Leather Seat Repair
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Leather Seat Repair
Hi everyone,
I just finished restoring the leather on my front seats and center console of my 855T. I had some pretty bad cracks on the seat bottoms and console. I used some stuff from a company called leatherique.com. I highly recommend them. The seats look great. I can post some before and after pics if anyone is interested. I definitely saved a lot of money because my local leather repair shop wanted like $600 to do everything. I only spent about $100 or so (and some of my time) and it wasn't really that hard to do. Let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks!
95' 850 Turbo Wagon
I just finished restoring the leather on my front seats and center console of my 855T. I had some pretty bad cracks on the seat bottoms and console. I used some stuff from a company called leatherique.com. I highly recommend them. The seats look great. I can post some before and after pics if anyone is interested. I definitely saved a lot of money because my local leather repair shop wanted like $600 to do everything. I only spent about $100 or so (and some of my time) and it wasn't really that hard to do. Let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks!
95' 850 Turbo Wagon
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RE: Leather Seat Repair
Thanks! It really wasn't that hard to do, just a little time consuming. I did the whole project in a weekend. The driver's seat had cracks in it and I fixed them with the filler they make. You actually sand off the old leather dye which is a little scary but I figured anything would look better than what I had. If you decide to do it I can give you a few other pointers to make it easier.
Drivers Seat Before:
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Drivers Seat Before:
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RE: Leather Seat Repair
I'm not sure how it would work with suede and how the dye would take to it. The instructions I had said to basically sand the leather with 600 grit and a prepping solution until as much of the dye is removed without making suede out of your seats. They specifically say do not sand so much that you end up with suede. I would shoot an email to the company and ask them what they'd suggest for your seats. They were pretty knowledgeable and might have some suggestions. If they think their dyes will work for you I'd go with a custom color matched to your car. The usually ask for a 1"x1" swatch of leather from somewhere inconspicuous like behind the seat, etc. What I did was send them my color code 3960 AND a piece of my leather door trim! The send it back of course but that gives them a real good idea of the exact color you have in your particular car.
Hope it works out for you! Let me know if you have any other questions.
Hope it works out for you! Let me know if you have any other questions.
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