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Anyone ever redyed their GS seats?

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Old 12-18-13, 07:15 AM
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Default Anyone ever redyed their GS seats?

Just curious with how this turned out, or if you have any pics
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search. it's been done a couple of times. there is a great thread where one guy turned his seats from black to bmw cinnamon
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I did some dove grey leather buckets in my 95 GMC a few years back and dyed them black. Worked great and lasted for as long as i owned it with no fading. I got the DYE from LeatherWorld





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No friking way!! Im doing the bmw cinn!! Where to get this dye? And how much is it? Iv still been calling junkyards for te sport design
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http://www.leatherwoldtech.com

and here is the BMW page, scroll down and you will see cinnamon

http://www.leatherworldtech.com/Depa...-Tech/BMW.aspx

some people also use "leatherique" brand too
and yes.. you can also go from black to cinnamon with great results.

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=779458

and someone in clublexus that did it

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...ss-thread.html

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Does it look and feel like factory? I would still need to get the black carpet dash and wood grain but i think it would still be a cheaper alternative... Im reallly really looking forward to this.
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for me the feel didn't change at all. prep is just as important though. pretty easy process though. i think i did 3 coats to get a good even coverage
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Could i dye/paint the bottom of my seats and the carpets? So all i would need to buy is the wheel dash and panels. I bet it would raise the resale value also since people would think its the sport design. The only thing im really worried about is if it will start to peel. I live in az and it gets really hot so idk if that would be a problem
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I know on eBay someone is selling new saddle sport design seats but really overpriced like 1500 or something.. I really think the cinnamon color would only look right with a black interior gs, would look weird with any other interior
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Originally Posted by Lukas99GS
I know on eBay someone is selling new saddle sport design seats but really overpriced like 1500 or something.. I really think the cinnamon color would only look right with a black interior gs, would look weird with any other interior
Yea they been on their for like 8 months, I almost said screw it and bought em but not for $1200, lexmaniac taxes like crazy and the seats aren't in that good of shape after looking at em closer...
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I know. I saw it also. They dont even look like the right color. I passed
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Originally Posted by FlockoV8
Yea they been on their for like 8 months, I almost said screw it and bought em but not for $1200, lexmaniac taxes like crazy and the seats aren't in that good of shape after looking at em closer...
8 months?? Ha, he has been trying to sell those seats since I first joined this site. Back then he wanted close to $3k for it.
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little late to the dye party lol but a member did the BMW cinn color and turned out great....
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In the guy who dyed his black gs seats to bmw cinnamon
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Originally Posted by Sheehan1p
In the guy who dyed his black gs seats to bmw cinnamon
Any pictures?


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