Upholstery

[dave7268]

Thanks for all your replies - taking the car to an upholsterer tomorrow to be assessed and get a definitive quote.

I've told me that that once this gets repaired there will be no sliding in and out of the seat if he ever uses the car! 

Gotta agree with the comments on the poor quality of the material used. I would expect something like that happening on a much older car, not at just over 3yrs old.

I too hate the material on the door cards - it doesn't wear very well at all and always looks grotty no matter how well you try to clean it.

Will let you know how things get on with the repair, etc.

Cheers   

[FunkyMunky]

I'd also agree with what somebody else said above - the cloth seats, particularly the bolsters and the material on the door cards - is crap IMO. It's the main reason I'd personally spec leather / art velours in the car - the "pleather" you get on the door cards isn't wonderful either but at least it wears very well.

Interesting views - we sold our 70k 3 year old MK7 GTD and genuinely the seats looked as good as new. Even with having a couple of dogs in the car.

When I was looking at R's or GTi's with leather, cars with 20k miles on had seats that looked f**ked! Stretched leather and large indentations.

[Watts]

I'd also agree with what somebody else said above - the cloth seats, particularly the bolsters and the material on the door cards - is crap IMO. It's the main reason I'd personally spec leather / art velours in the car - the "pleather" you get on the door cards isn't wonderful either but at least it wears very well.

Interesting views - we sold our 70k 3 year old MK7 GTD and genuinely the seats looked as good as new. Even with having a couple of dogs in the car.

When I was looking at R's or GTi's with leather, cars with 20k miles on had seats that looked f**ked! Stretched leather and large indentations.

Interesting, perhaps then it's harder wearing than it looks/feels (which wouldn't be difficult).

[fredgroves]

I agree, my last GTD had ~70k on it and the seats were far from knackered.

Maybe it depends on how you get in and out of the car... maybe normal people don't squash the bolsters!

[JoeGTI]

I'd also agree with what somebody else said above - the cloth seats, particularly the bolsters and the material on the door cards - is crap IMO. It's the main reason I'd personally spec leather / art velours in the car - the "pleather" you get on the door cards isn't wonderful either but at least it wears very well.

Interesting views - we sold our 70k 3 year old MK7 GTD and genuinely the seats looked as good as new. Even with having a couple of dogs in the car.

When I was looking at R's or GTi's with leather, cars with 20k miles on had seats that looked f**ked! Stretched leather and large indentations.

In my experience - having had cars with both - the leather / pleather wears and ages far better. For example, on a wet day if the door card got wet when opening window or whatever, I'd notice that the rain would leave visible water marks on the door card / side of seat bolsters. They always seemed to get scruffy looking and hard to keep looking well (and I am extra anal about car cleaning so it wasn't through lack of care).

The pleather wipes clean and with a dab of glipitone leather cleaner, always looks and smells great.

You obviously don't agree. Hey ho.

Having said all that, regardless of upholstery, its mostly down to how well its minded. I've seen cars with only a few K on them with very scruffy interiors, both cloth and leather (dealer demo's and the likes).

[I wanted a GTi]

I agree, my last GTD had ~70k on it and the seats were far from knackered.

Maybe it depends on how you get in and out of the car... maybe normal people don't squash the bolsters!

I've had the same back problems and method of getting in and out of cars and I've never seen a seat as cr@p as the Golf. How could the seats in the Golf be so different to the CC GT/R line?

[maxie]

the other half left her window open the once and the rain got in and stained the seat in my mk5, looks horrible still. i'll be getting the seats scotch guarded in the 7.5 if it's possible   and with being a wheelchair user it does take longer getting in and out so will be worth it in the  long run. one good thing is that these seats seem to be darker than previous versions...

[I wanted a GTi]

Any update on this?

[Jdm owner]

I've done this on all my motors with bolsters.

Before getting out retract the seat back to avoid scuffing on getting out.
My Recaro CS were prone to wear on the bolsters and so were my type r seats.
Even told my mates while getting out to lift arse over the bolsters.

As with all these type of seats these all wear quickly. You would think factory would structure these better.
Only other option are capital seat covers bespoke covers to avoid bolster rub.

[I wanted a GTi]

I've done this on all my motors with bolsters.

Before getting out retract the seat back to avoid scuffing on getting out.
My Recaro CS were prone to wear on the bolsters and so were my type r seats.
Even told my mates while getting out to lift arse over the bolsters.

As with all these type of seats these all wear quickly. You would think factory would structure these better.
Only other option are capital seat covers bespoke covers to avoid bolster rub.

Problem I have is that I have a bad back. I had mine done at the dealers and the foam padding is just about gone through again after a few thousand miles. The fabric still looks new.

Never had this problem before and covered over a 100k in my CC and the seats looked like new when trading in.