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Originally posted by SilverCoupe2K1
Hi,
I have a cloth interior (the one freakin year the manual doesn't come with leather!!) and a friend of mine suggested that I rip the leather out of an accidented accord coupe and put it in mine.
What do you think of this? Do you know of anyone who's done this...will it look good?
Another option is to have it put in aftermarket, but that's pricey, the last estimate i got was 1700...i dunno if it's worth it.
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Huh? Honda didn't provide an '01 manual with leather? Interesting.
I dunno about the 6th gen leather, but I found the 5th gen leather to suck horribly. A buddy of mine has a '95 EX with leather, and the leather just didn't survive very well. I've just never been impressed with Honda leather.
If you're going to spend the time, especially if you want to make it look good, spend the extra cash and go for a higher quality aftermarket job. Whether you go leather or vinyl is up to you, but you'll probably get a higher quality leather aftermarket than you'll get from stock. It'll probably look better, too, since it'll be more custom. Plus you get your full range of color choices rather than being at the mercy of what Honda puts in stock.
For the seats, I would strongly recommend you do not get the shiny vinyl-like leather. I've always found that it just doesn't grip your buttocks when you hit the corners. My friends' was bad, I'd slip and slide all over the place when in the passenger's seat. When driving at least I had the wheel to hold onto. Get a sueded leather, or something similar. It will probably cost a little more, but it'll give you much better butt traction.
Or you could just rip the seats out of an IS300.
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