Interior cabin touch-ups

Hardback sports seat leather cover edges detached – Two related fixes for this. One is to add additional clips, part number 999.507.526.01, used to pin the edge behind the mounting lip on the hard seatback. The other is to spray Lexol leather conditioner to the back of the leather softening it up and allowing the leather to stretch a little more, reducing the tension that seems to pull the leather edge out of place. If the leather is split on one of the seats there are several ways to have a repair done, anything from replacing the section of leather by an upholstery shop to a DIY solution of gluing a matching leather patch behind the rip. Beyond this replacing the entire seat cover is an advanced DIY project. See Appendix “E”: if you are contemplating recovering your seats. 

Alternatively, when I replaced my seat covers the new covers used a round cross-section rubber bead similar to the ones used on window screens that is force-fit into the cuff

Window Screen
Beading

along the entire periphery of the seatback pinching the leather solidly in place. 

This type of attachment has been on my car for six years and

the leather has not slipped out. 

For this reason, getting some home window screen beading material at a DIY store and working it in up against the factory-installed seats' existing dried-out rubber gripper-edging will probably do the trick. I used a non-marring plastic scraper-chisel from Harbor freight or Amazon to install the beading on my replacement seat covers.

Non-Marring
Chisel

Cleaning up the look of a leather steering wheel -  I have used black paste shoe polish on the steering wheel leather and buffed it out. Then go over it again with neutral (clear) shoe polish paste and buff it once again.

The process can be repeated any number of times to produce a shiny almost patent leather-like finish that seems to provide long-lasting protection from moisture from one's hands. I also use a sunshade to cover the windshield if it is going to be a sunny hot day. This seems to protect the top of the wheel from becoming sun-bleached and dried out. I did/do the above with all three Porsche vehicles I have owned and have never had to recover a steering wheel.

Touching up wear and tear to color leather accents - If your car has other than black leather interior coverings I found going to an art supply store,

buying some squeeze tubes of artist's acrylic paint, mixing it to your liking for color, and adding some Johnson paste wax to it makes a great color leather damage repair dressing. I use it to fix fingernail scratches in my car's yellow leather-covered door cards in my 993 and after a few applications and buffing things up the scratches disappear. For darker colors getting a color match should be straightforward.

Carpet repairs:

If you plan to replace any of the glued-down carpet sections a little know trick is to use a hand clothes steamer to easily release the adhesive. A lot easier than using solvents or brute force. Let the moisture air

Hand Steamer

out before reapplying any new carpet sections.

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