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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 04:55 PM
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New Corvette Interior! Before/After

Just finished installing my C5 Corvette sport seats in my 90 Vert! Let me know what you guys think, Now I have to hook up power and get rid of the rest of the grey interior....

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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 04:58 PM
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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 05:09 PM
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Re: New Corvette Interior! Before/After

not bad. definant improvement over the last seats. what did you do to make those seats work? or did they bolt right in like fouth gen seats?
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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 05:13 PM
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the front mounts almost bolt right in, had to bend a bit but fit good, the back mounts were drilled, reinforced and bolted down.
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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 05:16 PM
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Re: New Corvette Interior! Before/After

looks FANDAMNTASTIC , how do they feel on your rear ? how hard to fit ? post more . looks great .
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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 05:23 PM
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http://picasaweb.google.com/djdepew/DePewsIROC

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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 07:33 PM
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Re: New Corvette Interior! Before/After

Title is way misleading I was expecting a dash swap and all the bells..
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Old Feb 20, 2009 | 10:43 PM
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Re: New Corvette Interior! Before/After

^I agree
When I hear "new interior" I don't think just seats.

Just so everyone knows, Corvette C3 seat mounts are no where close to lining up. I probably should have just made a custom one rather then modify them for the seats I'm using.

Mike
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Old Feb 21, 2009 | 07:20 AM
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Do the seat back fold forward to allow rear seat entry?

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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 12:11 PM
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Re: New Corvette Interior! Before/After

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Title is way misleading I was expecting a dash swap and all the bells..
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 12:41 PM
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Re: New Corvette Interior! Before/After

Originally Posted by The_Wraith
Title is way misleading I was expecting a dash swap and all the bells..

Beautiful Car the way it is though, Don't get me wrong.
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 12:52 PM
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Re: New Corvette Interior! Before/After

Originally Posted by The_Wraith
Title is way misleading I was expecting a dash swap and all the bells..
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 02:01 PM
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Re: New Corvette Interior! Before/After

Oh man, I want those seats... Only thing is every where i have looked they are like $500 . If you are getting rid of ALL the grey I'll take those door panels off of your hands... Oh yea, they look hella good !
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Old Feb 23, 2009 | 07:28 PM
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Re: New Corvette Interior! Before/After

Those are sexy!
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