re: blue cloth seat for 90q20v - repair?replace?

[Michael Muller <mullerm@engin.umich.edu>]

My father had his 86 5000S drivers seat seat bottom reupholstered, with
much success: It looks good, feels like it always did, and it was
cheaper than buying a new seat from Audi. He did have a problem getting
the proper cloth, and ended up buying M-B cloth from Germany. It looks
very nice, the color is a good, if not perfect, match (read: you can't
tell the difference unless you look closely). I don't know where he had
it done, but he went based upon a dealer's recommendation (Loeber,
Chicago).

HTH
Mike,
86 5000S (my dad "grew up" to a BMW...good for me, I 'spose)



>Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 13:41:26 -0500
>From: rwinchell@lhs.com
>Subject: blue cloth seat for 90q20v - repair?replace?
>
>All -
>
>A friend of mine just bought a 1990 90q20v. It has a blue cloth
interior, and
>the driver's seat has a big gash in it - right down the middle of the
outside
>bottom bolster. The padding (bolster) seems pretty shot also.
>
>So here's the question - has anyone ever gone about repairing a cloth
seat like
>this? Is it possible to get a new padding (from Audi or where ever) and
just sew
>up the cloth? Alternatively, does anyone have a line on a replacement
seat?
>
>Thanks,
>Rob Winchell
>91 200Q
>

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