Just curious if anyone knows??? I wanna get type r seats, cuz I like the look and feel of them.... Any help with this will begreatly appreciated....

 

As long as you kept the leathers to put back in when the lease is up.

and stored them where they wouldnt deteriorate.

 

I was planning on trading my leather seats for the type r ones, so the seats will be permanent.....

 

how much will you sell your leather seats?


[Modified by jl74, 3:48 AM 1/18/2002]

 

Here is the secret to a lease.

Don't ever keep the car to the end of the lease.

It should be worth more than the buyout option. Use it as a trade in or sell it.

No mileage penalties, no fees, no stress on modifications.

If you use the car as a trade or if you sell it the seats won't matter at all, if fact if you sell it they may help the value.

 

when you return the car it has to be in the same condition as it was when you first leased it. yes it will violate your lease.

 

It's always been my understanding that you can do pretty much whatever you want to a leased car as long as it's returned to stock before the bank gets it back. If you trade the stock seats and they're gone for good, I would think you'd probably be charged for them when you turn the car in, even if the Type R seats are more expensive.

To eh-D:
I'm curious about your comment, "Use it as a trade in or sell it."
I'm not saying you're wrong, but how exactly do you sell a car that's not yours in the first place? Isn't that kind of like trying to sell a house that you're renting? Just curious.

 

Leather rears and cloth fronts.... you WILL be charged...dont do it unless you keep the leathers

 

All leases have a buy out option, A car salesman explained the whole deal to me, basically you can make money on the back end of the lease. I'm really foggy on the details, maybe somebody else knows whats up.

 

when you lease a vehicle you agree to a residual rate after the lease is up. Basically you guess how much the car is going to be worth at the end of the lease. Some cars (like integras) have higher residual rates then others. When you lease the car youre basically paying the difference between the residual and the price you agreed on for the car plus interest. Now here is the catch. Most cars have residuals around 50-55%. but say you lease a type R whch obviously has great resale value. More then likely at the end of your lease you can sell the car for more then what the residual value agreed upon was (what it will cost you if you want to buy the car at the end of the lease). Say the residual on your R is 15,500 at the end of 3 years. 3 year old Rs go for what around 18k now with average miles. you find someone to buy the car for 18, payoff the 15500 you owe and pocket the difference. edmunds.com explains it quite well.

 

Ok, so even if your residual cost was a few grand lower than resale, it might still pay you to sell/trade the car rather than getting hit with the mileage/damage costs.

 

Anyway why would you want to pull out the leathers?I wouldn't trade my leather for anything else except better leather.Just my opionion.

 

Why did you lease it? Thats a rip off, any way you do it.

 

Just ask the dealership you bought it from if it would violate your lease. Aren't you supposed to sign some sort of contract when you lease the car. There might be a paragraph that talks about modifying your car.

 

I am interested in your leather seats, my name is jason please call at 352-846-7240

 

Keep the leather seats so that you can put them back in after your lease is up. Believe it or not, the people at acura might, and I say might notice the difference between the two kinds of seats, I mean they only sold the same type of cars for 7-8 years

The resale value on the ITR seats you buy should not be that bad when you have to take them out again, so just hold onto those leathers to put back in. If not, Acura will tear you 3 new ******** which you can from.

Good Luck,
Jon