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Old 06-17-2010, 8:07pm   #1
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After picking up GB's black/tan sport seats and micro-sueding my interior last fall/winter I thought it would better with the black interior. I picked up a black carpet package off CF and it has been sitting in the box in my garage since last fall.

At this point I need to decide whether to keep the tan interior or swap out for the black. What do you all think?
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Old 06-17-2010, 8:21pm   #2
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Black looks cool but in the summer its gonna make the interior 10x hotter!

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Can't go wrong with black but it's not my car and I really don't like tan anyway unless it's some hand tooled Ferrari interior.

I am obviously no help, good luck with your decision.
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Black looks cool but in the summer its gonna make the interior 10x hotter!

So true mines black and its HOT
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I would say black but thats because I want to change mine to black, I have seen one that was changed to tan that looked very nice made me think about tan over black. I have the light gray and think either would be better.
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I really like the tan interior with your dark blue paint.

My $.02
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I'm thinking about black for my car simply because the light oak gets dirty easier.
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Black looks cool but in the summer its gonna make the interior 10x hotter!

I didn't think about that.

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Can't go wrong with black but it's not my car and I really don't like tan anyway unless it's some hand tooled Ferrari interior.

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I really like the tan interior with your dark blue paint.

My $.02
I asked the GF lastnight if she thought the black interior would look better than the tan and she said no; she really likes the contrast.
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When I was leaving 7-11 this morning a little kid stopped and looked in the window and said he liked the 'brown' color inside. So I'm leaning towards staying with the tan.

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I'm thinking about black for my car simply because the light oak gets dirty easier.
You are in luck! I have a box of black interior carpet i'm looking at getting rid of now. I have to go back through the box again, I only have the carpet pieces, no trim parts and I don't remember seeing the rear center storage lid or the rear left side part (where the hatch light goes).
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I am a big fan of Black based interiors in all Vettes
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Old 06-18-2010, 6:44pm   #10
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I like the light oak, but then again I may be a little biased.
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