Scored some red/black G8 seats

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Re: Scored some red/black G8 seats

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FzCobra wrote:Those look great. Mine are solid black, I would've preferred the two tone, but I didn't think red would look right on my goldish colored car, and I couldn't find any black w\grey .
Keep us posted on the steering wheel install, I'm wondering if its a simple swap.
It should be. I went with this option:

viewtopic.php?f=23&t=645, and it was a drop-in.
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CrashTestDummy wrote:
bsparks72 wrote:I went ahead and got the wheel, and I'm going to go ahead and use it. It's in such nice shape, and I didn't realize how much I was missing driving with the plastic wheel.
Definitely worth the update. For not only the feel, but it will tie in well with the seats. IIRC, the lights on the wheel controls are red, right?

I got the Holden wheel for our Caprice, put it on, and never looked back. We got an upgraded wheel for our Tahoe PPV, and liked it so much, I HAD to update the Caprice wheel.

So where is this G8, and did it have any console parts?
The G8 is at Pickup Parts, 6425 N Shepherd. I bet all of the console stuff is there, but it's all strewn about in the car. The whole shifter (with red/black Pontiac leather head) is intact, as is the radio/climate controls. The car is sitting on top of another car, and it has no doors, so...
-Brandon
2012 9C1 L77 - 228/234, .604/.609 112 cam, JBA shorty headers, Solo high-flow cats, X-pipe, Cherry Bomb single-chamber mufflers (Frankenstein exhaust), Roto-Fab CAI, CTS-V torque converter, 3.45 Camaro diff, G8 red/black seats/steering wheel
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Re: Scored some red/black G8 seats

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FzCobra wrote:Those look great. Mine are solid black, I would've preferred the two tone, but I didn't think red would look right on my goldish colored car, and I couldn't find any black w\grey .
Keep us posted on the steering wheel install, I'm wondering if its a simple swap.
The swap looks very simple. Reuse the existing clock spring and airbag. I'm not even switching controls, as I don't car about the backlight color.

This looked to be helpful:

http://www.carmodder.com/search_doc.php ... odel_id=90" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
-Brandon
2012 9C1 L77 - 228/234, .604/.609 112 cam, JBA shorty headers, Solo high-flow cats, X-pipe, Cherry Bomb single-chamber mufflers (Frankenstein exhaust), Roto-Fab CAI, CTS-V torque converter, 3.45 Camaro diff, G8 red/black seats/steering wheel
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And those are the exact instructions I used to swap my wheel. Crazy Paul pointed me to that carmodder link when he sent me my new wheel. IIRC, the steering column has a keyed spline that matches a notch in the splined hole the column fits into on the wheel, so unless you are going at it with a sledge hammer it's impossible to get the wheel crooked.
Gene Beaird,
Pearland, Texas
2012 Caprice 9C1
1992 B4C 1LE Camaro
2018 Tahoe PPV (her car)
1995 DGGM Impala SS
1985 Firebird - 310 LS1 C Prepared autocross car.
1980 Bluebird Wanderlodge
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If you want an aggravating project that will fight you the whole way, I suggest doing the G8 seat swap! lol

If I had to do one again, it wouldn't be so bad, but I fought the front seats for the better part of today. They're dirty, but they're in. I think the red/black steering wheel will set it off, but that will have to wait until tomorrow. This old man is tired, and I ran out of daylight.

Now that I see it together, I should really do something about that $7 console/cup holder. haha
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-Brandon
2012 9C1 L77 - 228/234, .604/.609 112 cam, JBA shorty headers, Solo high-flow cats, X-pipe, Cherry Bomb single-chamber mufflers (Frankenstein exhaust), Roto-Fab CAI, CTS-V torque converter, 3.45 Camaro diff, G8 red/black seats/steering wheel
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Heavy, huh? :lol:

We installed a console in our 10 Tahoe PPV, and the best I could do is get my wife to help me rotate the front seats out of the way so I could drop the console in. NO freaking way either was coming out without a fight. With all the electronics/air bags/steel framing, the theing weigh a ton.
Gene Beaird,
Pearland, Texas
2012 Caprice 9C1
1992 B4C 1LE Camaro
2018 Tahoe PPV (her car)
1995 DGGM Impala SS
1985 Firebird - 310 LS1 C Prepared autocross car.
1980 Bluebird Wanderlodge
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Re: Scored some red/black G8 seats

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The seat look really nice .
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It was taking all of the seats down, removing the harnesses, and switching the seat backs and making all work. It's a lot more than just a seat swap!
-Brandon
2012 9C1 L77 - 228/234, .604/.609 112 cam, JBA shorty headers, Solo high-flow cats, X-pipe, Cherry Bomb single-chamber mufflers (Frankenstein exhaust), Roto-Fab CAI, CTS-V torque converter, 3.45 Camaro diff, G8 red/black seats/steering wheel
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how is the shoulder area bolstering on the g8 seats compared to stock? I love the stock seat bottoms but i have shoulder probs and have felt more comfortable in other car seats with different more supported shoulder areas just below the headrest.
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I'd say the G8 seats are tighter in the shoulders, with more contour than the Caprice seats.
-Brandon
2012 9C1 L77 - 228/234, .604/.609 112 cam, JBA shorty headers, Solo high-flow cats, X-pipe, Cherry Bomb single-chamber mufflers (Frankenstein exhaust), Roto-Fab CAI, CTS-V torque converter, 3.45 Camaro diff, G8 red/black seats/steering wheel
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