Show your DIY interior upgrades.
Racer
Joined: Jul 2013
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From: '97 Coupe & '07 Coupe in Allentown, PA
Nothing too fancy, but all mods are DIY. The interior leather items came from Interior Innovations or Redlinegoods. The items that may be a little outside of the box include wiring up a homelink transmitter to the vanity light in the sun visor and adding heated seats with buttons in the ash tray cut out.
Drifting
Joined: Nov 2016
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From: Somewhere in the middle of Kansas
Nothing too fancy, but all mods are DIY. The interior leather items came from Interior Innovations or Redlinegoods. The items that may be a little outside of the box include wiring up a homelink transmitter to the vanity light in the sun visor and adding heated seats with buttons in the ash tray cut out.
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Safety Car
Joined: Mar 2016
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From: Atlantic Beach FL.
I have been looking for a red stitch A4 shifter **** and steering wheel. My plain black **** doesn't look right with my new boot. My steering wheel is showing some age and might stand out with a new interior I like the parking brake handle too. Where did you find them?
Your interior has a nice clean look.
Your interior has a nice clean look.
Racer
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 379
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From: vancouver wa
I have been looking for a red stitch A4 shifter **** and steering wheel. My plain black **** doesn't look right with my new boot. My steering wheel is showing some age and might stand out with a new interior I like the parking brake handle too. Where did you find them?
Your interior has a nice clean look.
Your interior has a nice clean look.
Racer
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 485
Likes: 90
From: '97 Coupe & '07 Coupe in Allentown, PA
I have been looking for a red stitch A4 shifter **** and steering wheel. My plain black **** doesn't look right with my new boot. My steering wheel is showing some age and might stand out with a new interior I like the parking brake handle too. Where did you find them?
Your interior has a nice clean look.
Your interior has a nice clean look.
http://www.interior-innovations.com/...duct_detail/77
For the steering wheel cover, I used Redlinegoods.
Redline will send you the material for the ***** or the steering wheel and you then glue and stitch it yourself. I decided I did not want to sew my own steering wheel. They have an install option for $149. I bought a steering wheel core off of the forum, sent the core plus the cover to the Redline installer in NC, she mailed the completed wheel back to me. I had my local dealer swap the steering wheels. Then I resold my core on the forum to someone else who was doing the same thing.
http://www.redlinegoods.com/Steering...stallation.php
Vette Essentials is also good for steering wheels, but you have to provide a core.
Instructor
Joined: Mar 2016
Posts: 144
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From: michigan
What heat kit did you use? I cannot find a kit with pads small enough to fit the sport seats. Most of the china crap on ebay is way too big.
Last edited by irfangnosis; Mar 22, 2017 at 08:49 AM.
Racer
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From: '97 Coupe & '07 Coupe in Allentown, PA
I bought Rostra 250-1870 through ebay or a random vendor through a Google search. The kit provides all of the wires needed.
With the carpet out, I ran wires for heated seats. For power, I tapped into existing 10 amp fuses in the passenger foot well fuse box with ATM fuse taps (aka “add a circuit”). There are a number of fuses that would have worked with accessory power and I do not recall the exact fuse numbers but you can get the general idea from the picture.
I have active handling, so I could not locate the heater switches on the traction control panel. So, I decided to mount the switches in place of the ashtray. I used a switch plate designed by forum member “DanSavage”. If you Google “C5 corvette ashtray seat heater switch”, the first listing is for a vendor that will 3D print and ship this designed switch plate to you. The result is a factory-looking install.
Here is a picture of the switch plate and switches ready to go in (ignore the radio antenna adaptor).
The heating pads are installed between the foam and the seat skin. Here is a picture with one of the two seats finished. Notice the plugs hanging out the back of the new seat. Both plug into one adaptor and wire that runs to the switch plate.
Completed switches...
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Racer
Joined: Jul 2013
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From: '97 Coupe & '07 Coupe in Allentown, PA
What heat kit did you use? I cannot find a kit with pads small enough to fit the sport seats. Most of the china crap on ebay is way too big. [/QUOTE]
Rostra 250-1870
The length is made to be cut, but not the width. So if the heat pads are a little too long, you can trim them, no issues.
