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Location: Columbia, SC
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Ebay seat score
Picked up the big crate at the terminal after work. I have to say this is the best packing I ever got off ebay.
 ...and inside was just what I won....  Pair of almost perfect mid 80's turbo sport seats....soft leather...cost less than a decent set of regular seats....love a good early morning BIN Gonna look great in the carrera....
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Good looking seats! You are going to be pleased, I like mine much better compared to the stock ones.
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Starting point with the old seats, dried and worn.
 Took only a few minutes to remove them.  New installation went just as fast.  
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now You'll have to change the carpet and door cards, and rear seats and rear inner panels and headliner............. I have a light interior too and want to change it to black soooo bad
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Hmmm green.. let's see a pic of the car in the daylight.
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The seats are just the first step onto the slippery slope.
 Nice find.
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Maybe 8 or so years ago, I bought a set of sets off of Ebay. Each were pretty well packaged individually in big cardboard boxes. I was relieved to see they had arrived in good shape. By the way, these were a set of old Recaro sport seats in really good shape for $700 at the time. Then I really didn't pay attention to the value of those things & thought I was paying too much but wanted the seats.
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You are not alone
I am doing a similar project--replacing old interior with newer one. Here is a shot of where I am with mine.
Looks like we are replacing similar color interior. I went for a lighter color as mine is an soft top. I had the drivers seat in for a little while, but found my self looking into the visor a bit too much. I am trying to find a way to lower the drivers seat. This forum offer alot of good advice on how to accomplish that; however, I am having a hard time some one in San Diego to re-weld the drivers side seat rails to a lower position. Good luck on finding the rest of your pieces! Brad 
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Seats look good...
I know I'm stating the obvious but you really need to look at this soon. 
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Looks good!
You should consider switching the seats left-to-right. This will even out the wear and get you more life out of them. Unless you need the heating frequently. |
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10-10-2009, 10:56 PM
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Went for a first drive today, and yes, I need to lower the seat rails also. It rides a bit higher than the sc seats...
Yes, the lock post repair is soon in the future.
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Quote:
 Nice score on the seats, I just missed a similar pair for $150 on Craigs List (cue sounds of gnashing teeth). --- Tom '75 targa |
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10-11-2009, 06:16 PM
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1978 Porsche 911SC 3.0
My Carrera
Miata of Doom!
Z4
