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Old May 27, 2004 | 09:35 AM
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Just wondering if its possible to find some aftermarket seats that are already upolstered in leather that fit the 350z. Getting my cloth ones redone in Katzkin is an obvious option, but since its gonna cost about $1k anyways, I thought it might be worth asking around about just getting entirely new seats. That way, I can take out the OEM ones, and put them in storage, and just replace them with something a little nicer. Anybody know where I should start lookin?
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Old May 27, 2004 | 09:40 AM
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sparco, recaro, cobra are the most popular aftermarket seat manu. they all have leather seats that run 1200+ a piece retail.
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Old May 27, 2004 | 09:52 AM
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Originally posted by Moroccan_Mole
sparco, recaro, cobra are the most popular aftermarket seat manu. they all have leather seats that run 1200+ a piece retail.
Yikes. Thats too rich for me. Anyone else make a set?
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Classic Soft Trim is the official aftermarket provider for Nissan dealers. I got mine for $700.
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Old May 27, 2004 | 12:38 PM
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Originally posted by DavesZ#3
Classic Soft Trim is the official aftermarket provider for Nissan dealers. I got mine for $700.
You just got your seats covered though, right? Not entirely new seats were they?
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Old May 27, 2004 | 02:09 PM
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Ok. I've been doing some research and I have not really found anything good. All the seats are TOO sporty. I don't want race seats, I want nice, well-bolstered seats like the stock ones, only in leather. Looks like I will be going Katzkin if I can't find a decent set.
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Old May 27, 2004 | 05:08 PM
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I'm not sure if Nismo's are leather or not, but they are stock-looking.
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Originally posted by BENJ-AMG
You just got your seats covered though, right? Not entirely new seats were they?
Correct, the stock seats had the cloth removed and replaced with leather.
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Old May 28, 2004 | 11:10 AM
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Hey Dave, you have any pics?
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Old May 30, 2004 | 02:51 PM
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I have Cobra Misano L seats in my car right now. I'll take some photos when I get my hands on a nice camera.
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Originally posted by BENJ-AMG
Hey Dave, you have any pics?
Sorry about the low quality - cheap camera...
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Old May 30, 2004 | 04:35 PM
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Originally posted by BENJ-AMG
Ok. I've been doing some research and I have not really found anything good. All the seats are TOO sporty. I don't want race seats, I want nice, well-bolstered seats like the stock ones, only in leather. Looks like I will be going Katzkin if I can't find a decent set.

Try the A-4 seats from Corbeau. European Car gave them a great review for bolstering (better than Sparco Momo and Cobra) and they are lighter than all the above!

They look great, are well bolstered, lighter than stock seats and come in leather MSRP 439$ Its like $330 for cloth.

I think this is a great alternative as Katskinz dont come out that well. I wil probably do this myself!.


Pic of cloth
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Old May 30, 2004 | 05:43 PM
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Originally posted by syf0n
I have Cobra Misano L seats in my car right now. I'll take some photos when I get my hands on a nice camera.
Please post pics, I've been wanting to see these seats in a Z for the longest time. Thank you
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Old May 30, 2004 | 11:38 PM
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Looks good Dave. How much was your install, or was $700 for the seats and installation? I wanna do mine in burnt orange with grey inserts. On the website, it shows several different shades of grey. Do you know which of them most closely matches Silverstone?
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That price includes install. The base price is $650 plus $50 for the "Z" embroidery.

You are correct that there are a bunch of greys. If I remember correctly, I went with the one named just "grey". If you go visit the autorized installer, he'll have samples. For me that was hard to decide so I just went with his recommendation and they matched the interior perferctly.
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U can get 2 tone leather seats for 500
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Old May 31, 2004 | 02:48 PM
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Originally posted by Z33Concept
U can get 2 tone leather seats for 500
How/where?? Help me out bro
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