Redoing the seats?
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Drifting
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From: Atlanta, GA
Redoing the seats?
Anyone have the seat covers redone?
Say...finding a good upholstery shop and putting in sueded (or similar) inserts.
I'm looking at a used 3LT...I like the sueded feel and look. It has red interior...I was thinking eventually putting in black inserts
Thoughts?
Say...finding a good upholstery shop and putting in sueded (or similar) inserts.
I'm looking at a used 3LT...I like the sueded feel and look. It has red interior...I was thinking eventually putting in black inserts
Thoughts?
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I did it myself. Went from blue leather to black with blue stitching (colored the stitching myself). Took most of the day but I wasn't rushing. First seat took about three hours to strip and recover, second I got down to about two hours. Went from all blue leather to black with sueded inserts and used forum vendor Trunk Monkey (subchev I believe) to get the leather from, great vendor 
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Last edited by tail_lights; Oct 2, 2016 at 11:48 PM.
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Drifting
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From: Atlanta, GA
Ah. Very cool.
There's a 2nd 3LT I'm gonna look at. It has the comp seats with the sueded inserts. But also another 8000 more miles and was in Michigan till it found its way to GA via auction.
There's a 2nd 3LT I'm gonna look at. It has the comp seats with the sueded inserts. But also another 8000 more miles and was in Michigan till it found its way to GA via auction.
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Cool! Good luck It can be done but it is he!! on your fingertips. They hurt a few days after including sore forearms and then about a month later the dead skin from the tips start peeling 
For a while I wasn't sure what that was from but it is the only thing that makes sense 
It can be done but it is he!! on your fingertips. They hurt a few days after including sore forearms and then about a month later the dead skin from the tips start peeling For a while I wasn't sure what that was from but it is the only thing that makes sense
