Today I re-installed the driver's seat in Iris after a recover performed by Paul. This is the first job I've sent to Paul and I'm VERY impressed with his workmanship and couldn't be happier with the result. I thought I'd post a few pics before the repair and after the seat was re-installed.

Here's both the driver's seat (left) and passenger seat (right) before the repair. You can see the discoloration on the driver's seat.


Here's a close up on the driver's seat. The forward two seat bottom panels were repaired previously by the original owner and the material didn't even feel like leather - more like vinyl and the holes were noticeably larger than the rest of the seat.


I asked Paul if he could restore the seat so it looked factory original in style, color and texture. He said yes and I shipped him the seat. I got the seat back last weekend and installed it today. Here are some pics of the result....














I'm so thankful we have a resource like Paul! THANKS for doing such a great job on this seat!

 

I can see that I need to start gathering my lunch money and, in parallel, increase my billing rate for consulting. My seats look much more like Dwayne's "before" pictures when they should be closer to the "after" images.

Mine's a DD. Do mere mortals like myself stand a chance of installing covers correctly?

 

Dwayne,

That car looks AWESOME!!! Oh, 12k miles...that is why it looks so good! Very nice my friend, VERY NICE!

 

My sport seat covers where initially installed on the frames of a 1984 model year in order to have all my electrical functions working I had to re-install them myself on the frames of my 1994 as you can see they came out fine and you may only need lunch money as you'll save on shipping and installation.

 

Looks great, Paul does magic with leather.

 

Beautiful Dwayne. I'm thinking of sending my seats to Paul to bolster the bottom seat pleats, which are glued from what I understand, and Paul has a fix for that so that they don't ultimately "blow out" and flatten. How did you ship the seats to Paul and what was the approximate shipping cost?

 

Dwayne............thats an excellent example of the 928; beautiful work Paul.

Ed.......I share your logistics concern and have spoken with Paul, I'll send a PM with details.

 

Pauls work never ceases to amaze me......

 

What did it cost you to restore those seats?

 

Dwayne,
I have been waiting for another OUTSTANDING DIY pictorial from you. Any chance that you would do another one?
Thanks again for your great work as always.
Steve

 

Hi Ed,
Paul recommended a Wardrobe "Shorty" box available at moving stores such as U-Haul. One seat fits nicely in this box. My shipping weight for one seat was 65.4 pounds and cost $152.92 to ship from CA to TX using FedEx.

I only needed to restore the driver's seat. However, Paul's prices are available on his website for his products. I would recommend e-mailing Paul or calling him if you have special requirements for your restoration. He's great to work with! Here's the link:

http://www.designpaulchampagne.com/PorscheOrder.html

 

Hello Steve,
Why, YES! As a matter of fact I'm working on a massive write up for TT bearing and TC bearing replacement. I hope to be fnished with it next weekend and will start the upload to this forum.

 

Looks great, Dwayne! Excellent work by Paul as usual.

I was particularly pleased to finally see an example of Paul's work performed to mimic the factory appearance. I'm a purist, and if I ever engage him to do work on mine I'll ask for the same look. I'm happy he offers this option.

 

Thanks Dwayne. That price isn't too bad. My ship cost would probably be about the same, altho my seat won't weigh as much - no power switches, etc.

 

Paul has both my front seats now. He's doing the french seams on mine. I am getting really hyped reading this thread!!! They look great Dwayne!