Robert Linton

As some are interested in redoing older interiors, severral days ago I came across this from Spinneybeck Leather. The weave can be had in many colors and colors can be intermixed:

https://www.spinneybeck.com/index.ph...ather-weave-lw

It seems quite interesting.

mnmlod

Lots of possibilities.

02m2

Same stuff used in the Singer's

Jjm4life

Thanks for the link. Thought I Had my mind made up about my seat centers. I guess not anymore. Basketweave all of the things

Johannvb

I always think that basket weave will not last long before it loses its shape and patern. Does anybody have experience with this over a couple of years?

RENN GTS

Sweet. Now we're all about to have the same looking interior!

Robert Linton

Interesting. Wonder what kind of durability testing/fire retardency testing Singer did? Also, not being a leather expert, wonder if furniture leather and automotive leather have different fading characteristics and resistence to stains. But, I assume Singer looked at all of that. Maybe worth asking Singer to see if this weave, which is very attractive, could be used for older cars. (Indeed, in general, I wonder what level of safety/crash testing tuners such as Singer, etc. do. When, e.g., they finish "reimagining" a 964, most of which had airbags originally, at least in America, do the original airbags remain, do they add additional ones?)

LPMM

Paul used Spinneybeck and his interior is something to drool over
https://rennlist.com/forums/964-foru...l#post12378023
Page 21 is where the interior decision comes to fruition

ronone10

off topic question, the singer seats use grommets. Anything unique about them and where would you buy them (USA)?

Thanks

18T_BT

Grommets can be had at Jo-Ann fabrics and the like.
It's a pretty easy install: http://www.sew4home.com/tips-resourc...ewing-projects
Another place to get them: http://www.romefast.com/Grommets.htm
Any upholstery shop should be able to do this.

ramans

Spinneybeck makes not only the real basket weave, which according to the drool worthy thread has a backing material, but they have a pressed material which just has the grain in it which looks like weave. They will send you samples of colour and materiel, I'm looking at doing my car now.

cscrogham

All of the airbags come out, as I understand they couldn't figure out a good way to keep the harness and were concerned about having to keep the stock steering wheel (or risk an airbag the had not been tested with different weight, seats, etc).

cscrogham

FYI recently saw one that had grommets pulling out of the seat material, so not sure if that is a good solution long term.

Robert Linton

Though I did not know, I wondered if both airbags were removed during what is said by Singer to be a complete rebuilding of the entirety of cars and were never reinstalled. Curious, were the Singer cars subjected to actual crash tests?

Johannvb

No, because the car is not new it keeps the old chassis number. Singer does not actually sell cars, they sell a service. The car is purchased by the owner and always remains their property. This allows Singer to bypass many regulations that other manufacturer have to comply with.