Dan Nagy

Bump on this thread. Is anybody still seeing this?

I currently have 14-way with Black/beige on order, and thinking maybe Sport Tex. My only concern with Sport Tex is the summer heat.

detansinn

I'm coming up to 6500 miles on my C4S with 18 ways and full leather. I don't experience it anymore.

Dan Nagy

Thanks kindly. I’m still nervous about the black/beige with wood trim.... not not comfort, but also somebody mentioned they had stains from their blue jeans, etc, and wonder about how easily they stain.

swagon

The lighter the colour, the dirtier it looks.

Use something like Colourlock leather shield to protect the leather from dirt. Or in emergency cases, you can just use a damp MF towel to wipe the stains off in a matter of seconds.

Blue911Heaven

Haven't noticed any sag on my sport-Tex yet. I have just about 3000 miles on the car. I weigh 165lbs 🤷‍♂️

992Sam

4200 miles on my perforated / air-conditioned seats and no sag yet.. I weigh 190lbs

kayjh

Most people don't have much left in their wallet after spending $130,000 on the car, so maybe a thin wallet isn't a problem?

diononiz

I had that issue on my 2016 991.1 turbo after a couple years, very well could be the wallet. I switched to a LV thin wallet (after a lot of pressure from my wife and daughters) and will see how it goes in my 2020 992 Cab S.

stevensivak

Can you tell us about the technique?

gcurnew

Sure. While heating with the hair dryer, I "massaged" the seat, flattening out the puckers. The heat will naturally contract the leather, but you need to be careful to make sure the heat is applied evenly, and you go slowly. The Sport Plus seats took about 15 minutes to fix, and the problem never returned. On my GT2 seats, I needed to repeat the process after 6 more months of use, likely due to my worries about overdoing it the first time (the GT2 seat inserts are a whole lot flimsier than normal 911 seats...I'd go so far as to call them cheap). After the second treatment the wrinkles never returned.

Here's an example of a wrinkled seat fixed by simply applying heat...it's a heat gun, so the process goes pretty quickly; using a hair dryer takes longer but removes the risk of damaging/burning the leather. This video lets the heat gun do the work; the "massaging" is my add to ensure the seat doesn't get over-heated and is "contracted" evenly. Scoot ahead to 2:10 in the video for the wrinkle removal (first part of the video is steam cleaning).

https://www.google.com/search?q=usin...bT-gSU8ry4BA38

ADDED: I’d be leery of attempting this fix with ventilated seats without first removing an insert and determining whether a) there is actually (as reported) a membrane between the seat leather and the foam and, b) if heating the seat from above would damage/deform the membrane in any way.

stevensivak

Excellent thanks!!

992Sam

I can't remember the last time I sat down with a wallet in my rear pocket... it always comes out before I sit and is put down somewhere close by.. in the case of the car, the door pockets or seat next to me.

Bob Z.

I have to take mine out since I would sitting sideways if not:

KCviper

Just turned 7,000 miles on my car. Have heated and cooled 18 ways seats with NO issues.

stevensivak

What is it like to remove the leather from the seat bottom in order to replace the foam?