why I am looking at aftermarket options.
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The only parts that are leather are the butt and the back, as far as I know. I could be wrong and someone may want to step in and correct me. I would assume that GM would make the side bolsters leather to withstand the in/out/in/out wear on the seat in that particular spot, but that is definetly not the case. rpm, you say the quality isnt the best on yours, whats wrong with them? They appear to fit VERY nice, except maybe one spot that is loose on the upper portion of the passengers seat which would face the outside of the car (the blue part) What condition was your foam in? I am pretty sure I am giong to need a new foam for my drivers seat butt section, as I believe a bigger man owned it before me. Hence the wear on the bolster and the flattening of the seating portion. My factory leather is looking really cracked out too, i think GM really failed on making these seats and that is why I am looking at aftermarket options.
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The only parts that are leather are the butt and the back, as far as I know. I could be wrong and someone may want to step in and correct me. I would assume that GM would make the side bolsters leather to withstand the in/out/in/out wear on the seat in that particular spot, but that is definetly not the case. rpm, you say the quality isnt the best on yours, whats wrong with them? They appear to fit VERY nice, except maybe one spot that is loose on the upper portion of the passengers seat which would face the outside of the car (the blue part) What condition was your foam in? I am pretty sure I am giong to need a new foam for my drivers seat butt section, as I believe a bigger man owned it before me. Hence the wear on the bolster and the flattening of the seating portion. My factory leather is looking really cracked out too, i think GM really failed on making these seats and that is why I am looking at aftermarket options.
BTW, changing out the seat foam makes a HUGE difference in an older Vette. I had to really pull to get my OEM leathers back over the new seat foam. I bought my new foam from forum member DavzC5 http://www.shop.djmotorsportaccessor...3?categoryId=7
his foam is way firmer than the OEM.
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My 99 OEM covers are all leather on the front side, vinyl on the sides and back except for the sides that touch the tunnel which are cloth. I just had them off for some seat mods.
BTW, changing out the seat foam makes a HUGE difference in an older Vette. I had to really pull to get my OEM leathers back over the new seat foam. I bought my new foam from forum member DavzC5 http://www.shop.djmotorsportaccessor...3?categoryId=7
his foam is way firmer than the OEM.
BTW, changing out the seat foam makes a HUGE difference in an older Vette. I had to really pull to get my OEM leathers back over the new seat foam. I bought my new foam from forum member DavzC5 http://www.shop.djmotorsportaccessor...3?categoryId=7
his foam is way firmer than the OEM.
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all over would be nice, but not necessary to me.Yes, I like the firmer foam better. Mine was not worn out or cut up, I just wanted to try a firmer foam.....and it happened to be on sale when I bought mine
