Dunasso

Like most 944's of the mid eighties my drivers seat is torn at several of the seams.
My question is....has anyone here had much success with premade seat covers? I have located some on Ebay for what seems to be a reasonable price. $239.99 for both seats, as compared to the $275.00 per seat for re-upolstery at a local shop.

Duncan

pcarfan944

I dunno about the seat covers, but I think i'd pay the extra $35 dollars and have them done at the re-upolstery shop. I mean why wouldn't you?

Dunasso

Sorry I meant to say that it was 275 per seat at the upolstry shop.

V2Rocket

I was looking at those covers too a while back; I chose the upholstery shop and never looked back.

The seats look amazing, better than new is all I can say. The guy also replaced most of the seat foam and cleaned up the tilting hardware and stuff. The real cost of the job is finding the right color/type of leather and vinyl and then the time it takes.

ausgeflippt951

Sorry to hijack a smidge, but I've got a quick question:

My seats are in quite nice condish, and I want to keep them that way. I have debated throwing covers on there and removing them for track events and shows, but I'm still not sure. Is the "Porsche Porsche Porsche..." cloth print still in circulation? B/c if it is, why bother w/ covers when I could just reupholster them in 10 years w/ no fuss? Now, if the "Porsche" cloth is not available, I'm thinkin' covers...

fpena944

How did you find a shop to do this for only $275 a seat?!? All of the shops I went to are quoting me $800-$1000 a seat installed. Are these vinyl covers or leather?

V2Rocket

My seats were $700/pair, in leather/vinyl combo.

SpecialtyConcreteCoatings

just buy the ebay ones so i can see how they fit and look.

billthe3

If you are going to recover them yourself I'd recomend at least getting some with known quality, inparticular the ones that Rennbay sells. I've seen a couple of seat sets covered with those and they are high quality pieces. They're vinyl though.
http://www.rennbay.com/seat-upholste...8c1f49e4380b51

Dunasso

Ok, the shop I chose was Pro-Stitch on 17th St. in Wilmington, NC. They quoted me 275 per seat in the vinyl and 385 per seat for vinyl sides and back with real german leather seat inserts. It was 550 for full leather per seat.

My 944 seats are vynil and leather...so I'll probably opt for method #2 and have them re-done the same way they came.

Captnsas

I bought some a few years ago from Automotion. They are called Wet Okole and fit quite well. I think they cost about $250/pair now.