Butter-Soft Leathery Goodness

secks!

Originally posted by Mystique97:
Not a fan of prarie tan but nice racing seats.

X 2!!

makes my recaro srd look like poop!

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

I like em.

GOD...that is AMAZING!!!

Originally posted by Mystique97:
Not a fan of prarie tan but nice racing seats.

Don't confuse a nice high performance street car seat with a proper racing seat. A proper racing seat will not recline, and will have a rigid back, and should not be used in a car without some sort of rollover structure.

A good example of a proper race seat is a Sparco Circuit Pro:

Ok, back to my seats; I'm really torn on what to do with my interior to make these fit in. I can recover the back seat and the door inserts w/ the same leather, but that just isn't quite enough. And I'm not keen on ripping out every single piece of interior trim and repainting it for a color scheme that may or may not look good w/ the Tropic Green exterior . . . Or, my other option is to trade these for the same seats in black . . . I dunno.

They really look good. The interior is not that big of a deal to redo, so I'd say redo it. If you're spending the money on those nice sparcos, surely you can spare some change on the rest of the interior. Most of it is plastic anyways and you can do it yourself.

Its not the money to redo the interior, its the time and effort that I don't want to get into, especially the dash.

And, fwiw, I didn't pay retail on the seats, I got quite a discount because of a sort of a sponsorship deal from a friend's company www.racer91m.com so its not like I'm made of money. Plus, I've got plenty of money going into other areas of the car these days, lol.

btw, if anyone wants to order anything from there, let me know, as I can get you a 10% off code.

Does the color of the seats complement the Prairie Tan, or does it clash with it? If it complements it, then I'd recover the door inserts and the back seat to match. Maybe get matching floor mats too. Leave the plastics stock tan and have a nice two-tone interior. If it clashes, well, I dunno.

Surely you don't own a svtc as your only car. Drink some beers and pull the dash out. I know it's a lot of work, but the rewards are worth it, right? ...

Obviously it's up to you to decide, but I'd love to see those seats with a matching interior in a contour. You're not the only one having interior dilemmas; although mine are easier to take care of, it won't look near as good as your's.

I have to agree w/ kremit here. throw those seates in, and every weekend for a while just decide to do one part of the interior. it wont match for a while, but you'll be sitting on cloud 9 (almost literally) and probably wont mind that much. before you know it, everything will be matching and oh-so-sweet

It's definitely like buttah.
very nice

Beautiful seats indeed!

I quote Rara's signature,

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Balance is the Key.

/apparently not when it comes to your checking account ya unemployed fo'

Jaybee, did you miss the whole part about me getting a new job, paying more than my old one within a month of when I started actually looking seriously for a new one?

mmmmmmmmmmmm buttah!

Buttah-Face?

Lucky

I wanna two tone my interior, no way I could afford new seats

Originally posted by Berkel:
Lucky

I wanna two tone my interior, no way I could afford new seats

Prairie Tan interiors are already 2 tone...but not in a good way.

Nice seats man!

Say, what's up with that big red butt plug in the background?

Originally posted by Hightower GT:
Say, what's up with that big red butt plug in the background?

You must not have a dog.

Originally posted by Hightower GT:
Nice seats man!

Say, what's up with that big red butt plug in the background?

Doggie chew-toy. Ten bucks says that's what he claims anyway!

Originally posted by Rara:

Originally posted by Mystique97:
Not a fan of prarie tan but nice racing seats.

Don't confuse a nice high performance street car seat with a proper racing seat. A proper racing seat will not recline, and will have a rigid back, and should not be used in a car without some sort of rollover structure.

A good example of a proper race seat is a Sparco Circuit Pro:
[image] http://www.racer91m.com/catalog/circuitpro2.jpg[/image]

Ok, back to my seats; I'm really torn on what to do with my interior to make these fit in. I can recover the back seat and the door inserts w/ the same leather, but that just isn't quite enough. And I'm not keen on ripping out every single piece of interior trim and repainting it for a color scheme that may or may not look good w/ the Tropic Green exterior . . . Or, my other option is to trade these for the same seats in black . . . I dunno.

