posted 01-18-2004 05:27 PM                  

Hey wait a minute,,,,,,,the seats are missing out of Mike's Hi-Voltage Blue What am I going to tell him?

Picture of dash trim rings please.

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Y2K Silver Millennium Edition and '01 Orange Versace' Edition

posted 01-18-2004 07:09 PM                  

PK

posted 01-18-2004 08:29 PM                  

Chuck - that is correct - sort of, you can not JUST get new seat covers. You have to have NEW foam custom made and then cover that and install. My driver's seat had a one inch by four inch hole. I never would have spent the dollars otherwise.

Rich Ware - The upholstery guy I used says it was WAY MORE work than he anticipated - he did make a pattern for the leather and said if you get someone to make the foam cushions he will cover with your color choice of leather for $400 per seat including leather and labor. You will need to dye the headrest. If you send entire seat he will dye the headrest for same price - you pay shipping. You only have to ship the foam and he will recover and send back.

Bob (RPL) - NOW you tell me!

It's great not to have a seat with a big hole in it! I REALLY am happy with the new dash and am glad I decided to only use single color on seats.

posted 01-18-2004 08:39 PM                  

How'd you get a 1" X 4" hole in your seat? Just wear and tear or did something bad happen?

posted 01-18-2004 08:49 PM                  

Larry - the seats in the Hi Voltage Blue have perforated leather on the inner pieces of the cushion and seatback and are taupe, not silvergray. Having seen "THE LAST ONE" in December helped me decide to only use one color instead of two tone - but that is just my taste.

BTW - the only negative is there is no cat logo on the oval. I may play with several shades of vinyl logos.
Marty

posted 01-18-2004 09:05 PM                  

James (the upholstery guy) did a great job especially on the seams. The leather is tight but still has some wrinkles - less than the factory seats. As with the factory seats the backs/bottoms are vinyl. He did a wonderful job of matching the color. I chose an expensive hide that is a little thicker than most and that contributed to a few of the wrinkles. He asked if I wanted the leather glued to the foam and even though I can not just pel;a it off and recover in the future, I figured if I get another 70,000 miles out of these seatcovers, I will be happy.

I really wish he had been able to figure a way to get the cat logo in the oval.

The sculptured flames on the dash arer awesome. James drew a pattern and molded it with a 1/4 inch sheet of foam glued on top of the dash and then covered.

posted 01-19-2004 08:21 AM                  

I like the sculpted flames too on the dash....I wonder about spot dying them so they stand out more??? Or is that a stupid idea?

posted 01-19-2004 11:39 AM                  

Door panels were done 2 1/2 years ago. Two tone gray tweed with Prowler text logo insert.

The seats feel "cushier" if that's a word. The old foam may just have been worn out in the driver's seat.

BTW - I saved the seat and back cushions from the passenger seat. I may try to sell them after I find out what new ones cost so I can determine a fair price.

We thought about dyeing the sculpturs flames but I decided I wanted to keep it more simple. That's why I went with solid color seats instaed of twotone. I may still dye the tow side areas of the steering wheel to match but am waiting to get use to this new look first. It is quite a contrast from the darker original gray.

Rich - I will talk with the guy about two tone but don't think he can do teh embroidery.

posted 01-19-2004 11:48 AM                  

I like the look...

posted 01-19-2004 03:11 PM                  

Looks great!