Re: Leather seats?

["Martin Pot" <paulnet@ipa.net>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Pot <paulnet@ipa.net>
To: iviarty@juno.com <iviarty@juno.com>
Date: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 9:24 AM
Subject: Re: Leather seats?


>You just have to take the seat out, which is easy, 2 bolts and wire
>connectors. Take the seat inside, put it on the dining table and start
>taking it apart. Take your time and you will notice it is not so difficult,
>and you get to see the frame, which is something very sci fi looking,
>beautifull! However when I did mine, I noticed that a welding point had
>broken of one of the corners of the sheetmetal seat. I took it to the
>machineshop and let them weld it. I took the seat, with the foam still
>attached, to a local upholstry shop, and they took the hogrings off,
removed
>the foam, stitch the leather with new backing and better thread,  put the
>foam back and replaced the hogrings, they also repaired the edge of the
>seat, on the door side. Went home and reasembled the seat in little over
1/2
>an hour. Machine shop $5,00 Upholsterer $45.00. This was 2 years ago and is
>holding up great! They have a saying there, it says: Upholsterers never
die,
>they always recover. Good luck, Martin.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: iviarty@juno.com <iviarty@juno.com>
>To: quattro@audifans.com <quattro@audifans.com>
>Date: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 5:34 PM
>Subject: Leather seats?
>
>
>>
>> While we're on this seat thread...
>>
>> The seam in my driver's seat was split, exposing the foam underneath.
>>At first, it was no big deal, I was just going to try and stitch it back
>>together.  Then someone left the sunroof open on a night that we had
>>about 2.5 in of rain and snow.  When it dried, the leather pulled back,
>>exposing even more of the interior of the seat.   Is there still a way
>>for me to fix it without replacing the seat?  Also, what do I do about
>>seams just starting to split in the passenger and back seats?
>>
>>TIA,
>>
>>Marty
>>1987 5000S
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