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Old 04-15-12, 02:09 PM
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i have tan interior and recently came across a deal on a full black interior. Is it worth the time and money of taking the tan interior out an replacing it ?
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That would be up to you I guess...

How much for the interior.?
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dpeends how much it is.

its not that much of a hassle if you know what your doing. it just takes time.
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It's costing me less than a grand

It'll be my first time doing it
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less than a grand is the typical price of a used interior.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...-question.html

heres a thread to help u out
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If its less than a grand for an entire swap, meanign dash, seat belts, etc, etc, then thats a great price. I jsut did it to my car recently, it took me the weekend about 4 hrs per day to do it start to finish. The dash is really the only somewhat tricky part, but thats not too bad if you have any mechanical sense at all. I say go for it!
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if u have all the parts go for it. i almost did the swap but the junkyard was only selling the seats
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I'll be missing the steering wheel tho

Would that be a deal breaker for anyone that has done the swap
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not at all, my swap didnt come with the steering wheel either, thats the one thing that was missing. I boought one locally with the air bag included for $250.
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If you can get a full black swap in good condition for less than a grand locally, and you decide to pass, let me know. I will gladly go buy it if you dont want to.
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I think its well worth it, i had tan and bought a full black interior and did the swap. Went ahead and did a black suede headliner and pillars so everything matches and looks legit. Cant stand the two tone black and gray.

The only you gotta watch out for is 98-2000 and 2001-2005 have a few differences on the interior. But everything is easily swappable.

I know the question is going to be asked lol paid 800$ for the full interior.
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nice deal, typical sale on black interior is 1500-2000

i would jump on it for under a grand assuming the seats and everything else is in decent shape. i passed one up several years ago for 1200 delivered and been kicking msyelf for it ever since
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It's worth it for that price
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Just like other say, great deal, do some research on removing /assemble interior back. They should never invented tan interior, fugly, imo
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go for it......nothing looks as good as that black ........ what type of shape is it in? seats door panals armrest carpet a,b,and c pillows back deck and seat belts are easy the headliner takes a bit but the dash is the hardest .....steering wheel is easy also you can upgrade to the 01-05 since you got to buy one............ any question you know ill help you with what i can lil brotha


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