ginmtb
'74 FJ40 - my first!
Nebula paint is done. Upholstery is done. New foam all around, and I went with the @Cruiser Corps kit but (Purists avert your eyes)... in their '71 and earlier coral color. I didn't re-install the seat back-plates yet. Mine are too beat up. I'll probably look for some replacements in decent shape when I'm done bolting everything else back up. I went with the CC covers because:
Some might take the opportunity to argue that the original coral WAS indeed more orange. I don't know, also, I don't care. If my truck is a '74, I already broke the OEM color rules, so technically, it wouldn't matter if I did them pink at this point. I was going to say you can't get more wrong than wrong, but IMO pink really would be an additional degree of wrong.
- I read good things about the quality.
- I've always liked the coral seats better than the black or gray OEM options, and CC had no issues mixing and matching. The other cruiser company I called about seat covers (that sells coral covers for the older seats) were not willing to swap colors for me. I suspect they are either importing them from China in large batches or they are just a little too OEM-elite to take my money.
- Within the "coral" options I found (in pre-made kits), Cruiser Corps also seemed to be the least orange. They even sent me out a swatch to make sure I liked the color before purchasing.
Cruiser Corps even sold me an extra yard of the vinyl, I am recovering the pad on my Tuffy console to match the seats. You'll have to take an I.O.U. on pics of that (You can just see the unmounted pad on the floor between the seats of the last pic).
I love the contrast personally! When I got my 75 the PO had reupholstered the seats beige so I now have those in my 74 and love the color! Both front and jump seats are that color.