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Old 05-04-2006, 12:16 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by J-Ro
Also, if you or someone you know can sew, you can make one... I found a place that sold good quality leather for $4/sq.ft.... I got a piece of black leather and a piece of dark grey (matches the interior perfectly) and used the original boot as a template, but I used four panels rather than three, with two panels grey and the other two black. I got my mom to sew it for me when I was back in town (hey, you think I can sew??? ) and I installed it. It looks really slick IMO, but still classy-looking... none of that hey-look-at-me crap

J
The boot I used from the DC2 is a four panel and I think it looks better than the three panel.
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