storing leather seats

[Robert M]

  Tough call on the location- I'd probably try and avoid the attic but 
consider that car interiors get damn hot and damn cold.

  I like the idea of leather preservative, but I'd probably wrap the seats 
in old towels before bagging them.  The leather, the preservative, and the 
bags may all outgas and it'd suck to have a reaction that affected the 
appearance.

  Try and come up with some way to short the airbag connectors if possible.  
Some of these have a shorting plug built in that gets forced aside when 
connected to the car harness, but it's best to check.

$0.03,
Robert

>From: Lee Levitt <lee at wheelman.com>
>Reply-To: lee at wheelman.com
>To: s-car-list at www.audifans.com, quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: storing leather seats
>Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:38:02 -0800 (PST)
>
>I found a complete sport leather interior for my '99 A6 and so now
>I need to store the stock seats (front and rear). I expect at some
>point to want to put the stock seats back into the car, so I'm
>going to keep them.
>
>I'm not sure the best way to store them long term...it could be
>several years before they see light of day again. The front seats
>also have airbags. They're black and the leather is in very good
>condition.
>
>Ideally, I'd store them in my attic, as I have the most usable
>dead storage space there. But it gets hot there in the summer,
>perhaps as high as 130 degrees and cold in the winter (below
>freezing, perhaps to 20 degrees).
>
>Is this a safe place to store the seats or should I make some
>space in a more climate controlled area?
>
>Either way, what else should I do to prepare them for storage?
>Treat them with leather preservative, wrap them in plastic and
>seal? Put mothballs in? I don't typically have rodent issues, but
>I'd hate to find them all chewed up 3 years from now.
>
>Unfortunately, they're not worth very much on the open market, or
>I'd just sell them. But pairs of front seats sit on ebay for
>$200...
>
>Thoughts appreciated.
>
>Lee
>'99 A6 quattro avant 135K
>'96 A6 quattro avant 120K
>'95 A6 quattro avant 150K (for sale)
>


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