Hm didn't really notice the difference until you posted that pic up, now its totally obvious. I didn't see that your seat reclined, now I see the crease in it that you said something. My bad.

Originally posted by Hightower GT:
Say, what's up with that big red butt plug in the background?

I almost died of laughter when I read this!

Brian, I honest didn't know you still cared about the CSVT enough to want to put something that nice in there, you must have some major plans for it

Originally posted by Pre98:

Originally posted by Hightower GT:
Say, what's up with that big red butt plug in the background?

I almost died of laughter when I read this!

I did..

i had to look back to see what he was talking about. That was too funny

Ok here is the plan. I'll trade you my Pumice pre98 SE seats for those. It will match much better than that. I will then dye them black so they match the exterior. Problem solved.

Those seats look so nice. Color is awesome just hard to keep clean.

So, this pic shows just how different the color is.

Feel free to suggest color schemes that would work well w/ the Tropic Green exterior . . . also feel free to photoshop this pic to show everyone what you mean.

Oh holy crap!!!!

That's a HUGE difference! I'd keep the seats (they're just SOOOOO sweet, and that really is a beautiful tan color), and go with a nice saddle-leather brown to contrast with the seats. Cover the door inserts in a seat-matching leather. Mmmmmm.....

Sorry, my photoshopping abilities rival my Halo 2 online abilities. That is to say....they suck!

Saddle leather:

I think it makes a HOTTTTTTT combo!

Really needs to be a black seat or more of a Baseball Glove/Saddle color.

I think that saddle leather color would go well with the seats.
If you went with the seat color everywhere else, it'd be way too much buttah, and would just look gross - on the verge of ricer yellow almost, and you don't want that.

It's too bad it didn't work out with the existing tan.

Originally posted by 111R:

Originally posted by Mystique97:
Not a fan of prarie tan but nice racing seats.

X 2!!

makes my recaro srd look like poop!

That's a beautiful poop...

...FOR ME TO SEAT ON!!!

Originally posted by todras:
Really needs to be a black seat or more of a Baseball Glove/Saddle color.

I'm inclined to agree. I keep going back and forth between keeping these and recovering the rear seats and door inserts w/ the same leather, and painting everything else w/ a dark charcoal gray (still not keen on tearing the dash out, some of you know how long it takes for me to get my own projects done) or, trading the seats back to Sparco for black ones, recovering the rear seats, and maybe the door inserts in the black leather, and calling it good.

The additional benefit w/ the black, is that when I eventually sell the car, I can replace the seats w/ stockers, and reuse the nice sparcos in another car.

I would just swap them for black ones. Seems easier and cheaper. And like you mentioned you could reuse them later. I also feel like black is more acceptable if its not going to match.

But hot damn are those seats beautiful! Great color.

wow I didn't realize the difference was to extreme, but after getting the in-car comparison I'd probably go w/ the black...they'd still look a little out of place, but it wouldn't look as bad as the two-toned tans or the 100% butter interior (bleck

)

Go with black. If you take as long as I do with projects, at least the black seats will match a little better than the butter seats and prairie tan interior.

Originally posted by Rara:

And, fwiw, I didn't pay retail on the seats, I got quite a discount because of a sort of a sponsorship deal from a friend's company www.racer91m.com so its not like I'm made of money. Plus, I've got plenty of money going into other areas of the car these days, lol.

I hope you got a better deal than most. A little pricey on some things!!!!!!!

http://www.racer91m.com/servlet/Detail?no=199

Originally posted by todras:

Originally posted by Rara:

And, fwiw, I didn't pay retail on the seats, I got quite a discount because of a sort of a sponsorship deal from a friend's company www.racer91m.com so its not like I'm made of money. Plus, I've got plenty of money going into other areas of the car these days, lol.

