914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
1/15/25 2:01 p.m.

What do you get the woman that has everything?  Have her seat recovered of course!  

Removed the vinyl center section and replaced it with VW GTi material, cooler on hot days, wicks off water well.  New foam all around.

Hmmm, bought two yards, may have a piece left over big enough to do a headliner.  =~ )

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
1/15/25 2:09 p.m.

You may know the car.

Indy - Guy
Indy - Guy UltimaDork
1/15/25 2:13 p.m.

In reply to 914Driver :

That looks really good.  Well done. yes

clutchsmoke
clutchsmoke UberDork
1/15/25 2:22 p.m.

Those look great! I've been very tempted to swap GTI cloth seats into my wife's Sportwagen. The black "leather" is real sweaty in summer and ice cold in winter.

fouckhest
fouckhest Reader
1/15/25 2:23 p.m.

Looks great, love the material! 

TurboFource
TurboFource Dork
1/15/25 2:25 p.m.

Nice! I will be doing similar for TCST!

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner MegaDork
1/15/25 2:53 p.m.

That exact material would look great in my CRX, although it wouldn't be appropriate for a mid-80's Japanese sport hatch.

dyintorace
dyintorace UltimaDork
1/15/25 3:11 p.m.

Those look amazing! Please share post-install pics too!!

Lof8 - Andy
Lof8 - Andy UltraDork
1/15/25 3:13 p.m.

Those look awesome!  Did you sew them up yourself?  We need pics in the car showing them against that pretty blue paint!

captainawesome
captainawesome Dork
1/15/25 3:23 p.m.

Ditto on looking great. Also good to know 2 yards is plenty, I've been eyeballing some material to redo mine and found a couple yards that would be perfect.

preach
preach UberDork
1/15/25 4:17 p.m.

Looks great.

I was going to use that same color as a headliner for my Golf R, then it blew up.

Woody (Forum Supportum)
Woody (Forum Supportum) MegaDork
1/15/25 6:26 p.m.

Love it! I've been thinking of having the centers of my blue 911 seats done in the same pattern. 

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
1/16/25 7:54 a.m.

1970s had some wild plaid patterns.

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
1/24/25 2:15 p.m.

Update:

OK, it's -8* so the bikini clad 914Driver is hibernating.  This is what I can do in a garage.  It does break up the black.

Not going to do the headliner;   a) PITA,   b) to enjoy it you have to bend way the heck over.  May do the Frunk tire cover in the warmth of the basement.

David_H
David_H New Reader
1/24/25 2:21 p.m.

In reply to 914Driver :

Looks very nice/sharp! Now you just need to update the cup holder :)

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
1/24/25 2:25 p.m.

No way.

Lof8 - Andy
Lof8 - Andy UltraDork
1/24/25 2:58 p.m.

They look wonderful!  Did you sew them yourself?

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
1/24/25 3:03 p.m.

Nope.

Lof8 - Andy
Lof8 - Andy UltraDork
1/28/25 9:55 p.m.

So 2 yards was enough material to do both seats with significant leftovers?

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