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Old Dec 29, 2024 | 08:09 PM
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Two things I can share:
1) If you don’t lift your legs getting out and leverage a bit on the steering wheel, you are going to get wear/creases on that driver side seat edge. You have to get in a habit of lifting up when getting out.

2) You can CAREFULLY use a heat gun and go over the creases slowly and steadily to tighten the leather and remove wear lines. You can get a cheap one on Amazon for $30. *Get too close or go too slow and you will burn your seat. Go nice and even and you will get creases out after several minutes. I do this once or twice a year and probably condition leather once a month.
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Old Dec 29, 2024 | 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by TX991.2
Two things I can share:
1) If you don’t lift your legs getting out and leverage a bit on the steering wheel, you are going to get wear/creases on that driver side seat edge. You have to get in a habit of lifting up when getting out.

2) You can CAREFULLY use a heat gun and go over the creases slowly and steadily to tighten the leather and remove wear lines. You can get a cheap one on Amazon for $30. *Get too close or go too slow and you will burn your seat. Go nice and even and you will get creases out after several minutes. I do this once or twice a year and probably condition leather once a month.
This is awesome. Does it need that level of heat or wifey's normal hair dryer enough?

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Old Dec 29, 2024 | 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by MrWhite
This is awesome. Does it need that level of heat or wifey's normal hair dryer enough?
hair dryer not going to get hot enough. Below is what I have. Recommend watching some YouTube videos and be patient. Don’t want to burn the leather.

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Old Dec 30, 2024 | 10:23 AM
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Default Just for reference….

I had a 2019 991.2 /25k miles and the seats looked worse than the one you have shown.

I “upgraded” to a 2012 991.1 with 50k miles and here is a pic of the seats.

like many have said, depends on who’s getting in and out and keep looking.

I trust this is useful for you


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Old Dec 30, 2024 | 10:33 AM
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Default Just for reference….

I had a 2019 991.2 /25k miles and the seats looked worse than the one you have shown.

I “upgraded” to a 2012 991.1 with 50k miles and here is a pic of the seats.

like many have said, depends on who’s getting in and out and keep looking.

I trust this is useful for you


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