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Old May 3, 2007 | 02:56 PM
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has anyone changed their leather from OEM to after market? my leather is kind of starting to get beaten up a bit, and I wanted to maybe switch from comfort seats to sport seats (the seats that are kind of tighter, tend to have small bumps on them to keep you from sliding around, etc.)....what do you think about this idea? i tried to build a kit here but there were some thing i was confused about. i don't know what color my 99 rx300 has. it's not black, it's the lighter toned leather. here's the options

black
dark graphite
graphite
charcoal
light grey
stone
smoke
platimun
ice grey
ash
grey
slate
puddy
dove grey
navy
blue
sky blue
cadet blue
lapis
mist grey
jade
olive
sage
willow
maroon
medium red
red
dark brown
driftwood
taupe
desert
nutmeg
light mocha
beige
teak
camel
tan
doeskin
bisque
cream
sandstone
ivory
adobe
fawn
shale
bone
white
pacific
silver
purple
burnt orange
organge
forest
maize
sunrise

what do u guys think?
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Old May 3, 2007 | 02:58 PM
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i just found the site where it shows pics of the leather's colors...which is mine?
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Old May 3, 2007 | 10:18 PM
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Man, you just missed the leatherseats.com group buy lastweek!
CL has them about twice a year, so...
BTW, i think they send out free color samples of leather so you can match the OEm leather in your rx300
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Old May 3, 2007 | 10:30 PM
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oh really? one of the two sites i was on had a sample book for $8, no biggie tho. what's CL? how good was the pricing (nervous to ask)? My car quoted, with the features I wanted, for $854, excluding shipping. Seem high? Low? what do you think about leather replacement? What's the benefit of perforated leather?
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Originally Posted by jg 368 48
what's CL?

The website on which you are posting!

CL = ClubLexus
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Old May 4, 2007 | 06:56 AM
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What's the benefit of perforated leather?
The benefit is that the little holes (perforations) catch little bits of food, sand, and dirt, and hold them forever.
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Old May 4, 2007 | 07:30 AM
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The website on which you are posting!

CL = ClubLexus
yeah not too long after i posted that i realized...i was trying to think of a leather company with the initials CL!!


The benefit is that the little holes (perforations) catch little bits of food, sand, and dirt, and hold them forever.
HAHAHA! great...just what im looking for!
other than that, does it keep you in place when your turning and stuff better? any other benefits?
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let your butt breath better....
and it looks cool..
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