Porsche Carbon Buckets

[MEC]

I have a 987.2 Cayman S which came with folding carbon buckets from new (same as the Cayman R seats). They are black leather and in nice condition. I am probably selling the Cayman this summer and just contemplating whether I might be better off selling the seats separately and would appreciate others thoughts.

I can get a pair of "ordinary" sports seats on ebay for approx £500 and I understand it is a simple job to swap these over. So..... how much am I likely to get for the buckets and how much impact would this have on the selling price of the car?

My thoughts are the impact on the car's value will be negligible. For reference, it is a 2010 987.2 which is well spec'ed as follows:

Guards Red
3.4S, 6 speed manual
55K miles
PCCB
Sports Chrono
PCM 3.0 with Nav
Carnewal exhaust & manifolds done
Recent clutch with RPM lightweight flywheel.
Full Porsche history, apart from last service done at a well known specialist (cost over £2K) including new rear pads.

I'm guessing the car is worth around £25K with or without the seats?

I know it would be shame to mess around with it like this, but if it nets a bit more cash (!).......

[Porsche911R]

I guess you would get £5k for the buckets

[jimmy p]

Your cayman S is a good spec and should sell well enough with sports seats, no brainer imo!!

[tracydeedance]

Carbon folding Porsche buckets would be an arm and a leg rare as hens teeth

[gwsinc]

I also have folding buckets in my Cayman, you should definitely buy a cheap set of original seats and sell yours separately.

Alternatively keep them for a few years till you get your next Porsche, might save you a few bob on the configuratior

[Twinfan]

tracydeedance said:

Carbon folding Porsche buckets would be an arm and a leg rare as hens teeth

Not really, there are usually a few sets for sale at various places at any one time. They're £8k a pair new from Porsche.

[JayK12]

Company in Germany sell them shipped to the UK 4.5K with heated.

[moonigan]

JayK12 said:

Company in Germany sell them shipped to the UK 4.5K with heated.

Can you post up the details please or PM me. I'd be interested in swapping the seats from the OP with the black leather sports I have with cash going his way.

[tracydeedance]

Prices between 4.5 k & 8 k sounds like an arm and a leg to me .
Probably best to buy a set of standard seats to swap over.

[Twinfan]

moonigan said:

Can you post up the details please or PM me. I'd be interested in swapping the seats from the OP with the black leather sports I have with cash going his way.

www.teile.com

[Cunno]

JayK12 said:

Company in Germany sell them shipped to the UK 4.5K with heated.

Would you mind sharing which company?

[MEC]

Thanks guys for the input. I guess the ones in Germany at £4,500 is per seat, so £9,000 for the pair? Will there be VAT to go onto this too? I've seen similar prices so £5K for a used pair looks about right.

The huge benefit of the factory buckets over say a pair of Recaro's is that they have side airbags fitted and so keep the factory SRS system in full operation.

If the poster above wants to PM about a possible swap / p/ex deal then I'm happy to discuss, but probably not ready to do it until May / June.

Edited by MEC on Saturday 29th December 17:15

[moonigan]

MEC said:

Thanks guys for the input. I guess the ones in Germany at £4,500 is per seat, so £9,000 for the pair? Will there be VAT to go onto this too? I've seen similar prices so £5K for a used pair looks about right.

The huge benefit of the factory buckets over say a pair of Recaro's is that they have side airbags fitted and so keep the factory SRS system in full operation.

If the poster above wants to PM about a possible swap / p/ex deal then I'm happy to discuss, but probably not ready to do it until May / June.

Edited by MEC on Saturday 29th December 17:15

I dropped you an e-mail (via PH) a couple of days ago. If you didn't get it let me know and I'll try again. I'm in no rush and May/June may suit me better.

[MEC]

moonigan said:

I dropped you an e-mail (via PH) a couple of days ago. If you didn't get it let me know and I'll try again. I'm in no rush and May/June may suit me better.

Just seen and replied, sorry I had missed it.

[JayK12]

It's the company TwinFan posted. No that's 4.5K a pair. You can get them cheaper if not heated and older etc. Depends what your after. 8K a pair new from Porsche.

[MEC]

JayK12 said:

It's the company TwinFan posted. No that's 4.5K a pair. You can get them cheaper if not heated and older etc. Depends what your after. 8K a pair new from Porsche.

They listed on the site as separate L & R, it's 4581 Euro per seat. The used ones are listed as pairs.

[JayK12]

I'll dig out my quote, but it's deffo 5K euros for a second hand pair with heating.

Just had a quick look at there site. 2.9K Euro for a seat. Sold out yes but email them as they have stock. They offered me a deal for sure.

You should put your seats and rails up for 5K.

Edited by JayK12 on Saturday 29th December 19:02

Edited by JayK12 on Saturday 29th December 19:02

[MEC]

JayK12 said:

I'll dig out my quote, but it's deffo 5K euros for a second hand pair with heating.

Possibly, they only list new ones on the website.

[JayK12]

MEC said:

JayK12 said:

I'll dig out my quote, but it's deffo 5K euros for a second hand pair with heating.

Possibly, they only list new ones on the website.

They have seconds too mate just search. Although I found emailing them better as they had other stock. I've edited my post above.

Do a deal with someone here.