Pics of custom seats

[jhandy]

He has not advised me on that yet. He wants to have a leather care meeting prior to pick up. I guess you put that much work into them, you want to be sure they will be around.
He will mail sampes of leather to you prior to you decideing. I wanted black, when i got to his shop, He must have had 20 different blacks. Different grain, thickness, feel, smell, and texture. I picked my leather from a lot of "Top Grain-Full Aniline Dyed Leather" It is super soft, but thick and strong. I also pick the silver French stiching with the porsche monogram lasered into the top.

[Scbrindley]

Those seats look great. I can't wait to see what the dash looks like....I wouldn't mind having leather instead of the cheap looking football texture that the Boxster currently has.

SB

[RandallNeighbour]

While I relish the thought of sending my seats, door panels, and dash to the same guy as James is using, I must say that an all-leather interior in a convertible is not the best way to go.

Leather on a dashboard is susceptible to all sorts of hazards. It gets a beating from the sun, gets dried out any time the top is down, and then there's the issue of moisture... when and if I get a leather dashboard redo, I will discontinue the use of my windshield defroster and I may even go so far as to block the ventilation to the defroster area permanently when the dash is off for the leather work.

The leather will ripple and separate from the glue with extra cold or hot air blowing by it and condensation and moisture collects at the edge as well.

Just stuff to think about when you decide to go over the top with your boxster.

BTW, I have found that the black leather dye sold by leatherique is simply amazing on porsche vinyl as well as worn leather. It made my passenger door look brand new sans the dings and dents in it. It's a much cheaper alternative to having your black leather and vinyl pieces redone in leather and you do not have to remove the pieces to use it if you are careful.

[23109VC]

FYI-

my boxster came with the "full leather" option - which I believe means the covering no my dash is leather. it's not that bumpy plastic crap...it looks nice.

my dad owned the car before me and a couple years before I bought the car, while he had it under warranty, he complained about some ripples in the leather and Porsche replaced the whole dash...

point being - if you have a leather covered dash - you may have the same problem... IIRC his problem was EXTREMELY minor - one small spot was visibly pulling away and bubbled..but it was small. had he not fixed it however, it might have spread and become worse...

it does look nice though.

[achillian]

Holy Poop! Jhandy your seats look unbelievable!!! That was a brilliant choice in black/silver color scheme! I especially like the added leather cover on the hinge where the seat back meets the seat bottom. Nice.

[jhandy]

Randall
I see your point about the dash, I may leave it alone. It s silver and has a good contrast.
So far I changed the silver cluster top to black leather, The center pod is now black leather, and the side covers on the radio are now black leather.
I want the doors in leather and the carpet will be changed to the dimond pattern like the seats to tie it in.
The cubby flip top needs to be covered in black leather as well.
Believe it or not, the total cost of the leather transformation including the seats is @ 2K.
they all have the silver french stiching and look amazing.
Pictures to come in about a week.

James

Jhandy, make sure you buy the sun shades at Wal Mart (small- two circles) to protect all that nice new leather.