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Front Seats Back Fell Off Issue. Solution 1 Fail. Solutions?
So, For Grins and Giggles. 100* Heat Index in Alabama and Monday, the driver's seat back fell... Then Tuesday pax side! I bought in early October 2006 so back up several months for production/shipment from Germany etc. and probably the super-glue Porsche uses lasts EXACTLY 10 years!? I almost feel like I'm back to my Beta model in 2004 and all my long lost buddies and I would be searching for the TSB to cover the latest sh**ho** thing to go wrong with the alphas/betas!
Been in a 7 year vortex called a small biz... coming up for air now!! Any recommendations? Velcro seems like the answer?
How are you all doing?! Pass the Purplesaurus Rex and then talk to me!
Last edited by MadFox; 07-26-2016 at 05:54 PM.
Reason: change title to issue
So, stopped by Lowe's - found the velcro section (not the glue section) and bought two 2 x 4 industrial velcro strips. Read that adhesive on these official VELCRO brand strips was only good to 120*F so bought some "super glue" that was rated to 180 (figure inside car temp doesn't get that hot but i could be wrong!). Cut pieces into 2 x2 squares. see below:
Then inserted all fabric side of velcro to the seat side and all plastic ridge sides to the cover side. allowed to dry about 30 minutes. voila' - complete!
I used gorilla glue on mine and then lowered the seat back on to the back seats to force pressure on it while it cured. It's been going strong for almost 2 years now with no issues.
I used gorilla glue on mine and then lowered the seat back on to the back seats to force pressure on it while it cured. It's been going strong for almost 2 years now with no issues.
Damn it Jim, I'm a Pig owner not a Gorilla...
Pax side held with the Velcro methods -- I suspect because the plastic support pieces were not broken at the bottom of the back. Driver's side is not holding even with the gorilla "super" glue due to the temps I guess, and the fact that the plastic supports on the driver side both broke. cheap plastic things -- I suppose you can buy them from Porsche --- probably $100 each.
Have parked in the shade and reapplied today -- we'll see if it holds and then will report back.
Pax side held with the Velcro methods -- I suspect because the plastic support pieces were not broken at the bottom of the back. Driver's side is not holding even with the gorilla "super" glue due to the temps I guess, and the fact that the plastic supports on the driver side both broke. cheap plastic things -- I suppose you can buy them from Porsche --- probably $100 each.
Have parked in the shade and reapplied today -- we'll see if it holds and then will report back.
This is what I used. What I did is sand the plastic square feet to clean them off, applied acetone on the square feet, and then glue. So far it has worked great for me.
This is what I used. What I did is sand the plastic square feet to clean them off, applied acetone on the square feet, and then glue. So far it has worked great for me.
I think it was temp related failure with the glue not having enough time to set up. I did your seatback all the way down and hard on the back seat for about 10 hours and that seems to have done the trick -- the velcro had some pretty strong "stick-um" on the back of both sides, so the super-glue might have not been bonding quickly enough (sliding down) without the bottom supports to hold it up as I didn't worry with fixing the supports. 24 hours and its doing well now. Thanks Dan
I had the exact same problem and Gorilla Glue solved it. The key is to apply liberally, then roll seat all the way back and have something like a shoebox also pushing from the rear side....and then let it dry in a cool temperature for 10+ hours. Mine has held well. Happened two years ago and glue application held until a month ago, when I repeated the same procedure.
Haven't experienced this problem, but wanted to chip in my 2 cents on interior heat.
Back in 1987 I was working in Sacramento, CA. We had a day when it was 117 deg outside. I measured 133 deg in the shop, and an impressive 162 deg on the dash of my car parked in the sun. That was a DAMN hot day, but the point is, it can get really toasty inside the car in direct sun.
07-13-2016, 07:35 PM
Front Seats Back Fell Off Issue. Solution 1 Fail. Solutions?
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