don't know but if they are better than exist and backwards campatible................
Seat option?
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If they continue to offer the same cheap materials they put into my 1LT and, from many posts I've read on this forum, the other "nLT" configurations, who cares?
Seems to me that if they elected to have a "stand alone" option of, say, Recaros or Sparco seats, it would just further confuse the mix of available Corvettes. That might be appealing to many of us, but a probable nightmare for dealers who might be ordering cars for inventory.
From what I've seen, again, on this forum, replacing the seats with aftermarket units is not a really big deal in terms of conversion and would allow, presumably, the retention of the stock seats for resale.
My 1LT "Cheap Seats" work just fine for me and the women I go out with.
Seems to me that if they elected to have a "stand alone" option of, say, Recaros or Sparco seats, it would just further confuse the mix of available Corvettes. That might be appealing to many of us, but a probable nightmare for dealers who might be ordering cars for inventory.
From what I've seen, again, on this forum, replacing the seats with aftermarket units is not a really big deal in terms of conversion and would allow, presumably, the retention of the stock seats for resale.
My 1LT "Cheap Seats" work just fine for me and the women I go out with.
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Not something they are going to do when there truly isn't a market for it. The seats and material are just fine for 90+% of their Customers so why change now? If they went to a seat that holds you in place better there would be a lot of complaints from the majority of Customers since they would find the seats uncomfortable due to being too narrow and not allowing enough butt movement while driving.
Seat materials aren't any different than what you get on any other car. Put that material without any markings on it in a new Lexus/BMW/Mercedes/etc seat and the so called critcs would think it is phenomenal.
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