Ed Hughes

Glad to hear you went OEM. I was worried that someone may see the reference to S/S fasteners above, and think it was a valid substitute to what Porsche put there.

GBX

Yeah. A bolt that holds the seat in place is not something that I wanted to take a risk with, for obvious reasons.

So, torque specs are 17ft-lbs. Can you even get a torque wrench in there? What have you guys done?

GBX

i couldn't resist.....

more to come when i get them all unwrapped!

P-daddy

Nice! How well did the carton box hold up through Shipping?

95_993

Absolutely.

mr_bock

So you still have not unwrapped the seats!!!!!!

I bet at Xmas time you look at the presents but wait till New Years to open them...

GBX

haha. Sundays with the Fam take priority. Kids asleep so here we go:







The quality of the rebuild is amazing. And the quality of the leather is superb! Even the switches and levers look like new (i know people have had complaints about this in the past). Overall, i'm very happy with these right out of the box. Can't wait to get them in the car!!

Carton held up very well. Only thing that happened is that the seat slide adjustment lever on 1 seat got bent a bit. It was pushed into the seat where it's almost touching the plastic cover. Still works though. I told Waldemar and he said i should be able to bend it back by hand. Also offered to send a video of how he does it which should be helpful.



anyone have experience with this? i tried pulling but doesn't seem to want to budge. Maybe Waldemar has a trick to show me in his video. We shall see. Otherwise, maybe i can use the lever from my original seats. Just not sure how easily they come apart. Need to look into this.

More to come.....

P-daddy

^ Shippers can be pretty rough with packages. Maybe W has a trick, I just don't see how that'll bend back easily
Seats are gorgeous btw!

SKM

How's the condition of the donor frames and hardware? Are they finished as new or do they show wear from their previous use? Perhaps the adjustment handle was bent while being stored or moved around prior to or after being purchased by Waldemar.

Grapeape

I would wait for Waldemar to instruct. But if I had to bend that back I would first wrap the curved bend area with tape to protect the metal from scratches, I prefer Gorilla tape. Then use a big closed end box wrench as a pry bar to slowly pull the seat handle away from the seat. You slip the box end over the handle and poisition it in a way that gives you leverage at the seat handle bend and apply pressure, slowly.

GBX

donor frames are in great condition actually. Very minimal signs of wear.

The handle was def bent in transit. Here is a pic that Waldemar sent to me during the build process. Handle looks as it should.



Thanks. Waldemar says it can be bent by hand so hopefully i wont have to worry about scratches, but good advise nonetheless

AOW162435

Jason,
Seats look fantastic!

Wrap the handle, top to bottom, with a few layers of duct/Gorilla tape. Then find a suitable section of pipe, slip it over the handle, and gently bend as needed.

A 2' (or shorter) piece of black pipe that loosely fits over the plastic **** would work. Plumbing section of Home Depot.




Andreas

Foxman

They look awesome! Congrats!

GBX

Thanks Andreas!

Gbos1

Wow! Impressive Craftsmanship!!! Worth the $$$$!!!