New 996 Seats Redone this week

Hi Folks a little brag here. Tomorrow i am getting my 996 savanna beige seats redone. The car is still looking great, drives great but the drivers side seat is showing the 23 years age. Finally torn, but just uncomfortable to sit in , its jut old. Every time I would jump in for a drive, I sit, I would be disappointed of the feel. So off to get both redone for $3000 , a fair price in southern ca. In my research. I got bids from 2800 to 3500 . The decided on shop was clean, had 4 hands on staff. What sold me was they pulled out the color book, and matched the Audi = Porsche swab and ordered the hide from Germany Porsche, new foam seat bottom + all where needed. more to follow in 1 week. But a very exciting update for my happiness. wish me well.. I.ll post the make-over next week.

I had my standard 996 seats rebuilt last year by a local guru . I asked him to build up the bolsters , add more foam to the bottom and add lumbar support . He did a perfect job and the seats are so much more supportive and comfortable . Good luck with yours .

Did you go with the gathered leather again? Good call on the new foam! Too many people put new leather over bagged out foam and then wonder why the seats don't look or feel factory fresh.

^^^ I went with tartan plaid centers similar to early GTI's . I find cloth much more comfortable than leather . The rest of the seats were done in leather .

Hi Folks update , They are done and i am very pleased , i expected to get the car back Friday Aug 9th , wife was in the car to drive me over, I called , I am on the way - they zonked me. Wont be done till Mon . So I actually picked the car up Friday Aug 16 Original Review, excellent , yes we got these re-done with the gathered finishing like the originals. to keep it semi original . Color close - the car is 22 yrs old so maybe some sun fade or whatever. But close enough for me. Come on this is not a trophy car. Comfort 10+ the old seat was like driving in a dish, and was just bad , new foam , and you can feel the " bucket " seat feel again. 5 Stars ReCon Pro's Laguna Hills CA 23272 Del Lago 5 Stars , very pleased , here are the pics

Re-Con Pros 23272 Del Lago Laguna Hills CA Bonus I asked all the original scraps be saved for somebody that might need them . FREE just pay for postage Fedex approx $40- 50 so I dont cram them together. they need a slightly bigger box , seats were dyed 10yrs ago to clean up the yuck, just fyi , likely good for a patterns or a patch in , its yours if i get several replies , my wife will pick one at random , I.ll check later and we can arrange shipping

Pictures of the 2 Seats both seats all pieces

And here is the car ( older picture, but nothing has changed except the new seats - oh yeah Forest Green Metallic

The Forest Green with Savannah Beige is a very nice combination!

Standing by for 1 more week, then the scraps are going in the trash can

Seats look great. Looks like a good match with the rears.

The finished result looks very nice! I just recently acquired a C4S in Forest Green Metallic, absolutely gorgeous color. My seats are pretty beat up as well, but interior color is Natural Brown, so I'll probably have to get them redone in a custom shop as well.

Hi Folks a little brag here. Tomorrow i am getting my 996 savanna beige seats redone. The car is still looking great, drives great but the drivers side seat is showing the 23 years age. Finally torn, but just uncomfortable to sit in , its jut old. Every time I would jump in for a drive, I sit, I would be disappointed of the feel. So off to get both redone for $3000 , a fair price in southern ca. In my research. I got bids from 2800 to 3500 . The decided on shop was clean, had 4 hands on staff. What sold me was they pulled out the color book, and matched the Audi = Porsche swab and ordered the hide from Germany Porsche, new foam seat bottom + all where needed. more to follow in 1 week. But a very exciting update for my happiness. wish me well.. I.ll post the make-over next week.

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Do you still have these? Im kinda local and can grab these The Forest Green on Tan is a keeper combo. Seats look great

yes i still have the scraps . i just could not throw them in the trash I live 5 mins south of the Irvine Spectrum . email me m @ rkp_9 two six 9 two @ yah00 also reply here so when i check in

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Would have been super cool to do the inserts in green to match the exterior.

still have them ma rkp_92647 at ya h00.com say PORSCHE SEAT LEATHER in the subject so i can find it

I know its an older original post, but those do look great. So they were able to order new OEM leather from Porsche in Germany (thats what is sorta sounds like from the original post?...)?

Hi Rocket , yes it was Porsche / Audi leather . the shop had 6-8 leather sample books, and he pulled that one, we walked to the car , checked and it was a match ( at least on a 24 year old car ) . i'll give it a 95% match . I am pleased with the results. And the seat, I am enjoying driving the car again , the smell, the feel, awesome

very nice

Nice. I’d love to do that one day

Correct , The shop used the Porsche / Audi sample swatch and it was a match, at least very close on a 22 year old car , then ordered the leather from Germany, it arrived in 1 week , and 1 hide was enough to complete the front seats . they created new seat bottoms and webbing , the car feels very nice to sit in again ,

Yes, the shop had the Porsche / Audi leather OEM sample strips , we took the sample over the car and it was a match, lets say 95+ %. I did not do the rear seat, so a slight difference, not enough to notice in my opinion, the other areas are also 24 yrs old so maybe other factors. I am 100% satisfied with the results. The feeling of the seat has made such difference I am now driving the car more. If you seats are old and worn, 100k miles worth of seat use, it was a nice update. I highly recommend it for any old car.