Refurbishing Comfort Seats

[Merv]

Looks like I got the last piece then. He still has the B&W

[Fishcop]

I bought a stash of his B&W for my sport seats - it's really lovely.

[LJP]

If it's Garry Hall at Classic FX you speak of he has 6m of black and white left and is still sold out of red black and white, I placed an order today.

[Merv]

My fabric from Garry Hall arrived today. Off to the trimmers soon.

[Classic]

Looks great Merv

[Merv]

I think they will thanks Tony. The seats themselves are very good, well sprung, operating correctly and unmarked. I will give them a try if I ever get my car back ...

[npvpositive]

Does anyone know if Tony Garcia or someone else will sell the sports seats foam/seat pads?

[Merv]

Lakewood sell the kits Nick https://www.lakewell.com/en/porsche/...sche-911-65-73

But maybe not just the foam pads. You could ask

These guys have most stuff but again not the foam pads for the Sports seats.

http://www.worlduph.com/porsche/911/classic/coupe/

Could you make your own? I am sure John will know as he is doing the same.

[Terminator]

Does anyone know if Tony Garcia or someone else will sell the sports seats foam/seat pads?

Yes the guys who distribute the recaro copies sold by Lakewell and others sell the foam parts

I will locate their contact info, based in the USA

[Classic]

World upholstery have a number of products that they don't list on their web site.......

As an example my rear seat bottoms were non-existent, and when I enquired they were kind enough to supply a set for me at no extra charge.........always worth an email

[Merv]

The horns of a dilemma. I fitted one of the comfort seats today.


Now I am less sure that I will use them at all. They are very good seats but don't compare with the experience of the Torino replica sports seats.

I also bought the superb fabric (Red/Black/ White) from Gary Hall in the UK to fit to these comfort seats.

I am currently inclined to bag up the comfort seats as part of the car's originality and either sell the 2m of fabric or use it to replace the B/W peptia on the Torinos! Even if that was possible.

Decisions, decisions!

[Fishcop]

Use Garry's pepita and recover the torinos - best of both worlds.

And I told you so :p

PS - you could begin the hunt for a pair of genuine 68 S sport seats - there were an option for the L. No change from $10k though

[Merv]

Yes John, the comfort seats are quite liveable. But you seem to sit lower (that could be adjusted). However, the Torinos set such a high standard and seem even better than the original Recaro sports seats I have tried. Expensive and not as good. The Comfort seats were sought to add to originality as my car come without them.

I wonder how easy/difficult replacing the existing pepita on the BF Torinos would be? Looking at the side seam those centre sections in the upright bolster are a separate component and could be easily re-done? Phil is that right?

[ELSPORTO]

The horns of a dilemma. I fitted one of the comfort seats today.


Now I am less sure that I will use them at all. They are very good seats but don't compare with the experience of the Torino replica sports seats.

I also bought the superb fabric (Red/Black/ White) from Gary Hall in the UK to fit to these comfort seats.

I am currently inclined to bag up the comfort seats as part of the car's originality and either sell the 2m of fabric or use it to replace the B/W peptia on the Torinos! Even if that was possible.

Decisions, decisions!

Hi Merv,

let me know if you want to sell your red/black/white pepita - I have a set of sports seats that need new inserts.

I also have red/white/black inserts from Sierra Madre that have a more burgundy than red colour band if you're interested in them.
Cheers,
Ben.

[Fishcop]

Yes John, the comfort seats are quite liveable. But you seem to sit lower (that could be adjusted). However, the Torinos set such a high standard and seem even better than the Recaro sports seats I have tried. The Comfort seats were sought to add to originality as my car come without them.

I wonder how easy/difficult replacing the existing pepita on the BF Torinos would be? Looking at the side seam those centre sections in the upright bolster are a separate component and could be easily re-done? Phil is that right?

Justin Reed had his similar seats redone last year using Eric Lindner's (NLA) fabric and they came out beautifully. It didn't seem to be a problem. My own Nurburgring seats were apparently very easy to re-do according to my trimmer as well.