Rostra 250-1870
The length is made to be cut, but not the width. So if the heat pads are a little too long, you can trim them, no issues.
Pro
Joined: Aug 2005
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From: Bradenton, FL
The length is made to be cut, but not the width. So if the heat pads are a little too long, you can trim them, no issues.[/QUOTE]
Looks like the various pricing is for one unit - +/- $60... Dennis at Double D sourced some from Metra that were close to that price for two... Work great!
Race Director
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Ideals are peaceful...History is violent...St.Charles, MO.
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Racer
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 277
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From: South Hill Puyallup WA
verrrry nice 
I'm likin' those visors, did you cover them or did you have them done?
I am considering that for mine when I do the seat covers
-M
I'm likin' those visors, did you cover them or did you have them done?
I am considering that for mine when I do the seat covers
-M
Nothing too fancy, but all mods are DIY. The interior leather items came from Interior Innovations or Redlinegoods. The items that may be a little outside of the box include wiring up a homelink transmitter to the vanity light in the sun visor and adding heated seats with buttons in the ash tray cut out.
Drifting
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 1,595
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From: Wilmington DE
The first 2 pics are the most current with the tunnel switching to suede. Will have new door pieces soon with alcanatara centers
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Safety Car
Joined: Mar 2016
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From: Atlantic Beach FL.
I see what you mean now. I emailed JF about this. I think they are working on it. They asked me to see pictures of my doors and I couldn't understand why. I guess they may have had other complaints.
Racer
Joined: Jul 2013
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From: '97 Coupe & '07 Coupe in Allentown, PA
I opened my original visors to wire up the homelink and to make the floppy ears more sturdy. Instead of trying to sew it back up professionally, I just causally hand sewed the visor back together and then bought the leather wrap to match the other leather pieces in my car.
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Safety Car
Joined: Mar 2016
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From: Atlantic Beach FL.
JF Customs contacted me this morning and apologized to me for the mistake on the passenger door fitment issue. They said they will send another one so it will be a week or so before I can start posting about my project.
Racer
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 277
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From: South Hill Puyallup WA
thanks, I am not familiar with the kar-designers, another reason I love the forum, I learn new stuff everyday!
-M
-M
The visor covers are actually just a simple leather wrap secured with Velcro. Search ebay for "Made for 97-04 Corvette C5 Leather Sunvisor Cover SKIN". The seller is "kar-designers". Price is $65.
I opened my original visors to wire up the homelink and to make the floppy ears more sturdy. Instead of trying to sew it back up professionally, I just causally hand sewed the visor back together and then bought the leather wrap to match the other leather pieces in my car.
I opened my original visors to wire up the homelink and to make the floppy ears more sturdy. Instead of trying to sew it back up professionally, I just causally hand sewed the visor back together and then bought the leather wrap to match the other leather pieces in my car.
Race Director
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 19,731
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From: Ideals are peaceful...History is violent...St.Charles, MO.
2020 Corvette of the Year Finalist (appearance mods)
C5 of Year Winner (appearance mods) 2019
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'12 thru'22
Thanks. Don't have $10K to spend on this stuff for those that send their stuff out. Not counting seats spent about a grand for all the pieces.
The first 2 pics are the most current with the tunnel switching to suede. Will have new door pieces soon with alcanatara centers
The first 2 pics are the most current with the tunnel switching to suede. Will have new door pieces soon with alcanatara centers
I hear you Tom. I don't have that kind of money either. Honestly, I would prefer to be able to install most of the items I purchase, being gone 6 weeks at a time traipsing across the country, and only home for a few days leaves me little choice but, to have someone else do the work for me or I'd never get a chance to unwind/relax.
Look forward to seeing your completed doors.
Take care,
Tom M.
Drifting
Joined: Oct 2008
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From: Wilmington DE
I hear you Tom. I don't have that kind of money either. Honestly, I would prefer to be able to install most of the items I purchase, being gone 6 weeks at a time traipsing across the country, and only home for a few days leaves me little choice but, to have someone else do the work for me or I'd never get a chance to unwind/relax.
Look forward to seeing your completed doors.
Take care,
Tom M.
Look forward to seeing your completed doors.
Take care,
Tom M.