I posted some of these pictures in the past, but I wanted to bring it all together with the final pix.

When I bought my car, I negotiated a better deal because the car was on the lot. The dealer had nine identical cars on the lot. All of them were Silverstone/Black. I wanted the red interior. So I bought the black interior and changed it to red. I decided early on that I did not want to change the plastic/vinal pieces out. I really just wanted the leather to be red. (Like the '00-'01 cars.) I also did NOT want to change the carpet.

First I scowered eBay and junkyards until I found a set of red seats. I was able to sell my black seats for some decent money to help offset the costs. Then I noticed a post from another member who said that he might want black door panel inserts for his Sebring/Red. So I quickly PM'ed him. We met up in Indiana, about half way between each of us and swapped door panel inserts in an Applebee's parking lot.

I then went to Rick's to get the rest. I convinced him to make me the charcoal floormats with the red leather border. I also managed to snag a console cover and visor covers. Here are all the pix:

This is from the door panel swap. My car is on top, Hickey's is on the bottom



The insert comes out pretty easily once you get the panel off. Basically it is 10-12 screws holding it in place. There is one "press washer" on the panel holding it in place. Basically it is flat washer on a plastic stud. It's a PITA to get off. Out of the four press washers, we only broke one. It was on my drivers side door. I have not had any problems or issues (rattling.) Here is a pic of the press washer:



Here are the seats the day I got them:



Here are the final pix showing all the bits and how they work together:





Also notice that to protect my investment, I have installed the Kodokan_4 Seat Locks.





*EDIT* Updated Pix and added Rick's Red/Black Steering wheel:

 

GREAT job. I wasn't a real fan of the all-red interior, but that looks AMAZING.

 

Looks 1000 X better than the all red IMHO. I like it. White is my favorite color but only come with the tan interior. I am considering replacing all of the tan parts with red but I haven't looked at a tan interior personally to see exactly what would be involved.

 

very nice

 

Look great!!!

I'm thinking about doing the same thing in black / blue...

 

good job!
Man, everytime I look at pics of another s2k, I go "hmm that is a nice car. Do I really have a s2000? I can't believe I actually have that car too!".

 

thats AMAZING!!! i want to get NFR and it only comes w/ black interior so i want to do a red swap like u did, alteast for the seats. great job

 

Great job. Love the seats and door panels. Could be a future project for me if I can get motivated enuf.

 

Wow that Looks Really Good! My dad Has a 2000 S2000 In the Spa And The Seats Get So frickin HOT! But With You driving the S with the Top down It Probably doesn't get So Hot, So Lucky You ! Well, Again Looks Really Really Good, Just The Right amount of color!!

 

Hey Sleepy, I think That Would Look Sweet ! You Should Try It!!! Good luck!!!