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My 2018 Pontoon's seams are coming apart in several locations on the seating. Has anyone else had this issue and did you dealer cover this under warranty? Thanks.
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I’d be interested to know how much they would charge for reference. Thanks!!Your bench seat seams are coming apart at the same location as on my boat but this started happening on my boat after 6 years. To me, it looks like a bad design as those bench seats take the most stress from people getting up and down and pushing on the seats which stresses the foam under the fabric more than any of the other seats and then stresses and splits the seams. The sewing on these seams looks like it needs to be more resistant to stress than the seams on non-bench seats. I am going to get an opinion from a professional boat upholster.
SOPOPONTOON,Your bench seat seams are coming apart at the same location as on my boat but this started happening on my boat after 6 years. To me, it looks like a bad design as those bench seats take the most stress from people getting up and down and pushing on the seats which stresses the foam under the fabric more than any of the other seats and then stresses and splits the seams. The sewing on these seams looks like it needs to be more resistant to stress than the seams on non-bench seats. I am going to get an opinion from a professional boat upholster.
I'm not quite sure I understand. Is there or has there been, some form of rule breaking displayed in this thread? If you're eluding to the links I've linked about how the different types of seams are sewn by a given company, I can't quite see the issue since I'm not or never was trying to "sell" any particular product or service from said company. In my opinion, all I've done by linking those videos is show how things CAN be done (that would promote a tougher and more stress resistant seam) vs the way they appear to be done on some of the members boats.Above are the terms and rules , this thread is boarder line and close to being deleted.Terms and rules
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Is this that SimTek new stuff?I attached a few photos. Bennington does not want to cover under warranty as they say it is wear and tear from sun damage. Almost all of the 3 front bench seat seams are coming apart. I was going to try and get the seams sewn but I read somewhere else that foam deteroriates and expands and seams will continue to split. Only the bench seats have this issue. Cockpit seat, fishing seats and rear console seams are all good. Any other experience or thoughts on this? Thanks.
Bennington started using it in 2016-17 in upper models and it filtered down to all models in 2018. My understanding prior to that is it was a luxury grade marine vinyl found in certain high end boats. So, not very new at all.Is this that SimTek new stuff?