Jun 30, 2021 6:56:49 PM
- DaveGordon
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- Loc: Zürich , Switzerland
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3D-Printed Seat Cushions
One cool thing at the Manthey trackday was that Porsche staff were there with a big Tequipment stand - pretty clear they are moving quickly on the integration of Manthey products. Gets a 
from me.
I asked them about Swiss documentation for MR stuff, and they confirmed they have the necessary docs for homolgation of 2RS and 3RS MR parts in Switzerland, with the GT4 MR / Spyder to follow shortly.
More interesting was the 3D-printed seat cushions they had on display. These will be offered as Tequipment parts and fit any of the 'LWB' seats. I spoke to one of the engineers and he confirmed the basic shells of the LWB seats in the 992 are the same dimensions as in the 991, with just the shoulders restyled a bit.
They look like this:
They are 10% lighter than the standard cushions, and are slightly thinner under your arse so you stit a little lower, which means the side bolsters give a little more support to the legs. Only a few mm though.
You can get them in soft, medium, and hard. The soft ones were on the demo seat, and felt nice and comfortable. But the cool thing was they had some medium ones they were lending out to try for a couple of hours. This was too good to pass up.
Once in the car, they didn't feel too different from the standard ones (the demo seat felt a lot different, but we thought this was likely due to it not being in a car, and maybe at a different height.
I did a couple of laps of the ring with them, and came away with a very positive impression. They seemed a l less bouncy in sections like Fuchsröhre where the track is very bumpy, but the main difference was that they breathed so much better, came away with a nearly dry t-shirt..
Cool product, and I told the guy I really liked that Porsche took the time to take them there, talk to customers and get some feedback. Nice one, Porsche
EDIT: they are delievered with a perforated material.. the open ones on the stand were just for show.
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