Sport Seats Saga
09-14-2010, 10:21 PM
#46
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my "money shot"
taken before the big ovals were put on...shed looks very different now also.
Lexol fan here also...seats just seem to eat the stuff up, gotta get mo.
Lexol fan here also...seats just seem to eat the stuff up, gotta get mo.
09-15-2010, 12:07 AM
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mc: Try some deep leather conditioning. As others have said already, sport seats are known for loose center backs and unclipping of the leather at the shoulder and side area. Those issues may have been aggravated by poor packing and cleaning the smoke smell but they are not the cause. Relaxing the leather with Lexol or some other leather conditioner will help make the leather more supple and possibly reverse some of the shrinkage you noted. By deep, I mean soak them overnight and repeat the application a few times.
09-15-2010, 05:32 AM
#49
Burning Brakes
+1 on soaking them in Leatherique rejuvinator or the Lexol product (no affiliation), that will make the leather much softer.
Regarding the leather coming loose, are there any steel clips holding the leather in place ?
My seats had some small steel clips with claws to hold the leather in place, my guess is if you order a few of these it will solve your problem. Don't have the part no but I am sure they are available from Porsche.
Edit : found the clips, part no : 999 507 526 01 clamp (6 pcs for each seat)
To be found on illustration 807-20 here : http://www.porsche.com/all/media/pdf...SA_KATALOG.pdf
The Velcro's holding the center padding are also available, check illustration 807-22
Regarding the smoke smell it can be removed with a ozone treatment, a ozone generator in your car for a couple of days will kill the smell.
The down side is that you will have ozone smell in your car for two to three weeks, but it WILL disappear. I have ozone treated several cars and always with good results
Regarding the leather coming loose, are there any steel clips holding the leather in place ?
My seats had some small steel clips with claws to hold the leather in place, my guess is if you order a few of these it will solve your problem. Don't have the part no but I am sure they are available from Porsche.
Edit : found the clips, part no : 999 507 526 01 clamp (6 pcs for each seat)
To be found on illustration 807-20 here : http://www.porsche.com/all/media/pdf...SA_KATALOG.pdf
The Velcro's holding the center padding are also available, check illustration 807-22
Regarding the smoke smell it can be removed with a ozone treatment, a ozone generator in your car for a couple of days will kill the smell.
The down side is that you will have ozone smell in your car for two to three weeks, but it WILL disappear. I have ozone treated several cars and always with good results
Last edited by Akerlie; 09-15-2010 at 05:56 AM.
09-15-2010, 09:02 AM
#50
Nordschleife Master
09-16-2010, 06:13 AM
#53
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09-16-2010, 07:23 AM
#54
Nordschleife Master
that is indeed the money shot...!
Harlan, the short answer is "not yet".
Longer answer - I have found plenty sports seats overpriced for their condition. I would expect to pay $4-5k for a really pristine set. But the $3k or so for some of the sets out there is overpriced for their condition. The other thing is that the more I look, the more I am drawn to the more dimunitive look of the RS style sports seats for a narrowbody car. Not that the regular hardbacks look bad in a narrow car (look at the gorgeous pics above), but I like the RS style as much or more. If I decide to go that route, I might go replica -- becuase there are a couple really good providers of TUV-certified quality copies in Germany that look extremely close to the original....at a very reasonable price.
Harlan, the short answer is "not yet".
Longer answer - I have found plenty sports seats overpriced for their condition. I would expect to pay $4-5k for a really pristine set. But the $3k or so for some of the sets out there is overpriced for their condition. The other thing is that the more I look, the more I am drawn to the more dimunitive look of the RS style sports seats for a narrowbody car. Not that the regular hardbacks look bad in a narrow car (look at the gorgeous pics above), but I like the RS style as much or more. If I decide to go that route, I might go replica -- becuase there are a couple really good providers of TUV-certified quality copies in Germany that look extremely close to the original....at a very reasonable price.
09-17-2010, 03:13 PM
#57
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