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The only issue then would be running the wires for the forward/rear tilt and lumber support but I don't think that would be hard.
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Has anyone here, or is it even possible to switch the backs? my drivers side bolster is now just starting to show wear. Thought maybe swap the passenger side over to give the current drivers side a break. Possible?
Yes, it is possible. I bought a spare cheap seat on ebay so I could take it part and see how it worked since there were no good videos/write up's on line.
The best stuff I did find was on 986 forums. But, yes, it can be done. It will probably take a couple hours first time.
First condoms for the outside and now they have them for the inside? nice.
Gonna check to see if they also make one for the shift **** and door handles too.
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I am very happy with the Auto Chaps. Mine does not move around, they stays in place. For the price you get a pair of the same size.
Usually the passenger seat does not get much use, so I put one Chaps on the driver's side of my 996 [sports seat] and one on the driver's side of my 993 and left the passenger seats naked.
NB They do come in different sizes, one size does not fit all. I got the size to fit my 993 and did a little adjusting to the back of the Chap for the 996 seat.
Yes it is possible to switch the backs, except the lever that fold the seats forward to access back seats will be in the inside now which I think will make it a little hard to reach for if someone needs to get in the back.
Levers on both sides here too!
My driver's entrance-side bolster is in sad shape.
Rather than condomize them as Alp says, have anyone tried to re-upholterize them with success, especially if you can take them apart?
I just did my drivers seat with a new OEM cover I found on ebay for a couple hundred bucks. I now know the seat inside and out, backwards and forwards.
I looked into other companies options. The problem in the porsche OEM seats have retaining straps sewn in and it makes the job easy if you get an OEM cover. But with the aftermartket ones you have to know how to sew with a machine so you can transfer all the attachment points.
The left and right seat back are interchangable. The bottoms are not.
The back rest frame is listed as the same part number on the porsche website, and from my memory the bolts are on the same left and right so the backs will switch. The heated seat comes off so that is not an issue. The only issue then would be running the wires for the forward/rear tilt and lumber support but I don't think that would be hard. It is a couple hour job. It also depends upon options. I have 8 way seats and it took more work to get apart compared to the boxster seat I boulght which was 2 way.
You need to take the seats out, remove a the lower cushion to get to all the bolts, then just start removing bolts.
You guys just made me walk to the parking lot to check if I have levers on both side, turns out so do I. It's crazy how your eyes get used to seeing something that's there and not realizing it until pointed out.
First time...yes. Now that I have done a few seats I bet I could do it in less than an hour. It is hard the first time to figure out where to pull/push/pry, etc without doing damage. Then its hard to figure how to position the seats so the bolts can go back in easily. But there is really nothing daunting about it. I bet in an afternoon you could do it first time.
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