Leather After the Fact

CapnDean · November 26, 2001

I just rode in a friends "Southern Comfort" version C1500 Silverado.

Basically they take a stock Silverado and dress it up with a bunch of crap that I don't care for like ground effects & running boards etc...

This truck had some really comfortable leather seats though. I understand that there is a place where you can buy a kit that replaces the factory seating.

Anybody have any experience with this? Or would I be better off just ordering new seats?

chevy4x4trucks · November 26, 2001

some people have classic soft trim leather seats. I've heard nothing but good things about them. They are a bit pricey though, I think I heard 1300 for front rear seats. Another place that I was looking into was shadetreeonline.com they are 800 for the front and rear and no extra charge for embroidery and two tone. They had a pic on the site of a silverado, it looked good to me. I'm not sure what company to go with yet. But, that's fine since I don't have the money anyways.

Shaners · November 26, 2001

I priced Classic Soft Trim 1 1/2 years ago for a Honda Odysey Minivan. They wanted $1500 to do all four captains chairs and the rear bench. I think that might have included the door trim panels too...

GMNewProductInfoCenter · November 26, 2001

IT'S PROBABLY NOT THE BEST STUFF BUT JC WHITNEY DOES HAVE SOME LEATHER BUCKETS FOR LESS THAN A GRAND.

chevy4x4trucks · November 26, 2001

IT'S PROBABLY NOT THE BEST STUFF BUT JC WHITNEY DOES HAVE SOME LEATHER BUCKETS FOR LESS THAN A GRAND.

those only go up to the 99. The problem is the integrated seat belts in the new chevy's make it difficult to find replacement seats.

GMNewProductInfoCenter · November 26, 2001

OH YEAH....IM ALWAYS THINKING OF MY TRUCK..WHOOPS..SORRY.

chevy4x4trucks · November 26, 2001

Here's a pic of shadetree's leather interior on a silverado w/ bucket seats. I was thinking of getting these in black w/ silverado embroidered on red. I'm kind of kicking around the idea of two-tone w/ charcoal on the interior section. They look good to me though, nice fitting and all.

Shaners · November 26, 2001

Jon,

Have you seen the solid leather seats in the Avalanche? They have a Gold Bowtie embroidered in them. They are one great looking seat...

pacodiablo · November 26, 2001

Here's a pic of shadetree's leather interior on a silverado w/ bucket seats. I was thinking of getting these in black w/ silverado embroidered on red. I'm kind of kicking around the idea of two-tone w/ charcoal on the interior section. They look good to me though, nice fitting and all.

i hope it never gets hot where u live. i had tan leather in my 99 and it was HOT in the summer

chevy4x4trucks · November 27, 2001

Shaners, I've seen those, and they look awesome. That's where I got the idea for the leather seats w/ silverado embroidered on them. I figured it will give my truck a unique look, which is what I'm going for.

Paco, I realize black gets hot, but I'm also getting the side windows tinted and I like a nice hot seat when I sit down. Hey, it'll look good and that's all that matters. The interior of my truck is dark to begin with. I figure if it gets that bad I can just pull the covers off for the summer.

pacodiablo · November 27, 2001

yeah my leathers were cool until i ended up driving around with a towel on the seat in the summer, lol

alsz71 · December 8, 2001

Those would look great in my truck ! Do these guys have a website ? :0

Shaners · December 8, 2001

Here's the site for Classic Soft trim.

Classic Soft Trim

If you click on the inventory reduction and wait a few minutes for the page to load, you'll see about 1/4 of the way down the page that they have a bunch of reduced items for the 99+ Silverado.

Here is one of their seats...

alsz71 · December 19, 2001

Nice ! I actually emailed them and the put me in contact with a supplier here in Edmonton. I'll be checking them out as soon as I can get a day off work( a couple of weeks).