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Old Apr 5, 2010 | 06:36 PM
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Question about coupe seat swap

I, like many sedan owners, am contemplating swapping my front seats for coupe seats. I may have found a pair of seats local to me, but here's my dilemma. They are black and I have the stone interior but with the black dash and console. I think they would end up looking good and I'd definitely have a unique set up. But as we all know unique isn't always good.

What do y'all think?
 
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Old Apr 5, 2010 | 06:42 PM
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I think the combo would look okay if you could swap out the rear seats also.

I've considered trying to semi convert my all black interior to a stone / black interior.
 
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Old Apr 5, 2010 | 06:44 PM
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I don't think the rear seats would fit. I'm going to measure tonight or tomorrow to see.
 
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Old Apr 5, 2010 | 06:47 PM
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the rears would not work.

BTW, are your door panels stone too?
 
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Haha. I mean getting a set of black sedan seats so the front and rear seats don't mis match color-wise. The only problem I see is if you have the brown-ish center console. but if you have the sport, your center console is silver right? The only other think you might consider is getting a set of black door panels or maybe color dying a portion of it black to help unify the colors.
 
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Old Apr 5, 2010 | 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by G SEDAN
the rears would not work.

BTW, are your door panels stone too?
Yep.

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Haha. I mean getting a set of black sedan seats so the front and rear seats don't mis match color-wise. The only problem I see is if you have the brown-ish center console. but if you have the sport, your center console is silver right? The only other think you might consider is getting a set of black door panels or maybe color dying a portion of it black to help unify the colors.
I have an 05 with the black console and stone armrest. Black sedan back seats are a good idea though. I'm not so concerned about the door panels right now.
 
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Old Apr 5, 2010 | 07:26 PM
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you guys missed out, I had all black parts up for trade + cash last year before I took it to the interior shop
 
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Old Apr 5, 2010 | 08:19 PM
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No worries I'm a patient man.
 
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Old Apr 5, 2010 | 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Blue Dream
I, like many sedan owners, am contemplating swapping my front seats for coupe seats. I may have found a pair of seats local to me, but here's my dilemma. They are black and I have the stone interior but with the black dash and console. I think they would end up looking good and I'd definitely have a unique set up. But as we all know unique isn't always good.

What do y'all think?
I think it's a terrible idea and you should send those black coupe seats to me. Now.
 
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Old Apr 5, 2010 | 08:27 PM
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Get a black sedan back seat and do the coupe swap. It'll be sweet. If you need to, check my DIY on painting interior parts (door pulls) results are very oem looking.
 
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Old Apr 5, 2010 | 10:00 PM
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I think it's a terrible idea and you should send those black coupe seats to me. Now.

Always the funny man eh

I'm liking the black back seat idea as well.
 
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Old Apr 5, 2010 | 11:54 PM
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Tim I was in the exact same boat, 05 with Stone/Black interior and I really wanted Coupe seats. All that popped up in the Marketplace were black Coupe seats. With all of the stone on the door panels, center console, seat belts and carpet/mats I thought it would look weird with black front seats.

After a year and a half of waiting I finally found a set of Stone Coupe seats and they were only an hour drive away from my house.

If you are going to do it definitely look for a set of black rear seats too.
 
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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 12:59 AM
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Well there you go. Marcus is doing LS/Stone. So you HAVE to do LS/Black Tim.
 
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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 02:02 AM
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im thinking of doing this, i wonder how it will feel, will seats be lower? i like how the coupe seats do grip you though thats cool lol.
 
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Old Apr 6, 2010 | 06:49 AM
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Originally Posted by CandlestickPark
Tim I was in the exact same boat, 05 with Stone/Black interior and I really wanted Coupe seats. All that popped up in the Marketplace were black Coupe seats. With all of the stone on the door panels, center console, seat belts and carpet/mats I thought it would look weird with black front seats.

After a year and a half of waiting I finally found a set of Stone Coupe seats and they were only an hour drive away from my house.



If you are going to do it definitely look for a set of black rear seats too.

I hear ya! I have a lot of patience and would be willing to wait but I'm trying to buy local to avoid outrageous shipping fees and since I don't live in the land of the G's (Cali) these seats don't come around very often. I have been scouring Craigslist and other sources for a year and the pickings are slim, especially trying to find 05-06 seats that are in good condition. Mine are pristine for 70K miles and I am not willing to slap in some sh!tty seats just to do the swap. Surprisingly I now have found 2 sets of black seats in the last 2 days so maybe it's fate talking.

If I do black in the front I will definitely do black in the back.

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Well there you go. Marcus is doing LS/Stone. So you HAVE to do LS/Black Tim.

Sounds like you're on to something although Nismo rims and a Rookie bumper would look good on my ride. I'm already rolling with Marcus' old front lip.
 
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