Reupholstering Boxster seats with the lseat kit.

[elgyqc]

Originally Posted by howdy

Those are just cloth covers you put over the seat frames? Thats not leather is it? Someone has to say it, but the fit of those are horrible. Kuddos for you for trying to take on this project, but there are times when you pay a professional for a great result.

Well you said it... and I disagree. If I had enough money to pay a professional a couple of thousand dollars to do the seats of a $6000 Boxster... I wouldn't have a $6000 986 which I do all the work on. Compare the original seats and the covered seats, which is horrible? For me it is a great result given my resources and what the car is worth. In the summer I plan to do some work on the wrinkles to improve the fit.

By the way, the covers are all leather, the originals had vinyl on the seat back and the cushion sides, but the Lseats are leather there... which makes fitting it bit more difficult becuase the original vinyl is stretchy. Perhaps the lack of stretch doesn't help eliminate the wrinkles.

[78F350]

Good work elgyqc. Most of the wrinkles should flatten out as you use the seat.
A good set of Hog Ring Pliers makes using the metal rings a lot easier - no harder than zip-ties and in my opinion a better choice. (Knipex Pliers) New rings are inexpensive and easy to work with. I got a box of 100 1/2" rings for a few dollars.

[Seal1968]

Given you are not a professional upholsterer, great job, IMO.

There's alot of videos out there to show you how to tighten up the covers. Even leaving them in the hot sun helps shrink them down.

Here's a link below - they use a steamer and heat gun. Be VERY careful with a heat gun as it can damage the vinyl without a doubt.

Just watch how the wrinkles disappear. Not saying yours will be perfect, but I bet some extra work in the nicer weather will greatly improve your results even further.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzm4NeSAPyQ

[elgyqc]

Originally Posted by Seal1968

Given you are not a professional upholsterer, great job, IMO.

There's a lot of videos out there to show you how to tighten up the covers. Even leaving them in the hot sun helps shrink them down.

Here's a link below - they use a steamer and heat gun. Be VERY careful with a heat gun as it can damage the vinyl without a doubt.

Just watch how the wrinkles disappear. Not saying yours will be perfect, but I bet some extra work in the nicer weather will greatly improve your results even further.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzm4NeSAPyQ

Thanks for the encouragement. That's the plan, work on the wrinkles during the summer.

Chatsworth... I looked that up... I was born in Fordwich which isn't far away, My family moved to BC when I was very young so don't remember much of the area.

[Seal1968]

Ahh Fordwich.

My sons played hockey in that area a few years ago during travel hockey times...good memories. That's just outside Wingham/Wroxeter if I recall correctly...about an hour or so away. It's a small world for sure.

And yes, patience and a little extra work will certainly help smooth the wrinkles.

That steam/heat gun method shown in that video really shows how the leather snugs up.

My Audi seats are showing a bit of stretch in the seat bottoms from my fat arse...will give that a try when spring has sprung to tighten them up.

Keep us posted!