What should I do?

[garrett490]

I need to recover my seats or find ones in like new condition. Problem is my interior is hannibel grey. Hard to find/match the color. My cars exterior is black metallic. Should I get some cork seats and die the rest of the hannibel grey to match cork? I want to do what ever will best preserve the cars value. I've seen some new cars like Maseratti's with an interior similar to cork and dark metallic exterior paint. I thought it looked great together but didn't know if this would be money well spent or not on my 82 911 SC. Bottom line is I want the seats redone, but can't find a match for hannibel grey so I'm trying to decide whats the best way to deal with it.

[Dave Colangelo]

To preserve the value recover the seats in the correct color. When you say hard to find do you mean it will cost 2X as much or just a bit more. I would not die the rest of the car to match the seats. If you are going to do that buy a cork interior and replace everything. If its as rare as you say you can most likely sell the interior bits you have to cover this cost. Otherwise I say recover them in the correct Color.

Regards
Dave

[garrett490]

Ok. And when I say rare I mean I can't find anyone that sells this color. Not a money issue. GAHH, WorldUPH, and Classic 9 don't offer it. The closest thing is "grey-beige" and I'd say its about a 85% match.

[kach22i]

Your dash panel, carpeting, door pulls and so forth all look black in the photo.

I went to your garage, black wheels look tough looking.

I would go with some light weight aftermarket seats like Recaro Sports if being concourse perfect is not important to you - black of course.

Alternate:
Maybe dye the light parts to match your original gray or cork color?

http://www.diseno-art.com/products/racing_and_sports_seats/recaro_sport_sportline.html


All depends on how original or how boy racer you want to look.

[boss11]

I would recover in black if you cant find a matching colour
they wouldn't look out of place with all the other black trim pieces