Cloth door cards don't shrink?

Post by **FireFox31** » 26 Apr 2023, 16:56

It looks like 1998 models with cloth seats have cloth door cards. Surprisingly, the cloth arm rests on the door cards don't shrink like the vinyl. I never knew these existed. Seems much easier to get used cloth arm rests instead of trying to fix or replace the shrunken vinyl.

I saw this on a 1998 V70 at Capital Auto Auction. Too bad the interior was used to store hay bales because those fully cloth seats look rather nice with no typical vinyl wear.

Post by **850 LPT** » 27 Apr 2023, 13:06

I think they are fairly common, I was thinking of finding a set for Matilda. Of course they suffer the same delamination problems internally with the glued on plastic brackets and the inserts like the other ones.

Dirk

Post by **abscate** » 27 Apr 2023, 13:31

Those cloth seats are really heavenly on a long trip in winter, especially

Post by **CIK7** » 28 Apr 2023, 20:48

The cloth door cards and seats are my favorite in the p80! No leather in my p80 please! BTW I think I have the original black cloth door cards and armrest. I also have a pair of 850 front black cloth seats. better position mechanism than the v/s70. I much prefer manual seats and i like mine. its like a grippy warm hug while driving down the road.

Post by **FireFox31** » 03 May 2023, 16:38

Was this cloth an option in 1999-2000? I've never seen it. My 2000 had the cheap half fake cloth checkerboard pattern, half vinyl. It thankfully didn't crack like the "leather".

Post by **850 LPT** » 03 May 2023, 18:17

FireFox31 wrote: 03 May 2023, 16:38 Was this cloth an option in 1999-2000? I've never seen it. My 2000 had the cheap half fake cloth checkerboard pattern, half vinyl. It thankfully didn't crack like the "leather".

Cloth came standard on all base models, so not really an option

And oh, it came on 98's as well.

Dirk