Just made the drive to VA w/the gf to pick up my new set of leather seats that I bought off Ebay. Black leather out of a '96 w/only 29,000 miles on them-no rips, tears, or even signs of fading or wear! Install was very easy-just had to use a bit of elbow grease and remove some bolts and nuts. They are both powered, so i was hoping my passenger side had wires already mounted under the carpet somewhere (i had a cloth manual pass. seat)

The maxima had so much room for my long legs without the seats! LOL. I had to switch out the center console that came with it (out of a 96 w/smaller cupholders than my 97) because a clip snapped off my old one. All in all im pretty damn happy with the seats-worth the trip!

How often should I treat it?

Anyways, here are some pics.

 

 

Looks sharp! You ain't lieing either, the seats looks flawless! Anyways, I condition my seats about every two weeks or if you're not that crazy 'bout it whenever you change your oil should suffice. Looks good though!

 

hey man looks awsome. hey i am sorry did not get to ship out your MAF yet. i will tueesday since post office is closes. I will mail it priority so it gets their quicker, and maybe amkes up for a little lost itme. sorry i was extreamly busy with school and such.

 

No problem man. its understandable.

I treated the leather with Meguairs' leather cleaner and protectant and it made it look so much sharper. Its either that or i inhaled the fumes for way too long!

 

I did the same thing with my 96 GXE. I had a manual passenger seat as well, and the lead was just tied up under the old seat, so the new power passenger seat just hooked right up. Did you get the door panels too? Those seats look brand new, nice!

 

Nah, it came with the center console but no door panels. I'll probably end up making my own, shouldn't be too hard.


the leather is nice =o)

 

it looks nice... i will be doing this asa i can find some...

oh, what is that box underneath your front passenger seat? cd changer?

 

that box is a dvd player wired to my stand alone monitor (alpine cva1003). Wish i could find something smaller and do something more convienient with that

 

it looks ok though man, you cant see it... its still hidden...

 

hope you took the time to use a vaccum in the car before you re-installed them leathers!

Ant

 

hell yeah. i found shiet i've never thought could actually be there...looks like a breand new car =o)

 

looks like im not the only one with my dvd player there. its nice there except when the seat is slid all the way forward cuz my tray wont slide out. looks good man. leather seats are sick.

 

that looks reallly good!

 

excellent, enjoy those leather seats. I wonder if the GXE have all thats needed for heated seats, but not the switches?

 

looks clean as hell.

 

Nice seats, not so nice stuff under the seats. Its amazimg what you find under there. I hope nothing too nasty. I need some new leather.......

 

looks great... btw how much did you pay all together for the seats?

 

The front, rear, and center console was won on ebay for 306.00.


Amazing deal.

 

Sweet, how much did it run you? i was thinking about doing that the other day.

 

check the post above. the install isnt hard at all.

 

Wow, thats awsome. My bad, i missed that post

 

It looks like u have 2 headunits?

 

yea, top headunit is for the tv, and bottom is a cd player (awkward setup, i know)

 

how much did u pay for the leather seats?

 

hey nismotic, that looks tight as hell, i was wondering if u had to take out the center consol to do the seat swap? i know u got the consol too but i didnt know if it was possible to not take that out? im looking to do the same thing in mine. what was the total time it took? thanks and keep it up, youve got one HOT max.

irish

 

Thanks Irish. I swapped the backseat first since it was so easy. there are two clips at the bottom of the seat cushion, 4 bolts at the base of the armrest that folds down, and 4 clips at the top of the backseat. Then i took out the two front seats and center console (and cleaned the crap out of my carpet). The two seats have 2 bolts in the front and 2 in the back located at the corner. the center console has two bolts in the back and two at the front connected at the dash.

Its all pretty easy once you get down to it.

 

HA! easy for u to say, i almost got fried splicing the wires, and i got bit by a mosquito too. Remember that??, but yeah over all the install was a piece of cake. Better take care of them leathers seats. oh btw next on ur list should be to get them "heated". anyway looks good nice job homie.

btw i wanted my title to say "Nismotic's Wingman" haha

 

your lucky i didnt find those on ebay before you did looks good though

 

LOL, yeah my bad for not disconnecting the battery bro. I got bent over by mosquitos too. I spent all day cleaning my car, and the leather too. You're right, i get that "plastic" feeling after the treatment on the leather, but oh well.


Thanks saga, i was hoping nobody saw the deal.