kpierce

Hello -
I have a 2000 Lexus ES300 and the leather drivers seat (back part, not seat bottom) is starting to really show wear.

Is there a way I can take the seat back (enter set back, not really wanting to remove the cover) from the Driver Side and exchange it with the Passenger side?

The bottom of the seats are fine so I don't want to get involved in changning out the seat bottoms unless that is required.

Your help and support is greatly appreciated in advance.

thanks
kp

mdbrown

Don't see how since the driver's seat has an electric lumbar support that the passenger seat lacks.

PFB

Also, and more importantly, the side air bags, which are located on the back part of the seats (on the door sides) will end up in the wrong location if you switch the backs of the seats around.

So the answer is that they are not interchangeable.

Phil

Hayk

iTrader: (1)

How bad is the damage? You might still be able to fix it up. The most important part is to regularly apply a leather conditioner to keep it from drying out.

kpierce

Glad I checked. I did not think about the SRS...

Can I change the seat covers? that is, take the top of the seat cover off the passgenger and switch it with the drivers side.
Also, how hard is this to do? I don't want to end up with a bigger mess than I already have.

thanks in advance.

PFB

Can't do that either, as the AirBag sides have special stitchings that allows the Airbags to pop through. The Non-Airbag sides have different stitchings. So the two sides are NOT interchangable.

Your best bet will be to have the seat leather repaired professionally. It will look like new and is not that expensive.

There are many You Tube Videos on how its done

Post a picture of the damaged seat if you can.

kpierce

Thanks for the help...

Here is a picture. would any of these products work? Note: it is not cracked, but just about worn through.


I just grabbed a few that were listed on eBay.

http://www.leatherrepairkits.com/

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Lexus...item27afc3d9e0

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TAN-C...item2a0d9b1ded

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/PERMA...item2eb4802935