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Title: Baggy leather seats.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 13 January 2019, 11:30:14
The Tata has barely 14000 miles beneath her wheels but the leather front seats have become quite 'baggy' of late. My old XFR was sold with 50,000 miles on the clock and the seats were still nice and tight. 

I did 'cure the problem' by spending 20 minutes with a hair dryer. This made the leather properly taut again but only for a couple of days.

Any ideas for a permanent fix?



 
Title: Re: Baggy leather seats.
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 13 January 2019, 12:13:01
Lose several stone in weight.  :y
Title: Re: Baggy leather seats.
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 13 January 2019, 12:17:05
Warranty claim  :-\
Title: Re: Baggy leather seats.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 13 January 2019, 12:20:16
Lose several stone in weight.  :y


I can think  of one or two OOFers who that statement would apply to more than me. :) ::) But I'm too polite to say.

I've just been following a thread on a BMW forum where the leather seats fitted to a brand new car were as baggy as the snatch of a 50 year old sex worker with eleven kids.

Took BMW to court and won. :)





 
Title: Re: Baggy leather seats.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 13 January 2019, 12:22:43
Warranty claim  :-\

The opinion of some is that the leather is not stretched enough before being used.The same can happen to carpets.
Title: Re: Baggy leather seats.
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 13 January 2019, 12:31:47
If the previous seats were fine and these aren't, then clearly there's summat amiss...

The driver's seat on my seat needed refoaming before it went back as that had failed on one bolster... But it was cheaply made and had done 135k...

Your car cost four times as much... Ergo it should wear much better :-\
Title: Re: Baggy leather seats.
Post by: scimmy_man on 13 January 2019, 17:06:28
Lose several stone in weight.  :y


I can think  of one or two OOFers who that statement would apply to more than me. :) ::) But I'm too polite to say.

I've just been following a thread on a BMW forum where the leather seats fitted to a brand new car were as baggy as the snatch of a 50 year old sex worker with eleven kids.

Took BMW to court and won. :)

is that actually a measurement?
Title: Re: Baggy leather seats.
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 13 January 2019, 17:21:20
Yup, it's a clearly defined tolerance measured in thousands of millimeters as opposed to thousandths of an inch ;)
Title: Re: Baggy leather seats.
Post by: scimmy_man on 13 January 2019, 18:55:44
I defer to your obvious knowledge sir ;D
Title: Re: Baggy leather seats.
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 14 January 2019, 07:47:44
There is a seat smoothing procedure, can email it across (ping me your email), it also shows images of what can and cant be smoothed (which may give you an idea of if there is a potential claim)
Title: Re: Baggy leather seats.
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 14 January 2019, 09:09:05
Have you been having flatulence problems of late M'lud?  :)
Title: Re: Baggy leather seats.
Post by: tunnie on 14 January 2019, 11:37:35
(https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/04/16/article-1170658-05EEF2B30000044D-869_468x337.jpg)
Title: Re: Baggy leather seats.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 14 January 2019, 11:50:15
(https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/04/16/article-1170658-05EEF2B30000044D-869_468x337.jpg)

Somebody on here?

Come on own up. ;D

The seats are both heated and cooled and I wonder if the change in temperature doesn't help.
Title: Re: Baggy leather seats.
Post by: TheBoy on 14 January 2019, 17:11:16
Silly leather seats without coolers should be banned.
Title: Re: Baggy leather seats.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 14 January 2019, 17:14:41
Silly leather seats without coolers should be banned.

Yeah....I'm not a big fan of leather seats.
Title: Re: Baggy leather seats.
Post by: STEMO on 14 January 2019, 17:31:26
Mine are heated leather, but being a downmarket astra, not cooled. Nice in winter, sweaty in summer.
Title: Re: Baggy leather seats.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 14 January 2019, 17:52:01
Mine are heated leather, but being a downmarket astra, not cooled. Nice in winter, sweaty in summer.

Sweaty scouse arse crack is an image I would rather not have.
Title: Re: Baggy leather seats.
Post by: STEMO on 14 January 2019, 19:21:59
Mine are heated leather, but being a downmarket astra, not cooled. Nice in winter, sweaty in summer.

Sweaty scouse arse crack is an image I would rather not have.
There are a few on here that have had it  ;D