Baggy Leather seat question
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Hello fellow Aston enthusiasts - Greetings from Australia,
I've recently purchased a gorgeous 08 Aston Martin DB9. Total dream car for me and, like the rest of you, I'm totally smitten. The car is a low kilometres example in Titanium silver. Oh and it's the Sports pack model with the Auto box. I decided to get the Auto so the wife could drive it occasionally. Was a bit of a jump from my E92 M3 which was manual and in terrific condition.
I have a question about baggy seats........which mine seems to have. I'm not sure why as it's only got 50,000 KMs on the clock. Car seems to be well cared for with just a under front spoiler respray and the silly TPMS sensors needing to be repaired (which I got the dealer to do).
Here are some pictures of the seats:
Just seems like the seats have stretched a little too far. Now I've tried the cleaning, and conditioning route. I have all sorts of potions and lotions within my arsenal including the Autoglym, SwissVax and Leatherique products. I've tried the heating and ironing of the leather with an iron and a wet towel. Not sure if I did it for long enough.
What do you guys think would work? Do I need new seat covers or foam pads or something like that? What direction should I take next?
They are very different seats to my M3 which had very tight clean leather seats.
I've recently purchased a gorgeous 08 Aston Martin DB9. Total dream car for me and, like the rest of you, I'm totally smitten. The car is a low kilometres example in Titanium silver. Oh and it's the Sports pack model with the Auto box. I decided to get the Auto so the wife could drive it occasionally. Was a bit of a jump from my E92 M3 which was manual and in terrific condition.
I have a question about baggy seats........which mine seems to have. I'm not sure why as it's only got 50,000 KMs on the clock. Car seems to be well cared for with just a under front spoiler respray and the silly TPMS sensors needing to be repaired (which I got the dealer to do).
Here are some pictures of the seats:
Just seems like the seats have stretched a little too far. Now I've tried the cleaning, and conditioning route. I have all sorts of potions and lotions within my arsenal including the Autoglym, SwissVax and Leatherique products. I've tried the heating and ironing of the leather with an iron and a wet towel. Not sure if I did it for long enough.
What do you guys think would work? Do I need new seat covers or foam pads or something like that? What direction should I take next?
They are very different seats to my M3 which had very tight clean leather seats.
Perhaps gravity is a bit stronger down there but more likely that is just the normal appearance of real leather over a certain period of use. Gives it a bit of "character". Not sure about your M3, but the German leather I've had experience with (Porsche Cayenne) is cheap and plain with a plastic-like coating - like cheap shiny shoes.
Crazy_Sean said:
OK thanks for the feedback. You're saying that this is normal and my seats are the same as others?
No, im saying IMO that your car has done more miles than the 50KM you were told.here is a 30K miler (50KM)...
https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...
Well I can trace the car all the way through the dealer. Even spoke to the service team about the car and the history. So I'm not sure I buy into the more than 50Ks theory.
The seats are in good condition. Just that the leather seems to be 'baggy'. But I do subscribe to the fact that this is a much better quality of leather than my M3 - which seemed more thin tight in comparison.
The seats are in good condition. Just that the leather seems to be 'baggy'. But I do subscribe to the fact that this is a much better quality of leather than my M3 - which seemed more thin tight in comparison.
Crazy_Sean said:
Well I can trace the car all the way through the dealer. Even spoke to the service team about the car and the history. So I'm not sure I buy into the more than 50Ks theory.
The seats are in good condition. Just that the leather seems to be 'baggy'. But I do subscribe to the fact that this is a much better quality of leather than my M3 - which seemed more thin tight in comparison.
The problem is only partly related to mileage. Yours look good to me. I've seen far, far worse at far fewer miles. Even some practically new cars have had this problem. I think there are two causes; variability of material and installation of same.The seats are in good condition. Just that the leather seems to be 'baggy'. But I do subscribe to the fact that this is a much better quality of leather than my M3 - which seemed more thin tight in comparison.
I think it's more related to the weight of the people who previously sat in those seats to be honest. People of a, let's be diplomatic and say 'heavy' build, are always going to stretch the leather and compress the foam more than people of a slight build. I'm sure the mileage is accurate, you just happened to be unlucky with the previous owners. Not sure there is much you can do to rectify though other than a re-trim of the seats.
blade runner said:
I think it's more related to the weight of the people who previously sat in those seats to be honest. People of a, let's be diplomatic and say 'heavy' build, are always going to stretch the leather and compress the foam more than people of a slight build. I'm sure the mileage is accurate, you just happened to be unlucky with the previous owners. Not sure there is much you can do to rectify though other than a re-trim of the seats.
Weight is a factor, sure, but I've seen cars with equivalent saggy leather on both the driver and the passenger sides, when in fact the car has had a very small percentage of passenger time.It's material variability from the tannery and install variability at the factory that are the primary determinants if you are going to have saggy leather later on. That's not to say that sun, heat, weight and mileage don't factor in; just that you can't predict it using only one of those things.
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