Hi all,

Kevin's my name and I will soon be in possession of my first Sierra, but in no way am I new to cars. I live in Sydney, Australia and the car is now at my importers having come from New Zealand. I'm just into my 50's and had to many cars to count. Here is a picture of the car in NZ from the seller, for you to see. Look forward to reading about these cars and fixing a few issues the car has, to bring it up to my standard

Cheers, Kev

 

Welcome to Passionford Kevin. The car certainly looks in good condition. Plenty of people on here with 3 doors who will be able to offer you information and help I would think.

 

Thanks cossynut,

I guess as with most used Sierra's the Recaro seat padding is crap where the sides get sat on and more. I know of Capital Seating in the UK, but I thought there would be someone here in Oz that I would be able to buy the sections from but no luck so far. Anyway, I will keep on looking.

Thanks, Kev

 

lovely car Kev.

For the seat foam padding you can still buy it from recaro or have a look on ebay. The seat material will be hardest to find and you may even have to buy a set of tatty seats just to get some of this material

 

There must be plenty of auto trimmers/custom shops in Sydney that would be able to re-furbish the seats if you dont have any luck getting what you want.

 

Thanks R4N SS,

I have been looking on ebay and I have seen some on the UK ebay thanks. The material on the seats looks savable, so hopefully just the new inserts.

Cossynut2, yes plenty of upholsterers around, but the one I spoke to just said it's best if I can get original padding/foam.

Kev

 

Kev. The photo shows the problem with the seats. The outer material still looks ok so if you can find some new foam padding, a good upholsterer should be able to get the seats looking like new again. How many miles has the car done as the Recaros normally hold together well. Please post some more photos and tell us a bit more about your car.

 

Welcome kev very nice 3dr

 

Welcome to the site Kev, car looks awesome can I ask what sort of money they are changing hands for over there?

 

Hi cossy,

yes I'm a bit surprised by the seats as it's usually only the outer lower section that gets damaged from people sitting on it all the time when getting in and out. The actually inner sections are partially stuffed as well and the foam in the seating area too. Might of had some really large fellas in them over the years. The car has 169k on the clock and it was imported to New Zealand from new and I have records showing the mileage every year up to present. So although it's been around the clock on the speedo, I know 100% that it has only happened once.

Here are just a couple more photos that I had prior to purchase. One with the original wheels on it, which I also got with the car.

Cheers, Kev

 

Kev. Is the mileage in Kilometres or miles as I know in Australia its been kilometres for a long time now.? If its in miles that is quite a lot and could explain the poor seat condition especially if its had some big owners. Looks like its a standard unmodified car? I prefer the white 6 spoke wheels .The bodywork seems really good and rust free. Has it been re-painted?

 

Sorry, I thought I had replied to this already. Anyway, the speedo shows both Miles and Kilometers but the the Mph is the outer section so I'm guess they are in Miles. Can confirm from paperwork, that it has only been around the clock one so 169k miles.

 

Welcome to the forum, lovely Sierra are you planning on modifying the engine? That’s when they come alive imo.