Copperman05
New member
After about 4 weeks I got my seats fitted from Southbound yesterday, I think they look great. Initially I wanted to loose some weight (30kg from stock seats) and get the car a bit more track focused but still usable every day. Not wanting the big RECARO logo on the top of my seats I looked at the leather options, Recaro do a leather trimmed Pole Position seat but I found it a bit naff compared to others I'd seen, poorly fitted, finished and still pretty expensive.
I then found through Southbound that Porsche fitted very similar leather seats to the 964rs and 993rs model 911's, but with three tone coloured cushions, almost identical to the cloth seats found in the 968CS but obviously in leather. Southbound told me they could make seats in the same style using Pole Positions and re-trimming in black Porsche OEM leather. So I thought if I'm going to fit leather seats I might as well get them as close to factory as possible, the embossed Porsche crest being my own addition (993rs leather seats never had Porsche crest embossed, only embroidered in cloth versions).
Original electric motor Recaro seats are 24kg each (right), re-trimmed poles with all fittings are 9-10kg each.
Fitted in the S2, although modern seats underneath I think they still look retrospective to the period.
Very happy with the work Southbound have done, they are proper Porsche enthusiasts too working now exclusively on Porsche cars.
Edd
I then found through Southbound that Porsche fitted very similar leather seats to the 964rs and 993rs model 911's, but with three tone coloured cushions, almost identical to the cloth seats found in the 968CS but obviously in leather. Southbound told me they could make seats in the same style using Pole Positions and re-trimming in black Porsche OEM leather. So I thought if I'm going to fit leather seats I might as well get them as close to factory as possible, the embossed Porsche crest being my own addition (993rs leather seats never had Porsche crest embossed, only embroidered in cloth versions).
Original electric motor Recaro seats are 24kg each (right), re-trimmed poles with all fittings are 9-10kg each.
Fitted in the S2, although modern seats underneath I think they still look retrospective to the period.
Very happy with the work Southbound have done, they are proper Porsche enthusiasts too working now exclusively on Porsche cars.
Edd
]) saving me £100 on each seat. They also have the studio cloth from the silver rose (in 2 different colours!), Porsche script cloth in five different colours, ultra rare 924 CGT pinstripe cloth, and many more. So please dont dismiss them when you next need something as you may find that just like your local OPC they're actually pretty good sometimes!
