what colour are my seats?

[ubertub]

How do I know if my seats are Marble or Classic Grey? They look darker than my mate's 993 seats (Silver/Grey) but that could be because I'm a grubby toe-rag.
Mine's a '95 993 Vario. Black/Grey. Seats are plastic backed sports jobbies.
Any hints welcome
Ta
mik.

 

[LeoSayer]

The best way is to check the option numbers which are at the front of your service history log book and then do a google search. Marble grey is odd in that it looks like light grey some light and creamy in others.

Classic grey is much darker than marble.

 

[Porker993]

My marble grey leather is starting to look classic grey in places, must give it a clean someday.

 

[AlexG]

ORIGINAL: LeoSayer

The best way is to check the option numbers which are at the front of your service history log book and then do a google search.

I'm not sure that will give the answer. I had the same question when I got my car and thought there must be a way of telling the interioir colour from the code number but it would seem that the code is made up from the combination of all interior colour 'elements' and the algorithm is not readily available (or in other words after several hours of searching I gave up).

The easiest answer is to speak to an OPC and see if they will do a search on their system, this will tell them the original spec of the car including the interior colour - that is how I found out for sure. Though by that stage I had discovered that the classic grey really is quite a bit darker than marble grey.

 

[ubertub]

thanks all... I presume mine is classic as it is darker than my friend's, who's I guess to be marble. Both are in excellent condition dispite my fat a*se so no problems with fade.
thanks again.
mik

 

[38F3E1]

Arn't there 3 grays? I am sure there are.

 

[Richard_Hamilton]

I counted 4 in the PET - Classic Grey, Rubicon Grey, Space Grey and Marble Grey.

Then there's carpet - Classic, Florentine, and Rubicon, and let's not forget the various shades of leatherette............

 

[ubertub]

knickers!
off to the OPC for me then.
Thanks for the advice.
mik

 

[Richard_Hamilton]

Is there an interior trim code on the Vehicle Identification label in the maintenance booklet or on the sticker under the luggage compartment lid?

Being a '95, it looks like only Classic and Marble Greys were available in that year on the hardback sports seats. My guess is that if the trim code starts with "A" then it's Classic, or "D" if it's Marble. Only a guess, because the PET trim codes aren't the same as the vehicle order codes, but that's the way it works on 996's.