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- Super soft Camel color Italian leather. - French seam design - Engraved crest on headrest - Leather covered and engraved backrest transmission cover. - Leather covered manual controls. - Updated structural construction - Updated insert design Early style 928
seats present very specific restoration challenges. Recaro made some
weird choices when they designed these seats. While the design
of the inserts is beautiful, the way it was carried out, is the
basic reason why none of these have survived in anything near an
acceptable shape. The whole
construction of the inserts relied only on glue to keep it's shape.
The pattern of the inserts itself, didn't help either. They revised all
this in the second generation 928S4 seats, and while they carried
over the same insert design, it now included a much better pattern
and some structural ties and supports. My plan here, was to keep the look of the
original, while incorporating the construction updates of the
later generation and some nice custom touches that would have been
impractical in a mass production setting. The difference in height
in the following picture is related to the fact that the driver's
seat is electric while the passenger seat is manual.
I am a big believer in highlighting instead of hiding, when structural components are concerned.
The original cover solution was a weird arrangement of cardboard tuck-in and zipper, to hide the whole thing. I saw it as a perfect occasion to tailor a cover and highlight a necessary component of the seat. The added bonus is that you don't have to half destroy the cover to either remove it, or work on the mechanicals.
Leather trimmed manual controls:
Each seam is reinforced and detailed. Even those that normally would not be seen:
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