Speedtoys

Looking for photo input on whether I should french seam, use piping, and ideas for headrest designs for mt S4 seats

The seats will be black, perforated center cushions.

The interior is black, with tan carpet and door panel inserts.

granprixweiss928

look in modern Porsches with leather for ideas.

Jim Devine

French seam- nothing to catch on as you get in & out.

Nicole

French seam, and match the color of the door panel inserts!

Mongo

I always liked the look of 959 seats. Just food for thought...

hacker-pschorr

What's the budget? Only doing the front seats? What is the current color combination?

Speedtoys

Yes, only fronts right now. Here is colors today:

Black & Tan...and budget..Rob Budd already has the seats, I'm comfortable with the pricing we have already discussed, not a huge problem.




In the embroidered crest, I am considering the stitching to be in tan to match the carpet/door inserts.


And I like the idea of french seam, to not catch on anything...since Jim mentioned it, yes, I know I lightly snag on the piping now and then.

hacker-pschorr

My only issue with stitching is it won't match the rear seats. Not something that would bother me, just something to consider.

Tan stitching on black seats would be awesome! A lot of people don't like the two tone, I think it's not used enough.

These are expensive cars and should have expensive looking interiors (like an Aston Martin).

I had photos of black seats with tan inserts, cannot find them now (wasn't a 928, in a 911 I think).

Speedtoys

The rears will be done soon enough...just not today.

Hmm..tan french seams and embroidery...ok..I can see that.

Im also considering alcantara centers, i black...but im trying to "see" them in my head as tan..wondering if that's too much.

The black leather seat to black alcantara is a "highlight" in color/textured in itself.

hacker-pschorr

Yup...that's why my interior re-do has been on hold...for many many years...I cannot make up my mind.

These photos are from 10? years ago, trying to decide what color to add to the interior of my 81.....still haven't done anything.

supercedar

Jeff,
If the stitching is a different color it needs to be perfect. Have you seen perfect recently?
Thomas

Jerry Feather

[QUOTE= Have you seen perfect recently?
Thomas[/QUOTE]

Last time I saw Constantine's!

Or Rob's for that matter.

Speedtoys

Over the years Rob's has been flawless that I have seen, or Constantine's.

I think im going with:
Black leather seats
Black alcantara upper and lower inserts
Tan embroidery on headrest
Tan french seam stitching (Only for seat edges, not centers and inserts)
Tan leather over seat adjuster button
Recover the door inserts in matching tan leather (Existing is tan vinyl)


Options in my head are, only alcantara for the upper center section, or none at all.

Wanna get rid of some of the summer burn from black leather, but I like the grip of the alcantara...and that mix of leather with it would look a lot like some of the modern porsche seats too.

j.kenzie@sbcglobal.net

I went through this a year or two ago with Rob. I went with piping instead of French seams, because I thought the French seams make the seats look slightly fatter. The piping creates a knife-edge look, which I think fits with the older seats' design.
Just my opinion.
Rob will do a great job, no matter what you choose.
Dave

hacker-pschorr

Black with silver or white: