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Jan 12, 2018 | 04:10 PM

#41

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Can you get the seats in all blue? Looks great. Daydreamed about adding the blue to my AW 2014. The blue left of the dash just ending would bug me though.

Jan 12, 2018 | 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Tool Hoarder

Can you get the seats in all blue?

Probably not OEM from GM, as all the CE's with the Tension Blue interior came with the center section in black suede like you see in the OP's pics. You'd probably have to have something custom made, if you and/or an upholstery shop could find matching leather to do so.

Jan 12, 2018 | 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by pbateman

The door panels are around $800 EACH, and its hard to justify. That is more than half the cost of everything I did for the door panels alone.

You might check with this company to see if they have the Blue to match, thus complete the driver side "bat wing" that extends down the door.

https://apsisusa.com/?page_id=16259

Jan 12, 2018 | 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by DWS44

You'd probably have to have something custom made, if you and/or an upholstery shop could find matching leather to do so.

I emailed LeatherSeats.com to see if they could do anything with the competition seats. They said they only do the GT seats. I was pretty disappointed by that.

Jan 12, 2018 | 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff V.

I emailed LeatherSeats.com to see if they could do anything with the competition seats. They said they only do the GT seats. I was pretty disappointed by that.

That's really too bad. Those guys are REALLY good!! They did all my dash trim pieces 2 years ago. Here's the video they did on what they did for my 2014 vert.

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Jan 12, 2018 | 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnp94

Did you do the work yourself or use upholstery shop ? What is left over from original seats that gets sold by you ?

I had a shop do the work. What you might be able to sell when done, are the original seat covers themselves, and the console lid, but not for much. You will be lucky to get $500 for all that. All the other pieces I can't really see being a market for, plus a pain in the *** to ship the other pieces.

Just a word of caution - The back of the seat backs were completed scratched up, and the only reason I didn't send them back was because I found this out when I was at the shop, and opened the box because the owner wanted to inspect for this sort of thing. Obviously not his first rodeo. You can only see it when the seat is folded forward on the bottom, which I will really never do, but still annoying. I did however send back the console lid which had a massive dimple in it. Long story short, it took me calling my credit card company to get my money back.

I do however appreciate how Trunk Monkey took the time to put this package together and figure this all out for us. So there's that!

Good luck.

Jan 12, 2018 | 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by monicatomokc

That's really too bad. Those guys are REALLY good!! They did all my dash trim pieces 2 years ago. Here's the video they did on what they did for my 2014 vert.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJPeAYr3XCM

I was going to use these guys! I actually placed the order, and then they sent me a very apologetic email saying they weren't making any money on C7 cars and cancelled it.

Jan 12, 2018 | 06:32 PM

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Thank you for info. I’m not a fan of competition seat looks. I love the GT look. I’m trying to figure how to get tension blue seats without going the competition route. I have to hope someone with GT seats in tension blue switches to competition then sells me the GT covers.

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Jan 12, 2018 | 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnp94

You can buy the seat covers for the GT seats in tension blue from the dealer. Trunk monkey can hook you up.

Jan 12, 2018 | 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by monicatomokc

You might check with this company to see if they have the Blue to match, thus complete the driver side "bat wing" that extends down the door.

https://apsisusa.com/?page_id=16259

Thank you much for the info! I emailed them....we will see!

Jan 12, 2018 | 06:34 PM

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Absolutely stunning with white!

Jan 12, 2018 | 06:40 PM

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Have you sat in them? It may change your mind. The side bolstering is amazing.

Jan 12, 2018 | 07:06 PM

#53

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Quote:

Originally Posted by FYREANT

You can buy the seat covers for the GT seats in tension blue from the dealer. Trunk monkey can hook you up.

This is Trunk Monkey GT seat options. Thanks for the info. I’ll have to try GM

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Jan 12, 2018 | 07:08 PM

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Have you sat in them? It may change your mind. The side bolstering is amazing.

I’ll give it a try at the next car show I go to.

May 8, 2018 | 11:23 AM

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OP,

I'd love to see the pictures, but it looks as if they are down. Can you either put up a few more or PM me 1 or 2. I know is looks stunning.

Thanks in advance, Tom

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