StudGarden

You could always cover it in plastic

For the leather ones, the config looked like dark brown for the "white" exterior but it said agate or something. What is it really?

Mondrian

I have had a passive interest in AM protective options but trying to figure out if the fabric itself has any as the fabric manufacturer would have had more & better coating options available to them.

MJBird993

Wild pic! It zoomed in as I scrolled down. Far out.

I would suggest that the owner of the VW never bothered to clean his seat, which would contribute to the "dirty" look. Most people never clean anything in their car. We OCD Porsche owners are an obvious exception.

I'll also suggest that the seating material in a $20K VW is not the same as in a $100K Porsche.

Keep it clean and don't wear sharp objects attached to your clothing and you should be fine. If the cloth does start to wear quickly (which I doubt), it will be covered under warranty.

MJBird993

Agate gray actually has quite a bit of brown in it.

willyspub

I had my detail shop Opti-Guard it.

http://optimumcarcare.com.au/content...r_&_vinyl.html

As expected, there's no visual indication that it's been treated. No food and drink allowed in the car (obviously), so nothing has spilled on it, but the cloth looks the same as new after six months.

chuck911

Did a little research on this. Pepita is a baby girls name, means pumpkin seed, female diminutive of Joseph, or in Hebrew means May Jehova add or give increase (have children).

But then search "pepita porsche" and find Porsche "so-called" Pepita fabric http://www.porsche.com/microsite/911..._web_uk-en.pdf and "reminiscent of the "Pepita" tartan" http://www.porsche.com/uk/aboutporsc...&id=2013-06-04

So someone somewhere for some reason (probably back in the 1950's) started using "Pepita" to mean "houndstooth". Its still around and being used, enough so that Porsche acknowledges it, even though they seem to sort of wish it would go away, thus the "so-called" comments and scare quotes around the word.

So it seems "Pepita" does indeed hold up well, even when poorly cared for.

In fact, it is really "in"! (Or was, last autumn…) http://kellilatti.blogspot.com/2013/...re-really.html

Grunty

I am not sure what the blog link has to do with peptia fabric being "in" but I thank my lucky stars I have a son. I would find it incredibly hard to understand adolescent girls.

Serg924

Hi all! Does anybody know where to find new pepita cloth from 911 anniversary?

Noah Fect

That necklace made me look around for Jabba the Hutt.

77tony

Even though I have leather in the 50th, I agree with CBG above. If history is any indicator, below are a few pics of 35+ year old Pascha fabric in the 79 928. Fabric has held up very well and still looks great. T

Tom Tweed

I don't believe you can buy the houndstooth cloth from Porsche. There was great demand for it from the early 911 community doing restorations on their cars, and Eric Linden from Auto-Foreign Services arranged with a Scottish weaver to reproduce the cloth in exact form using the same Australian Merino wool. The weaver has retired now, and Eric was unable to continue production. I believe Tony Garcia at Autobahn Interiors bought all his remaining stock and is using it for renovation projects. I recently got a quote from him to fabricate Pepita inserts for the LWB seats in my GT3, and he quoted the 2 yards of fabric to do the job @ $800.

I have since found another source in Garry Hall at Classic FX in the UK. He is having the repro fabric woven in England and is offering it at a better price, but there is limited availability. Contact him through his website: http://classiccarrestorationsurrey.c...a-houndstooth/

I found another source at a Porsche restoration site in Belgium, but I'm going with Garry's product, as reviews from the first recipients of his cloth at the Early 911S Registry were glowing.
HTH,
TT

Serg924

thanks for the info!

I saw this fabric on the autobahn, lakewell, and I read about Eric Linden. But who is supplier for the porsche at the present moment for the 991 anniversary edition????? Maybe its not the same fabric as we discuss here?

Tom Tweed

Porsche outsources their seat production, so you would probably have to go to their supplier to find out where the houndstooth fabric came from for the 50th Aniv. cars. That may be Recaro or Lear, I don't really know. They were designed to replicate the early 911 Pepita fabric, so I'm happy to be able to find a faithful reproduction of that weave. I've got two meters coming from Garry Hall right now. He will send you a sample if you want to compare it to an actual 50th Aniv. car.
Good luck,
TT

Mondrian

The Pepita fabric used in 50th is different to the earlier ones, you can buy the 50th Pepita from fabric if you have a 50th car .... Or a friend with 50th car ... Must be a loophole somewhere.

Downunder55

Has anyone managed to source a supply of the oem Pepita/houndstooth fabric from the 50th Aniv model yet ?