Question for 1987 SL Owners
 

I am ordering seat covers online from Performance Products and they ask two questions: (1) how many vertical pleats do your seats have; and (2) do the covers have single needle or double needle stitching between the pleats? Because my car is at the paint shop, I cannot look at my original covers (and the paint shop has not returned my call). I pulled up ebay, looked at pictures of seats from 1987 SL's and determined they all had 6 pleats. However, I could not tell whether they had single or double needle stitching. Could someone with a 1987 who has original seats please look and give me the answer to the second question, so I can make sure I ordered the correct covers? Thanks in advance.

Glenn

Glenn,
You're probably best off by keeping after or visiting your painter to determine exactly what's in your car.

Bob

How can you tell double-needle stitching? I'm happy to look at my 560 but tell me what to look for.

To tell you the truth, I don't know. Originally, I thought it meant there would either be one or two parallel lines of thread between each pleat. After posting the question, I began to wonder if it meant that two needles were used simultaneously, one above and one below, resulting in only one line. If the latter, I'm not sure how I would tell the difference. I'm not a seamstress. Thanks for asking though.

Glenn