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Old Mar 23, 2012 | 06:10 PM
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As some of you know i will be painting my car super sonic blue in the near future. I was looking at doing a two tone leather interior. I noticed ebay had this deal going on:


What do you guys think of the deal? Also which colors do you think would be a good choice to compliment the exterior and my black oem interior? Does anyone have the door pull wraps? they seem kind of cheap made with Velcro, but maybe they all are?

This is the color super sonic blue im going for:


Thanks for your time.

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Originally Posted by DIABL0
As some of you know i will be painting my car super sonic blue in the near future. I was looking at doing a two tone leather interior. I noticed ebay had this deal going on:



What do you guys think of the deal? Also which colors do you think would be a good choice to compliment the exterior and my black oem interior? Does anyone have the door pull wraps? they seem kind of cheap made with Velcro, but maybe they all are?

This is the color super sonic blue im going for:
Thanks for your time.
This kit seems ok but I'm not a fan of the velcro secured handle wraps and the piping for the traction control area, to me, is worthless. (It came with my console cover from Redline and I didn't use it)
As for color, what color is your car?

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currently its pewter but only for a few more weeks
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Originally Posted by chasboy
This kit seems ok but I'm not a fan of the velcro secured handle wraps and the piping for the traction control area, to me, is worthless. (It came with my console cover from Redline and I didn't use it)
As for color, what color is your car?
Personally I've used Red Line Co.and the results were just short of fantastic. I had my shifter and E-Brake boots changed in color and I got the quadruple sticking using two like brown/tan leathers. The results were fantastic. But again with the color your repainting your Corvette I would pick some leather parts that compliment your choice of exterior colors. So I WOULD NOT go with any torch red interior colors. Make it something everyone could agree on. Remember at some point your going to want to sell or trade in the car and it's got to be something other than you can appreciate. And I'd stay away from an Ebay leather kit. Redlinegoods use really good leathers. You go to their website and they explain what good leather is and how you can tell if not.

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Originally Posted by killain
Personally I've used Red Line Co.and the results were just short of fantastic. I had my shifter and E-Brake boots changed in color and I got the quadruple sticking using two like brown/tan leathers. The results were fantastic. But again with the color your repainting your Corvette I would pick some leather parts that compliment your choice of exterior colors. So I WOULD NOT go with any torch red interior colors. And I'd stay away from an Ebay leather kit. Redlinegoods use really good leathers. You go to their website and they explain what good leather is and how you can tell if not.
with Jim. Hey Jim, that color combo on your boots seems great!! Got any pix??
Diablo, I went the subtle route with my black Z. I'll post a pic. It's perf. black leather with white piping. I'm hoping to make a pair of door armrests to be covered in the same way and a steering wheel cover w/ white stitching from Redline. With a color like Supersonic blue, I would avoid brassy contrasts and go with a 'close' color combined with some kind of light neutral. There's a blue Spyker that comes to our monthly meets here in Northern NJ, I'll include a pic for inspiration!!
btw, the shift **** pic shows the boot pretty well.









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