leather seats
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Scuff Master from Porsche shop is brilliant i used in on my black sports leather. They really did look new and didn't need colour testing because there black. Don't use there gloss enhancer that you get with, its crap. Just buy some Gliptone leather feeder and go over the seats after dying. It dye dry's quick so you can use ther car after an hour. No one beleive the leather is 16 years old. I'll post a pic tomorrow.
carlmthompson
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Also try www.woolies-trim.co.uk
Expensive, but well renowned for their work on vvvv expensive classic cars.
They also won't send you some until you've sent them a cutting of you're leather so it can be matched to perfection!
Expensive, but well renowned for their work on vvvv expensive classic cars.
They also won't send you some until you've sent them a cutting of you're leather so it can be matched to perfection!
On the face of it that looks a very fair price. They don't say if it is for either standard or sports seats so that might be an issue.
Going that route it would be criminal not to replace the seat foam at the same time.
Had I not just bought a race seat I might well have been tempted.
Going that route it would be criminal not to replace the seat foam at the same time.
Had I not just bought a race seat I might well have been tempted.
I am led to believe that the seat foam is not available any longer.
I have made fairly extensive enquiries at Bolton and Exeter OPC and Southbound, but to no avail!
The original part number supercedes to the foam for the 3 switch electric seat and lists a load blanks and bits to cover the 3rd hole not needed on the 2 switch seat, which I have.
Anyway to cut a long story short, neither 2 nor 3 switch foam is available.
Unless anyone knows any different.......
I have made fairly extensive enquiries at Bolton and Exeter OPC and Southbound, but to no avail!
The original part number supercedes to the foam for the 3 switch electric seat and lists a load blanks and bits to cover the 3rd hole not needed on the 2 switch seat, which I have.
Anyway to cut a long story short, neither 2 nor 3 switch foam is available.
Unless anyone knows any different.......
Diver944
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I think this is why Southbound Trimmers have the Porsche market mostly sewn up (geddit [
]) and can charge accordingly [&o]
Just about every other retrim that I have seen just does not look factory, and neither do these ones. They are loose around the shoulders and the depth of the ribbing doesn't look right. Obviously they are much better than ripped or frayed originals but to someone who knows these cars it just don't look right guv.
]) and can charge accordingly [&o]Just about every other retrim that I have seen just does not look factory, and neither do these ones. They are loose around the shoulders and the depth of the ribbing doesn't look right. Obviously they are much better than ripped or frayed originals but to someone who knows these cars it just don't look right guv.
random hero
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They dont look quite right to me either and the colours questionable,the trimmers in question are local to me but i havent used them yet.I need a job doing on my bucket seats so will be visiting them soon to get a quote and compare it with the other local trimmers.
peanut
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well leaving aside the extraordinary colour choice [:'(]
The seats are not sports seats so the squab and back will not have the same amount of wing support but saying that they just do not look right at all. i'm sure the quality is excellent given the price but you need to have an accurate template to start with.
My drivers seat has just colapsed under my weight so I'm going to have to do something about mine soon.
The seats are not sports seats so the squab and back will not have the same amount of wing support but saying that they just do not look right at all. i'm sure the quality is excellent given the price but you need to have an accurate template to start with.
My drivers seat has just colapsed under my weight so I'm going to have to do something about mine soon.
garyalanlane
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Try these http://www.trim-star.co.uk/. They don't really do porsche but the guy there quoted me about £1200 + vat to do the front and rear seats in leather including leather backs, not horrible vinyl like the oe ones and the door cards. I've seen some of their work and the quality is amazing.
I don't actually think the original vinyl is horrible - lots of people don't even notice it isn't leather even after buying the car.
I also don't know that I would put over a grand into an unknown trimmer when you can get known quality OE-looking front covers from Southbound for less. I guess if you want a custom looking interior then fine, but personally I think it's fair to say I have yet to see a custom Porssche interior that I like and most look like pooch's first meal of the day, the one linked at the top of this thread most definitely included.
Don't get me wrong; I think Dave Nunn knows how to charge with the best of them, but if I were willing to pay his prices then that's where I'd go; I certainly wouldn't be looking to give someone else even more for the job.
I also don't know that I would put over a grand into an unknown trimmer when you can get known quality OE-looking front covers from Southbound for less. I guess if you want a custom looking interior then fine, but personally I think it's fair to say I have yet to see a custom Porssche interior that I like and most look like pooch's first meal of the day, the one linked at the top of this thread most definitely included.
Don't get me wrong; I think Dave Nunn knows how to charge with the best of them, but if I were willing to pay his prices then that's where I'd go; I certainly wouldn't be looking to give someone else even more for the job.
Agree that the vinyl is a very good substitute for leather. It's the best non-leather leather job I think I have ever come across.
Also agree about southbound. Although they do do a deliciously good job! I guess that's why they charge the prices they can - because people will pay for quality.
Looking at the photos of those crushed-raspberry pink seats again, I think they are non-standard, or some other model of seat. Look at the shape of the top of the (pink) insert on the upright back of the seat - it tapers differently at the top to the seats in my S2. And the backrest-tilt lever is much lower down the side. I think they are a different model of seat. And I wonder whether the trimmer gave out a free pair of sunglasses to the happy new owner of one of the least tasteful interiors I have ever seen ... !
Oli.
Also agree about southbound. Although they do do a deliciously good job! I guess that's why they charge the prices they can - because people will pay for quality.
Looking at the photos of those crushed-raspberry pink seats again, I think they are non-standard, or some other model of seat. Look at the shape of the top of the (pink) insert on the upright back of the seat - it tapers differently at the top to the seats in my S2. And the backrest-tilt lever is much lower down the side. I think they are a different model of seat. And I wonder whether the trimmer gave out a free pair of sunglasses to the happy new owner of one of the least tasteful interiors I have ever seen ... !
Oli.
Actually I think you're right, Oli; they are not the same as later 944 seats. I know the 911 seats changed for 1985 (which means there was one year of the 3.2 Carrera with old seast like the SC). The older 911 ones are most easily identified by having a squarer headrest than the later ones. I wonder if the same is true of the square-dash 944s?
I know someone who will know... Simon (944Man) can you tell us?
I know someone who will know... Simon (944Man) can you tell us?
random hero
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As far is i know the seat shape changed slight with the introduction of the oval dash cars.
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