So as some here have seen, my GTO suffers from the infamous splitting of the seat seams. As the cars age and are exposed to the sun the leather shrinks and the seams split, exposing the foam inside and just looks bad. After looking around at potential options for new seats including Recaros from an evo or maybe some 6th gen Camaro seats a friend recommended a website that makes custom covers so I went that route.

Here's what I started with


This guy wanted to help but was useless


After I removed the cat I took the seats apart and removed the old leather.


I ended up with this. (According to the website and some reviews, the leather will shrink some with the heat from the sun.)


To change things up some and to go with the Holden theme I got the Monaro logo on them. Also with blue stitching for the seams.




Overall I'm happy with how they turned out. Now I just have to wait till I have time to go put them back in the car.

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-Ryan
2004 GTO....LS1, LSA supercharged 525whp, 6MT
96 SSEi...September 2010 COTM........GONE
04 GTP comp G.... December 2015 COTM........GONE
2013 Audi Allroad Quattro

Looks good.

You may want to try manipulating the leather with a clothes steamer to smooth it out. They're pretty cheap and have a few other automotive uses.

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95 SLE... a keeper. 241k miles. Low and Slow.
97 BMW 528i
98 Infiniti vq35'd i30: 13.3@104mph, 30MPG Hwy (RIP)
02 Jag X-type
03 BMW M5
05 Chevy Cobalt LS
07 Infiniti G35s 6MT (Sold)
07 Ducati Monster S2R 800 with DS1000 swap
83 Yamaha IT175K
72 Yamaha DS7: '74 RD250 swap, JL chambers

Info on dropping a 92-99: Here.

What is the company that made them?

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Resident Tightwad

Screw you, Photobucket.

Lseat.com
They took about a month and were initially quick to reply but I never got a shipping confirmation. They just showed up the other day.

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-Ryan
2004 GTO....LS1, LSA supercharged 525whp, 6MT
96 SSEi...September 2010 COTM........GONE
04 GTP comp G.... December 2015 COTM........GONE
2013 Audi Allroad Quattro

Yeah, that sounds familiar. I made a rather large order a few weeks ago for something I may report on here later. They were supposed to send me an email with shipping details and the delivery driver was supposed to call just before delivering. The stinkin' thing just showed up one day last week. Fortunately I'd mentioned to the guys at the delivery point (needed a forklift to get it off the truck, so no delivery to my house) that I was ordering this thing and would have it dropped with them so when it showed up they weren't completely blindsided. Not a big deal, really, but would have been nice to know it would be here on a certain day.

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Resident Tightwad

Screw you, Photobucket.

I put the seats back in the car. Tried to get pictures but it was too dark where the car is. I will however update with finished pictures next week when I bring the car out for the season.

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-Ryan
2004 GTO....LS1, LSA supercharged 525whp, 6MT
96 SSEi...September 2010 COTM........GONE
04 GTP comp G.... December 2015 COTM........GONE
2013 Audi Allroad Quattro

Hardness has ensued.

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Retired Bonneville Owner and former GM Tech:
2004 Pontiac Bonneville GXP: Black/Ebony *SOLD*

Summer Toys: Combined 827 RWHP / 877lb/ft RWTQ
2004 Pontiac GTO: Impulse Blue Metallic/Black/M6: lots 'o mods, 415 RWHP / 405lb/ft RWTQ!
2006 Cadillac STS-V: Light Platinum Metallic/Light Gray/A6 - Spectre CAI, Magnaflow exhaust, Speed Inc. tune, 412 RWHP / 472lb/ft RWTQ

Daily Drivers:
2019 Chrysler Pacifica Limited: Mommy's new RGC
2015 Chrysler Town & Country Limited Platinum: Kids new RGC
2007 Chrysler Town & Country Limited: Sold to neighbor
2009 Pontiac G8 GT: L76, Sport Red Metallic
2003 Chevrolet Suburban 2500: Doeskin Tan - 8.1L Big Block... new plow truck
1999 Chevrolet Suburban: Sunset Gold Metallic - Daddy's winter beater and plow truck

Car is out and seats look good. The stitching on the seats matches the shifter boot pretty well.

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-Ryan
2004 GTO....LS1, LSA supercharged 525whp, 6MT
96 SSEi...September 2010 COTM........GONE
04 GTP comp G.... December 2015 COTM........GONE
2013 Audi Allroad Quattro