I hope you got a better deal than most. A little pricey on some things!!!!!!!

http://www.racer91m.com/servlet/Detail?no=199

I'm sure that's just what roush's retail list price is . . . they tend to be a little expensive

I'll let them know so they can fix it, lol.

I'd honestly would want the rest of the interior to match the seats. The seats are badass; look very "High End" European.

DON'T go with black, especially with the tropic green. The color seats you have a perfect, just gotta coordinate the rest of the interior.

WOW!, those seats look like they just came out of a Ferrari

Originally posted by Klasse Act:
WOW!, those seats look like they just came out of a Ferrari

Man, you are GOOD!!

So, while I'm working on getting rid of these beautiful seats (they are for sale for anyone interested; I'd take $2600+shipping for the pair, compare that to $3400 elsewhere . . .) I'm trying to decide which seats go in now. i have two options I'm deciding between, and likely one set will end up in the contour, and the other set in the cobra . . .

First up, are the same basic seat as the ones above, but with no sliding thigh bolster, and are covered in Black Alcantara.

http://www.racer91m.com/servlet/Detail?no=120

OR

There is the used seats from another OEM (these are supplied to an italian OEM by sparco, these seats just don't have the embossed logo of the OEM) i used to own these seats, but sold them to another CEG'er, and have arranged to repurchase them as soon as tan seats sell.
Don't mind the nasty slider hardware, since that would be replaced anyway.

And, so you can see the pimp part of them, here is a shot of the seat back:

I lub me some carbonous fibers . . .

So, which seats should go in which car????

They're all nice. What about the upper left tan suede though?

btw, for all the people drooling over fancy seats; i can probably set up a group buy for some sparco seats through racer91m.com if there is enough interest. Drop me a PM if you would be interested in a group buy. Keep in mind, it doesn't have to be for the super fancy seats like I've got . . . Stazi has some Sparcos in his car that start at like $369 each.

I vote the set that you already sold. Those seats look amazing

Originally posted by todras:
They're all nice. What about the upper left tan suede though?

Too light. I was able to check out the swatches for that seat when I originally ordered mine, and it didn't match any better than the tan leather.

You should buy the first option so I can buy the 2nd option :-P stupid project budget... need more OT.

Originally posted by Rara:

Originally posted by todras:
They're all nice. What about the upper left tan suede though?

Too light. I was able to check out the swatches for that seat when I originally ordered mine, and it didn't match any better than the tan leather.

Well then it's decided. CF skeleton for the win!!!!

Originally posted by Rara:
btw, for all the people drooling over fancy seats; i can probably set up a group buy for some sparco seats through racer91m.com if there is enough interest. Drop me a PM if you would be interested in a group buy. Keep in mind, it doesn't have to be for the super fancy seats like I've got . . . Stazi has some Sparcos in his car that start at like $369 each.

What did yours run you?

Retail on the Milano Prestige is $1699 each, and sparco specifies you can't advertise prices less than retail on thier stuff. but, I'm sure i can get some sort of order discount from www.racer91m.com for CEG'ers if there is enough interest.

The pricing I got on those seats isn't typical, or repeatable, because www.racer91m.com / Racer Bargains sponsors our race team . . .

Originally posted by Rara:
btw, for all the people drooling over fancy seats; i can probably set up a group buy for some sparco seats through racer91m.com if there is enough interest. Drop me a PM if you would be interested in a group buy. Keep in mind, it doesn't have to be for the super fancy seats like I've got . . . Stazi has some Sparcos in his car that start at like $369 each.

Stazi had, I own em now

Originally posted by starjammir:

Stazi had, I own em now

Ah, my bad, its been awhile since I've seen Stazi's car . . . What does he have now?

stock svt ones.

I am pretty sure SEM makes a vinyl dye that would match the stock colors. Everything I have ever dyed has come out great and lasts a long time.

Otherwise, you can drop them off over here and I will put them to good use

is this thread still going?

Originally posted by m!key:
is this thread still going?

No.

Damn, those seats would look sweet in my SHO.

(Guess it is still going...)