1984 Audi ur-quattro USA specification
VIN# WAUDCO859EA900919
VIN# WAUDCO859EA900919
ur quattro seat restoration and conversion
Steps 4-10 weave you through covering the seats with newer foams and better leather. After conditoning these newer seats with the leather conditioner, my basement smelled like a new Audi!
Step 4
Cover the urq frame tops with the foam and newer leather.
Cover the urq frame tops with the foam and newer leather.
Newer foam on the seat top. The 4000Cs quattro seats actually have more springs, more wire clasps and this frilly looking thin blue material. I choose to keep it, but not the extra wire clasps as they are a PITA to work with.
Step 5
Reinstall the leather in the opposite order from step 2. Put most of all the wire clasps back on.
Reinstall the leather in the opposite order from step 2. Put most of all the wire clasps back on.
Don't forget to slice the leather for (I used an x-acto blade #11) the folding hinge slot on the side. Don't cut around the hole - only make a slice as shown, as the insert needs to fit snug and secure the leather.
Step 6
Assemble the newly covered urq tops to the 4000CS quattro seat bases and heating wire loom into the fuse box.
Assemble the newly covered urq tops to the 4000CS quattro seat bases and heating wire loom into the fuse box.
Finished!
For what I paid, combined with spending the extra labor, makes for a real nice usable interior in the urq.
For what I paid, combined with spending the extra labor, makes for a real nice usable interior in the urq.
In retrospect
The later style seat pattern mixed with the early diagonal pattern does not look as bad as I thought it would before they were installed. Anyway, Audi used it for the 1985 and later urquattro. To help pull together the different tones of tan leather, I used my original lighter colored urq head rests. I also bought the rear seats from the 4000CS quattro, but my urq ones were fine and more supple anyway. So, iI have loads of tan leather for repairs if needed.
The later style seat pattern mixed with the early diagonal pattern does not look as bad as I thought it would before they were installed. Anyway, Audi used it for the 1985 and later urquattro. To help pull together the different tones of tan leather, I used my original lighter colored urq head rests. I also bought the rear seats from the 4000CS quattro, but my urq ones were fine and more supple anyway. So, iI have loads of tan leather for repairs if needed.