Re: [gti-vr6] Leather Seat Problem

[chris_rogers@corp.adaptec.com (Chris Rogers)]

Better yet...I assume the thread is a synthetic...trim and then melt the
bitter end (be careful not to let the melted thread drip...hurts like hell!)
so that it looks like the head of a nail. It will never come out again.
Doesn't solve the prob of the thread you have already lost but it is a more
permanent solution to just trimming.
-C
White 95 Golf VR6

Jeffrey Marotzke wrote:

> mine unravled on the side where you brush against it when you get in and
> out.
> I took a razor blade and trimed it off.  I think the threads one the out
> side are for looks since the actual seam on the seat has not widened.
> I would trim it and forget it.
>
> Jef
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenny H <glxmann@bellsouth.net>
> To: Jetta GLX List <jettaglx@igtc.com>; THE GTI LIST
> <gti-vr6@cobra.ccsi.com>
> Date: Friday, April 23, 1999 1:11 AM
> Subject: [gti-vr6] Leather Seat Problem
>
> >Hey all,
> >
> >   A friend of mine noticed a few days ago that some of the thread was
> >coming out of my driver's side seat back. It's the row of thread on the
> >front of the seat about 6 inches above the bottom part of the seat, in
> >the area of your lower back. It is unraveling like an old bag of dog
> >food....you know, you pull the string and it completely opens. So any
> >ways, I take it to the dealer today, and she says she is gonna order a
> >whole new seat back. My question is.....has anyone had this problem? If
> >the leather might not match, then I would prefer that my seat go to an
> >upholstery shop. Suggestions????
> >
> >Also, after six weeks of waiting for the new part, I asked the dealer
> >about my auxiliary coolant pump that was supposed to be ordered. Mine
> >currently sounds like a concrete truck after I shut the car off. But
> >they can't find it?????? Hummmm, maybe that's because you forgot to
> >order it???
> >
> >Ordered a new air filter from NOPI parts today. Bosch....$13.00. Gotta
> >be cheaper than the dealer.
> >
> >Kenny
> >glxmann@bellsouth.net
> >98 glx silver arrow
> >
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