Restoring the 911 Seats

[Music] back in the 80s the perfect interior was a black cave interrupted only by tiny red details that supported functionality chrome was the most uncool thing imaginable my t7 Carrera is the perfect representative of the genus but lately I noticed some shortcomings and imperfections you know this black thing it only works on me if everything really is in mint condition there's a narrow Ridge between coolness and embarrassment let's see one by one the damages of the drivers seat we have that broken cover for the actuators must be ripped out at some place close to the screw we have that torn seam with a thread that was ripped off this gap would have soon continued to get bigger we have an almost torn seam and most worryingly one of the previous owners must have used some massively aggressive cleanser leaving the leather in a really ugly state finally we have that battered area around the switch of the seat adjustment which taking a closer look turned out to be a cigarette burn you know everyone smoked back in the 80s and the Carrera is a real kid of the 80s so interesting what you find under a classic car seat the car must have been owned by some guy working for Pirelli mr. Pirelli had a well-educated cadre no complaints except his exaggerated cleaning and despite of all that I found the disturbing amount of biological material the bottom side of the seat was covered in it [Music] [Music] [Music] these sitters back in the car they will remain visible and therefore they get some touch-up paint job now back to the driver seat where I had to remove the seat cover in order to renew some of the broken seams up there the seat cover is attached to the frame using like a dozen of spikes around the seat frame it just bent them back and off it goes it's not a big deal at the back of the seat they have used these Sadler clamps and I haven't bothered keeping them and reusing them because in most of the cases they were a bit rusty and you can get them for a little money on Amazon now I'm everything but an expert in these Sadler works nor do I have much experience in suing if you find that clumsy what I'm doing here I totally agree the hole was closed in the end and that's all I wanted to achieve okay so let's get that cigarette hole filled I got me a leather repair kit that includes glue some reinforcement material and something the manufacturer calls liquid leather now let's see how that goes it's not specifically requested by the manufacturer to use heat on that glue but it was very cold that day in my workshops I remembered that all sorts of clue required 10 degrees Celsius or so and I gave it a bit of a spring feeling [Music] [Music] [Music] so here's that liquid leper which basically is a protein that remains highly flexible after drying the cool thing is you get it in all kinds of colors for all kinds of brands not an issue if you have black leather but I think you get the point the liquid leather works really great you just need to be aware that you lose the grain of the leather it's hot therefore to make bigger repairs really invisible but if one doesn't know whether repair took place you will likely overlook it I took two attempts to do the filling with some intermediate sanding and I used that touch-up paint product of the same manufacturer okay if you know what to look for you can still find the repair section but they it's much better than it was that other crack was much less at once than the first one and I repaired it exactly the same way this Carrera was equipped with one of two options for electric seats I don't know exactly how Porsche called this back then maybe partly electric seats or so in any case you can adjust seat height and inclination at the driver seat and the co-driver seat is not electrified at all it's an elegant design it works flawlessly but again in all those very filthy the faint-hearted may skip the next 10 seconds I kid you not all this dirt came out of one seat [Music] it's not a big deal to get the seed cover back on only the area around the hinge is somewhat challenging Recaro used staples in abundance here and you have to walk the line between making an enduring connection and not placing them carelessly which could end up in a pain in the back I mentioned these spikes earlier and there are a simple and reliable solution to fix the seat cover to the frame the Sadler's Universal weapon however seem to be these clamps I'm sure I don't use them properly when it comes to craftsmanship and tools but eventually it all came together nicely and really don't be scared to tackle that sort of work it's easy [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] here goes that leather fresh product again which is a dice pacifically made for car leather I can tell you it's a fabulous feeling too slowly carve out and bring back the leathers beauty [Music] the rear seats they also became victims of mr. Pirelli stealing mania but apart from that I felt uncomfortably about the way the hinges and brackets looked the paint is just not right if you feel that this is the beginning of a mental disease which will end in a stay at the psychiatric clinic I don't know how to reasonably argue the point is the guy next door to me in Our Mutual workshop his baby is this magnificent Saab turbo he recently said something very wise if they don't put a smile on your face they're pointless I just couldn't agree more okay then let's get these hinges painted [Music] this honesty Vata airbrush it's a tremendous tool it barely has any overspray which means you can almost use it like a pen in your hand with the right settings it makes it possible to spray close to a hard edge and that means you can skip all the masking [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] mental disease is progressing as you can see I also wasn't pleased with the paint of the car sided part of the hinge remember this is a special airbrush so I promise you no carpet was harmed in the production of this video I promise you knew that now it is time for the seat supports and this raises the question about what is a classic car and how far would you go in making it beautiful and at the same time to some extent of course take its patina the way I see it I do differentiate between well deserved patina which gives dignity to the object and the bad work of some guy in the past I liked patina but I hate the bad job and the guy who did the carpet before I bought this car he put spray glue all over the support even at places where there isn't any carpet if you buy this one here's one more statement about patina a heavily used leather steering wheel good patina I like it the steering wheel is meant to be touched it's in its nature some leather red which is crashed by people not taking care when climbing on the backseat bad patina I repair it that's add let's bring it together again

Channel: Greasy Fingers

Views: 51,369

Keywords: Porsche, 911, 3.2, Carrera, Carrera 3.2, Porsche 911 3.2, Porsche 911 3.2 Carrera, porsche carrera, Luftgekühlt, porsche oldtimer, restoration, oldtimer, restore, Porsche 911 restoration, porsche 911 classic, porsche 911 g modell, air cooled porsche, porsche restoration, restoration porsche, car restoration, classic car restoration, porsche 911, classic 911, porscheheritage, liquid leather, flüssigleder, colourlock, seat, porsche seats, leather touch-up, car leather

Id: 9pEMcydYjIQ

Length: 19min 11sec (1151 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 05 2020