jdhertz11

I have been concerned with excessive wear on the side and lower bolsters on my seats. Good friends have an interior shop locally so they made some removable Alcántara covers. This should fix my future wear fears. I may be able to convince them to make a few more sets If anyone else is interested. Not sure what the price would be but I can ask if there's enough interest. I believe the same seats are offered in the GT as well.

ronin amg

Why not wait till they look like crap from wear instead of making them look like crap with a cover ?

jdhertz11

Interesting way to look at things! I'd prefer to be able to take them on or off vs definitely destroying the seats. But maybe you like destroying things more than me.

ronin amg

That's like not having sex with the supermodel you have paid for and saving her for the next guy....

jdhertz11

Moderation my friend moderation! Life is full of balances. How are the bolsters holding up in your car so far? How many miles?

Vic55

This thread is funny.

ronin amg

5,000 mi. on the wagon and 6,500 on the GTS and they look like new...It could be that I never get out of the car and just drive continuously

NickBoz

E634Me

If I had the car on a lease or planned on flipping it in a few years I probably wouldn't worry about it, but I typically keep my cars for quite a while. Given that, I've been thinking about setting a second memory position to run the seat back further when I exit so that its easier to get in without rubbing against the bolsters as much.

2012 merc amg

It probably depends on how fat and sweaty you are, if your real fat and sweaty the side bolsters are probably not gonna hold up to well. If your slim and dry the side bolsters will probably last the lifetime of the car. But ya, that to me looks like one of those mods that the user is gonna get sick of pretty quick and say screw it I wanna feel the real thing. MB uses good material so it's probably not that much of a issue. Cars like Vettes I notice you always see holes in those side bolsters when the cars get older.

Stealth7

Well, inventive solution!

This is just one of the reasons I went with the multi-contour massage seats. I have similar seats in a sportscar, and while they are great for support, etc. I prefer something else in my daily driver.

jdhertz11

I wish this wasn't an issue but my car is already showing some wear at 1500 miles. Sad but true. As for fat and sweaty, I'm 5'11"/ 180 so not too fat and rarely sweaty! The materials are not as good as you would think.

Dagger9903

What you wear makes a difference too. When I wear dress pants and am not paying attention, I often hear / feel one of my rear pant buttons scratching along the bolster in my Porsche (which has several visible said scratches). That seat's super low, which exacerbates the issue.

Rough denim probably would cause faster wear then cotton or wool as well. I like the idea of a memory position that's far back!

2012 merc amg

Maybe driving nude will extend the life of the bolsters Sorry couldn't resist, funny thread. Y'all can laugh at me in the intercooler covers thread as what I did does look a little micky mouse but the grates are on there tight and hopefully will get me back up north to New England from Florida in a couple weeks with no stone holes in the intercoolers. But Ya, I hear you JD, I'm always trying to do things to preserve things. I put a carbon fiber decal cover over the rear bumper of my wagon to try to prevent damage as I'm constantly loading and unloading things, it does not really look the greatest but it works and the material is very tough and no scrapes on it yet. It applied with some wrinkles across the top but oh well, it will remove easy enough when it does start get worn out and then I'll just do another one hopefully without the wrinkles.

tonymiabmw

Dagger9903

HAHA, I love it.

"...well, you see officer, the reason I have no clothes on is a BIT complicated. But before I explain, take a look at this pristine bolster!"

Oh, and no clothes + leather seats - talk about some sweat! Hope that ventilation works reeallllllly good.

ronin amg

Well I'm now at 10,000 mi. and my seat is starting to show some wear in the bolster edge...sad

Dagger9903

Good data point, thanks for updating. On a 1-5 scale, how meticulous would you say you were at keeping the leather cared for? Said another way, how often did you apply a leather care (not cleaner) product?

Just got my car and that driver bolster is definitely prominent. Feels so nice driving it though!

Clk63blkseries

Ronin-"Well I'm now at 10,000 mi. and my seat is starting to show some wear in the bolster edge...sad "


Maybe you put on weight and are sweating profusely at the hips ???? Put on his bolster covers and send me the unused supper model you paid for

ronin amg

My *** isn't sweating, I've lost weight and the supermodel has been used and discarded on the roadside waiting for her uber..

And yet there are signs of wear..so sad

ronin amg

I do keep the leather spotless but I have not applied any leather care products..

CALBenzo

When I get in and out of the car, I put my hand right at the apex of the bolster to try and reduce wear when I slip by. It seems to have worked on my R8, but my E63S is of lighter leather, so we will see!

ronin amg

Here is the wear on my seat, not really bad but it's on its way...