Ed30 #1521

[Andy]

excellent mods mate

[MateyGuv]

Just a little update on the seats.  With the help of many people - cheers guys  - I have got the seat loom and heater elements sorted.  Got the chance to connect it all up and check it works - good news, it does 
Just waiting for the plaid material from Germany now then the seats will be re covered to fit in with my Ed30 interior.  While the seats are getting done I think I'm going to get red stitching done on the door cards.  I used to have a Polo GTi 1.8T with leather and it had red stitching on the door cards and looked smart.  Not sure if it may be a bit overkill though 

[Dave J]

Amazing work! I'd never even thought these seats aren't heated, just assumed they were! Did you have much hassle getting the plaid trim, as I had read it is stupidly rare?!
Look forward to seeing the finished interior! Regards the door cards, I'd say the red stitching would look great - real OEM+ 

[MateyGuv]

The leather wingbacks are heated but the cloth ones may not be.  I got a result on these seats (trader thought they were after market and wanted original seats to get the best return on his investment  ) The cloth ones are very rare to find, but my ones are from a 140k miler and the cloth has perished so not worth saving.
Did I have much hassle getting the plaid.......... over a year of searching and exhausted all avenues to locate some.  I'd given up finding any so was about to buy a complete GTi cloth interior for the plaid bits.  Passing comment to a trimmer I know and the next day he called me and had located some through his contacts.  I believe what I'v found is the last "new" unused 5 meters left.  The guy who had it knew exactly what it is and how rare it is so demanded silly money. Managed to get a bit off but he was only willing to sell all 5 meters.

[TommyR]

I take it you are hoping for something like these?

http://instagram.com/p/s0sv3rDGf0/

[MateyGuv]

I take it you are hoping for something like these?

http://instagram.com/p/s0sv3rDGf0/

Hopefully something like that  If that's the car I think it is it only has the plaid about 2/3 of the way of the base, I'm going to get the whole base done in it as the ED standard seats. Iv also got a stamp to emboss the GTI instead of stitching it. I'm going for as close as I can to if the recaro's were an option in the ED30's. I'm that anal I'm even going to have the plaid the right way up lol

[TommyR]

Have you got a picture of what you hope the end product looks like then? I only ask because I asked about this a while back and got mixed opinions on whether or not they where an option... http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,80805.15.html

Either way I agree embossing the logo would look better than stitching

[MateyGuv]

The MK5 Golf was only available with 4 wing back recaro's. I'm very sure of this because I was selling them as new cars at the time. R32 cloth (like mine), GTI cloth - tartan rear panel and 2/3 base (not including bolsters obviously) R32 leather and GTI leather. The ED30 was only available with one interior.
The normal GTI cloth has the tartan 2/3 cover to the base of the seat where the ED30 has full base tartan.
Hopefully my seats will basically be the same as the picture in the link but slightly different. The tartan has been installed upside down in the link (I'm sad enough to notice thing like that!!) I'll have the letters embossed and full tartan base section. A Normal GTI cloth interior tartan isn't wide enough to allow the full length base on the recaro's- that's why I was keen to locate some material for it. I'm still waiting for the material but soon with any luck  When it's done I'll update my build thread

[TommyR]

Thanks for clearing that up, I found another good example last night...



However being picky... the logo's wrong, tartan doesn't go all the way to the base and no red stitching but not a bad attempt by any means!

I look forward to see your finished article!

[MateyGuv]

They look the nuts! Basically that's what I'm going for as an overall look but with my OCD additions 

[M13 TEV]

Love the look of those seats!

[MateyGuv]

Well...... I was let down big time from my supplier for the plaid and had to ask very nicely for my money back, which I got in the end

Spent over a week searching the internet for some more and after all sorts of different spellings in the searches I found some in Mexico.  Paid the guy what we agreed and waited with fingers crossed.

A package arrived today and it was what he advertised - I was half expecting a roll of hello kitty print fabric but this is what I got 

I'm no expert with interior fabrics but it appears to be real deal ex factory stock and matches perfectly with my ED30 interior and has foam backing with factory numbers printed on the back.  Whatever it is, its an exact match - 





All I need to do now is get it booked in with the trimmer I have chosen and make the journey to Scotland to drop the seats off so watch this space for pics of the finished seats 

[Dave J]

That's great news - glad you found what seems to be the holy grail of seat fabric!
Bet you can't wait to have the seats trimmed now!

[MateyGuv]

That's great news - glad you found what seems to be the holy grail of seat fabric!
Bet you can't wait to have the seats trimmed now!

I would never had thought getting the fabric would have been so much of a pain in the bum as it has been. I found the wingbacks more easily!!!!!
I'm hoping they will be done before Christmas so fingers crossed  Iv decided to do red stitching in the door cards and armrest too. Just hope it won't look overkill!!!!!!

[Dave J]

Your plans sound spot on, to be honest. I don't think most people would know that you have changed the stitching in the armrest/door panels from grey to red, if you didn't tell them.

Should add a nice bit of colour to the door cards - red stitching on the ED30 would have been a great way to set the car apart to the door trim in GTI leather/R32 interiors. Comes down to cost at the factory, I guess...