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Replying to: nastacio (Aug 18, 2007 11:34 am) It seems they are just playing games to clear out '07's. Stupid, stupid, stupid. |
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Replying to: imamg (May 22, 2007 9:38 am)
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Replying to: rransi (Aug 20, 2007 8:56 am) Retail $143.47 + tax On national back order until end of August. |
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Replying to: aviboy97 (Aug 20, 2007 1:06 pm) |
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Well, I finnally found a upholstery shop that seems to know what they are doing. They successfully removed the heating element from my seat and cut off about an inch of the ultra hard foam in the seat bottom and replace it with a softer material. They re-attached the heating element and it works fine. This was their first attempt to cure the seating problems that I have had with the CX-9. I do not know how they did it, but they also softened the leather in the seat bottom. I could not believe how much better the seat felt after this modification. However, the side bolsters with the hard seam down the middle are still too hard and uncomfortable to live with on a daily basis. I am going to have them completely replace the covering and the foam in the the side bolsters. By the way the materials in the side bolsters are vinyl not leather. To get rid of the hard seam, they are going to make the side bolsters out of a single color of leather ( no seam ). We decided to use a charcoal leather to match the color scheme of the rest of the interior. The color is a little darker than the graphite color accent in the seats. It is closer to the color on the door panels. I do not know why, but the darker charcoal material seemed to look better than the graphite. This way we will not have to worry about it matching the puddy ( sand ) color leather in the rest of the seat. They are confident that they can re-use the materials in middle section, sides and back of the seats. I am going to have this done to the front and second row seats so that the interior will match. ( I just could not stand the thought of a $35K car with mismatched seats... ) These guys do high end interiors for show cars. I met them at a local car show. They are booked through the 10th of Sept, but said that they could fit me in on the week of the 10th. It is going to cost me a couple of grand to solve the problems I have had with the seats, but it will still be less than what I would lose if I traded vehicles. Once the work is complete, I will post some pics and let you guys/gals know if it worked... This is the best I have felt about the whole situation in months. I have confidence that these guys can deliver. I just might get to enjoy my CX-9 after all... P.S. I was going to use Katzkin Leather covers for the seats, but they are only avaliable as replacements for cloth seats. The foam in the leather seats is completely different from that in the cloth seats...
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After months of research and test drives, we placed a pre-order for an 08 GT. The Saturn Outlook and Buick Enclave were strong runner ups but the wife had the last word.
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Replying to: nastacio (Aug 29, 2007 6:10 am) -c92 |
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Replying to: sranger (Aug 28, 2007 6:19 pm) |
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Replying to: sranger (Aug 28, 2007 6:19 pm) I am waiting for the '08's to show up and see if thru the normal course of manufacturing maturity, that they may have done some cosmetic to the seats. Jim
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Replying to: jstern1 (Aug 30, 2007 8:48 am)
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