Am I just in for a long wait for 2nd hand seats, for a change for full leather heated seats ?

Seems a bit half hearted to go for full trimmed seats and then not have them heated.

 

Also Is the full leather any different to what they call leather on part leather seats, just wondered.

 

Thanks all

Part one - depends how much extra wiring there is for the heated seats. Sorry, I can't answer that, maybe you've already checked it out.

 

Part two - the "full leather" on the Octy vRS covers all the seat areas - back rests front and back, seat bases and sides, but it's not all real leather. I THINK the parts you actually sit on and lean back on are real, the rest is imitation. TBH and IMHO the fake is as good as the real stuff - the downside is the real stuff in the Octy isn't as good as I've had in other makes. it's OK, but I've had better.

If you want leather and don't already have it, I think a retrim is the way to go rather than finding a used set from a breakers. A colleague has a full leather VRS (2 years old 20k miles) and already the leather has sagged and stretched quite a bit. My last car with leather (5yr old BMW 330D with 90k) didn't show anywhere near as much wear or sagging.

 

With the backs and sides of the VRS seats already being leather (fake?) you could maybe just get the neoprene centre bits trimmed?

 

RE: heated seats, as above it might be tricky depending on looms etc. Not sure how you'd go about fitting the buttons on the dash as well - unless they could be activated somewhere on the seat base.

Thanks for ideas. Sounds like the leather seats a bit crap so definitely worth something like seat surgeons.

 

Hmm maybe retrofit of heated seats like Fabia 1 may be even more fiddly than the Fabia then ( never managed it on my Fabia tho tbh isnt a huge loss ).

There will be switches and loom but unsure how much of this is already within the car ?

 

Kind of makes sense to consider for my long term happiness this car as its likely to become my long termer if anything ever happens to my Fabia 1 which is now practically worthless?

 

Either that or exchange cars for something newer more fully fitted with stuff, but I'm not looking for much more that would make me very happy with this car ( just seats, and a tiny bit more noise from exhaust mid section ).

Already got nav + canton so otherwise fairly happy with the car overall, it sits fairly well on suspension for me too.

 

 

These are a few things that I've thought about to be planned at the final end of my warranty I think not before.

PS first thing I'd do for a retrim is drop the horizontal pleats ( make me think of daleks for some reason, I can't quite grasp, maybe its the top part of the head ......I'm wierd me........) and go for the luxury diagonial/ diamond pleated look instead.

 

Dunno if anyone else has gone that way, but that seems a quite nice idea over the dalek seats.

( bit like this in regard to the pleats at least. Also saw this on an auction for a 2011 Cupra but presumably not standard probably retrimmed? )

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-T5-front-seats-from-2010-Black-Leather-White-Bentley-stitches-White-Piping-/122247349943?hash=item1c768286b7:g:0vwAAOSw44BYPbdU

 

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/seat/leon-cupra/seat-leon-2-0-tsi-cupra-r-5dr/6360367

Edited 14 December, 20169 yr by vRSAnt

Those seats were standard on the Leon Cupra R, not retrimmed. They look good imo.

A friend of mine has put recaro wingbacks on his vRS - look smart and heated too.

Sure, is that from the s3? They aren't cheap at £1.5K +- but I guess retrim proper would still cost a K or thereabouts ( maybe a bit less for fronts only and no matching trim).

 

Also found SS do have universal seat pads but not sure how exactly that configures.

In addition I found this is the standard electrics. Not sure about the plugs/switches however, can't seem to find that.

 

http://nemiga.com/cat_spares/etka/skoda/oct/753/963000/