The Next Mod - Invision Headrests - Page 6

X5 Meister · #1 04-23-2009, 04:08 PM

Sorry, no can do. I need them to open up the headrest to get the animals inside!

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That's it X5Merister, I want my F***ing knives back!

J/K!

Love ya bro!

JT///MC · #2 04-23-2009, 01:50 AM

Hey Lawrence! Can you help me out with my headrests too? My leather doesn't match either. I have the Alcantara/Nappa sport seats. I noticed they didn't match well but the car has been in the shop for the past week. I'm going to call you tomorrow.

jsears · #3 04-23-2009, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by JT///MC

Hey Lawrence! Can you help me out with my headrests too? My leather doesn't match either. I have the Alcantara/Nappa sport seats. I noticed they didn't match well but the car has been in the shop for the past week. I'm going to call you tomorrow.

Oopsy, I opened up a can of worms for Law. I am sure the Alcantara/Nappa set up is harder to match than mine.

X5 Meister · #4 04-23-2009, 02:46 AM

Jeff- I have been looking at a bunch of headrest photos and I guess one of the differences between comfort and non-comfort seats is that comfort seat headrests seem to be made from 3 panels of leather, whereas for example sports seat headrests look like they are made from 2 panels. Take a look. The first two are sports seat, the 3rd is yours.

Also, since comfort seats also came in Dakota leather I found a couple of photos that seem to show the same leather on those 3 panels. So I'm left thinking that it is the comfort seat + nappa that is the issue, which would isolate it to just the 'is models, and not the comfort seat all by itself.

jsears · #5 04-23-2009, 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by X5 Meister

Jeff- I have been looking at a bunch of headrest photos and I guess one of the differences between comfort and non-comfort seats is that comfort seat headrests seem to be made from 4 panels of leather, whereas for example sports seat headrests look like they are made from 2 panels. Take a look. The first two are sports seat, the 3rd is yours.

Good find Mike!

Comfort Seats would be 3 panels of leather and non-comfort seats would be 2. In the comfort seats the front and back are all one piece with the sides being an individual piece of leather.

I've been trying to look for comfort seats in other X5's particularly the 4.8is, and I haven't came across any good photos to where I can see the detail.

acedeucy · #6 04-23-2009, 09:23 AM

I am glad I started working for the Knife company this headrest stuff is Blasphempy, it's Madness... It's SPARTA!

LOL!

Jeff - I will do my best to get everything back out to you before your 20 minute journey to the airport. Again, I hope we can get you super happy with a nappa covering. I know how kids get after 3 minutes with no DVD system, nonetheless, 20 minutes.

JT///MC - Shoot me some photos to my work email addy and let me see what we are working with as far as your interior goes. The reason Jeff's interior is going to be easy to recreate is that the leather is on hand for me to do a custom. I was able to see his complaint and why his headrest is so different. I need to see yours as well. Thanks.

Keep in mind as well everybody I am out for Vegas on Friday evening until Wednesday to attend the 2009 BMW NAC convention at the MGM Grand. So nothing will get done during absence. I know I suck!

JTis · #7 04-23-2009, 11:10 AM

You guys just made me go to my truck to make sure I'm not going crazy....this is what's weird. On my is comfort seats, there's no dakota anywhere---nada---it's all nappa. So either this is a 4.8 vs 4.6 thing, or jsears seats were made on the Monday following a long holiday weekend in Spartanburg.

acedeucy · #8 04-23-2009, 11:36 AM

Again it is extremely hard to simulate wear and tear on a used vehicle and factors like pigments in skin, sweat and uv rays from sunlight affect leather on a minute by minute basis. So matching perfectly everytime would only go to the owner of the X5 that kept the car in Spatanburg in a climate controlled warehouse and never took the car outside and probably kept it vacuum sealed. So if anyboday is out there with one of those cars, they will have their mind blown by the color match. Everyboday else will have to wait for the leather to do its thing. Every piece of the leather that is cut off of the giant reams that we receive is a different cut. No 2 cuts the same, kind of like a diamond. But I will tell you this I will do my absolute best to get Jeff's Frankenstein style headrest redone in nappa / dakota. It will a project that is the first of it's kind so I am curious to see the results. 1 thing to remember is that the headrests, regardless of color match and material used, all have the same effect on children. It keeps them extremely quiet and that is the premise of my business. Law loves the kids just like Trick Daddy! Shot out to the 305!

-Law

JT///MC · #9 04-23-2009, 03:53 AM

I think its the same leather as yours (Nappa). It should be the same fix IMO. I hope to get it squared away. I too was not 100% satisfied with the leather matching. In fact, that was one of the biggest factors in paying MORE for the Invisions. I would prefer it match very closely. As of right now, its a so so match. Also, the leather doesn't seem to be very tightly wrapped around the headrest framework. OE headrest are very taught. I wonder if this could remidied.

jsears · #10 04-23-2009, 04:13 PM

That is the funniest thing I have heard all week!!