The Think Tank

I got a hell of a bargain last night.  I’ve been looking for replacement seats for my 1990 300ZX since I bought the car in 2002, but I haven’t found any that were in better condition than mine for less than $600, and that was just for leather alone.  I would have had to do all the installation myself.  The only other set of tan seats that I’ve found in good condition were on eBay and sold for about $450 dollars, but I was outbid by one dollar with 1/4 of a second remaining.  That was in 2003.

Last night these seats came up on Craigslist for $100 for the pair! Needless to say, I snatched them up.  As you can see, there are some fine cracks in the leather and a little scuffing here and there (and that black mark, which I think I can remove), but they are in remarkably good shape for 20 year old seats and they are a tremendous improvement over my existing seats.  Especially for $100 bucks.  Making it even sweeter, one of the tilt controls on my current driver seat is broken, and the best price I’ve been able to find to replace it is $70 dollars.  The new seat comes with a working control unit, making this deal that much better.

You can probably tell that I’m a little excited.  I’m hoping to get these bad boys installed this weekend.