I do have the ventilated seats in front and I was somewhat worried about the conditioner penetrating through the "holes" and possibly clogging them up. I guess I will just have to keep driving and hoping the leather softens up from usage over time.

 

.. Speaking of seats, I don't recall if I mentioned this before but the drivers seat on my ST squeaks like you wouldn't believe. I have been able to determine that most of the noise comes from the side bolster rubbing against the centre console. Has anyone else encountered something similar?

-- Mike

 

I have no squeaks. Can you adjust the seat a little further forward or back and then change the back reclining to fit the new bottom distance?

 

My passenger's seat rattles if it is not occupied, particularly down the quite rough ½ mile road from our house to the main road. As I am normally in electric mode for this road, it is particularly noticeable. The back seats on my previous 997 used to squeak at lot , when folded down, unless the leather was freshly treated.

Wilson

 

I will have to play around with this. My service advisor asked me to do the same thing once and I gave them my death stare.

 

@Wilson Laidlaw Might sound daft, but in my 18way seats, the passenger belt often is turned and tapping the side of the chair, where as in my previous one that had only 8 way seats didn't.

Also, I once had a 640d that drove me to despair with a squeaky passenger seat, went in and out of BMW, a technician even sat in the back whilst I drove him around, in the end they found it, and sorted it with some Velcro loop on the back of the seat belt retainer.
(Annoyingly it also would set the passenger seat belt alarm off if i had a Chinese takeaway sat on the seat - when I had 5 adults in my house).

 

Had a raddl9ng vibration noise, turns out it was the cup holders in the rear seat armrest when left open.

 

I know what the source of the rattle is on mine. It is the rack on the tilt mechanism for the seat back, rattling against the drive gear of the tilt motor. I have had this greased and it went away for a few weeks then came back again. As it is only really noticeable going down my drive, I decided I can live with it.

Wilson

 

I went for a short drive and played with the seat settings. Some of the squeaks were silenced when I raised my sitting position a little. I wouldn't expect this to be such a common complaint on a Porsche.

 

I bought some Honey Leather Cleaner and some Honey Leather Conditioner. We'll see how it works and report back.

 

Hello Guys - Any recommendations on protecting the nose from rocks - thinking of a clear wrap and one have any experience on how far up towards the hood to run it or how it holds up?

Thanks Mike

 

When I bought my 2018 Panamera 4 E-Hybrid I immediately took it to my Detailer. He washed, clay barred, and polished the car. Then he applied Ceramic Pro to the entire car. Then he put Xpel Ultimate on the entire front of the car from the A pillar forward and also did the side mirrors and door edges and around the trunk area. The Xpel Ultimate has held up great through 12,000 miles, many of which were on freeways at very high speeds. I had one small rock chip that made a "hole" in the Xpel but didn't do anything to the paint underneath. It was just below the Porsche Crest and off a bit to the side on the bumper. Went back to the Detailer and he put a "small" patch of Xpel back onto that location. The Xpel did the job and protected the paint.

 

you'll want to run it all the way up the hood, my car has it only on the front 1/3rd and I have chips in the paint above that.

 

My car has paint protection film on the entire car except the glass roof and is also ceramic coated. If you want it to look good for a long time you need to do it.

 

Hello all: Former Panamera Owner here so my apologies to drop in uninvited to this thread. I wanted to offer any interested parties a set of as new Porsche OEM 19" Turbo IIs wheels and tires. They fit the Panamera variant model year 2009 through 2017. They are staggered. Rennlist ad of wheels is below as well as ebay ad for them. PM me if interested. Local pick up price is discounted. Wheels/Tires located in Miami, FL 33137. Thank you for your interest, links below:

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