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Old 10-23-03, 03:00 PM
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Vert Owners - Seat Cover supplier found

Good news convertible owners, leatherseats.com finally has a pattern to work from. So they're now taking orders for factory replica seat covers. E-mail eric for now until they update their website.

Here's some details including 2-tone, perforated, and embroidering options. Also quality, fit & finish, & stiching details.

I've asked for pictures as well.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Leatherseats.com Sales" < sales2@leatherseats.com >
To: "Clayton" <atlantarotaryfan@earthlink.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: Eric - seat covers - 86-91 Mazda RX-7s


> Dear Clayton,
>
> They will be available perforated like the factory, but the standarad will
> be non perf ($579). The perforated seat inserts option is $35.00 and the
> two-toning will be $20.00. Unfortunately, we cannot put any Mazda related
> logos on the seats because Mazda North America is owned by Ford and they
> don't allow it (*** cough local leather shop ***). As far as fit and finish, we are patterning from the
> factory leather covers and the only differences may be cosmetic changes that
> we make for ease of mass production. The only problem that may arrise with
> these cars is that the foam seat cores from one RX to the next may be
> signifiicantly different because of time, heat, and pressure. So to answer
> your question, they will be exact copies of the factory leather covers that
> we have as far as dimensions go, but fitment may vary from seat to seat. I
> would estimate that they will always be withing 95% accuracy... and with a
> little heat and pressure on the new seat covers they should fully adapt to
> the seat core within a couple of months. This is the story of pretty much
> every older pattern we have because of the age of vehicle that the
> applications are for.
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
> 1-866-639-7328 ext 104
> www.leatherseats.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Leatherseats.com Sales" <sales2@leatherseats.com>
To: "RX-7 CAR NUT" <atlantarotaryfan@earthlink.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: Eric - seat covers - 86-91 Mazda RX-7s


Dear Vaughn,

I am writing you today concerning your Mazda RX-7 Convertable interior. I know that you contacted us some time ago with interest and thus I am happy to announce that as of Sept. 7 2003 we will have the pattern for the 1988-1992 Mazda RX-7 convertable seats. The kit will be available in any of our 50+ colors for $579.00 + shipping. Two-toning will be available for $20.00. We will be perfing the headrest wings to accomodate for the factory headrest speakers. Please contact me if you are interested in the pattern release currently.

Thanks,
Eric
1-866-639-7328 ext 104
www.leatherseats.com

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Old 10-23-03, 04:37 PM
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thanks for the info. although if I am going to spend +500 on a seat, I'd get the sparco rev-c, evo-c or pro2000-c.
Old 10-23-03, 05:21 PM
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There's nothing like a a brand new looking original vert seat that still has the speakers in the headrests. If I owned a vert, I would NEVER change the seats.
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Right on!
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oh i didnt know they have speakers on the seat
thats freakin pimpin !!!
gotta get couple of those seats
Old 10-24-03, 09:56 AM
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doesn't Scalliwag offer new covers for considerably less??
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But do they make the seat covers without the lame head rest speakers head rest, and the standard head rest instead.

Then you could use them in any GXL as well as the non-head rest speaker equppied 'verts.
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Scalliwag ?? Do share. These are direct leather replacements, not neoprene or pleather / vinyl.

The main thing is it's much cheaper than a leathershop can do, you get the same quality, and 2-tone & embroidering options (well no logos obviously).
Old 10-24-03, 05:11 PM
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good to hear, I was about to drop some 1991 miata seats in to replace my aging rx seats. I have a question though, how would I go about wiring a SE to use the headrest speaker? Do I need the OEM radio/CD player? And does anyone have a write up on doing this?
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Dollar late

Good job.

I had my seats done last year to factory specks...

The lady said "Never again"...still cost me $1000.

My seats look great.

Origional for ever!
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Dollar late

Good job.

I had my seats done last year to factory specks...

The lady said "Never again"...still cost me $1000.

My seats look great.

Origional for ever!
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