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Re: Replace seat in 87 Convertible. My leather
Posted by JohnB (more from JohnB) on Mon, 3 Jan 2005 06:43:09
In Reply to: Replace seat in 87 Convertible. My leather, AN, Sun, 2 Jan 2005 10:40:26
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9K leathers won't work. However, you can get new India leather skins for what, $600 a pair from one of the site sponsors IIRC. I bought mine a few years ago and they were easy enough to install and I fixed the seat heaters at the same time.
HOWEVER:
1. If you only have one seat to fix, seriously consider replacing the cover with the OEM leather if you can still buy it from the dealer. Maybe a site sponsor dealer or Andrews in PRinceton MN will give you a discount, but the general idea is that the OEM color will match much better. Yes, I spent $600 for both front seat skins, but I wish I had spent 1200 for the OEM's because I now have two excellent front seats that are off color to the rest of the car. Not much, butterscotch vs light tan, but quite noticeable. If you have a nice convertible, think accordingly.
2. I understand 9K seats can be installed with some welding and seat attachment points. AFAIK, they're all four doors so they won't break in order to get in the back seat of your coupe/convertible.
3. Look around and get some later 93-94 convertible seats/entire interior from a wrecked convertible...yes, you'll have to have the seat attachment points modified or new mounts welded in and some electrical work done for the power seats (LOVE power seats!!) but it may be worth it.
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