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fredrikl · Joined: 03 Nov 2002 Posts: 73

Hi all,

Took my 924 back into traffic the other week after 11 months in storage.

Does anyone know if the chequered black/grey original seat fabric is available to buy somewhere? I would like to renew the upholstery on the drivers seat, which has cracked in a few places.

BR
Fredrik

Porsche 924 Euro '82
Audi 100 2.3E 5-cyl '90

CMXXXI · Joined: 05 Nov 2002 Posts: 1939 Location: Vicksburg, MS

We all wish you luck. Finding <any> original fabric is a hit-and-miss proposition. There is a place out of New Zealand that carries a good number of selections, but not all, by any means. I don't know the URL off hand. You may have better luck being in Europe than here in the States locating some. I'd start by going to some body shops, or furniture upholstry stores to see if they might have a line on where you might try.
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fredrikl · Joined: 03 Nov 2002 Posts: 73

I see. I will try to get in touch with some of the classic Porsche part suppliers in Germany and see what they can offer. Since this fabric (I believe) is common with some 911's I suppose they might carry it. Let's just hope the price is right.

Will do a follow-up posting if I have any luck.

Fredrik

teo · Joined: 07 Sep 2001 Posts: 637 Location: Hungary, Europe

This might help:

http://www.ccdata.com/browse/Specialists-Other-Trim+!+Upholstery

jl924t · Joined: 03 Nov 2002 Posts: 214 Location: Surrey, BC Canada

le.mans@xtra.co.nz had the material for my 1980 turbo. I have the tarten pattern (red/black with blue/purple). In April the material was 185.00NZ per metre plus freight.
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kaffine · Joined: 13 Jun 2003 Posts: 644 Location: Las Vegas

How many meters is required to redo the front seats? I emailed http://www.lemansoriginalfabrics.com/ they said the have the black and white checkered fabric for $125 a meter plus shipping I'm assuming the price is in NZ dollars but they didn't specify.
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Paul · Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 12:57 pm Post subject:

That's still $90 USD!

Mikri184 · Joined: 12 Sep 2003 Posts: 746 Location: Ferndale, WA

I was told by a customer of mine, that in Europe most interior fabric is still available, but not here in the US. I also know that a few manuafacturers used a similar material in there cars, so you might want to check around, I had a Nissan 200SX turbo, that had a similar checked pattern.
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jpab924 · Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 12:40 pm Post subject:

I have a faint recollection of the somewhere range of 87 Dodge Daytonas or 2.2 Shelby Chargers having a checkered seat pattern. I think....