Finished replacing the bottom leather on the front seats in my 2013 with Ecru (125k miles). I ended up going with the usautoseatcover.com leather along with a new OEM cushion. IMO its definitely worth buying a new Lexus cushion - huge improvement in comfort!

GX Bob's video does a pretty good job at describing the tear down procedure, so I won't cover that again. I'll share a few pics of the rebuild process, the hog rings, seat heater transfer, and some pics of the new leather vs. existing.

Starting point with the passenger seat (driver was dirtier and torn). The seat back is in good shape but the bottoms are beat.



Bottom removed with the harness that controls the heater and cooler detached. One thing to note is that the OEM seat bottom has provisions for existing wiring (plastic clip piece, hole and velcro loop) - the aftermarket has none of these, but they're not that important.



If you want to retain the OEM seat heaters, then you've go to dig in and get them removed from the existing seat. Here's a couple of pics of the hog rings, seat heater attachment (the orange stitches) and the old foam with markings where all the hog rings attached the leather to the foam - 5 along each side, two in the middle, and four along the back.




Orange markers for each hog ring attach point.

And the OEM seat heater stitched to the leather.

 

You can see a close up of the orange "stitches" that attach the seat heater to the leather. Basically like those plastic strings that hold a 3 pack of socks together. I just used a razor blade to cut them loose and detach the heater cloth.



Here's a side by side of the old leather on the left with heater attached, and the new leather on the right. The new leather from this vendor uses wooden rods instead of the metal attach points for the hog rings. One on each side, one down the middle, and one on the back end. Different, but I can work with it.



Once I cut away all the orange plastic stitches, I centered on the heating element on the new leather and used fabric adhesive to glue it to the new piece of leather.

Then it was a matter of using hog ring pliers and new rings to mount the leather to the foam - starting with the middle section to get things centered and aligned, then doing the outsides and back. The new leather was missing a mount point on the middle, outer seams, so I improvised and used a zip tie and a hog ring clamped to the leather seam.



Once all the hog rings were attached it was a matter of stretching on the leather over the pad - massaging and working it so that the leather was stretched as far as possible without stressing the stitches. It takes a bit of effort to reattach the leather to the seat using the plastic J hooks sewn to the new leather - but everything was there to get it done on the new leather with a bit of patience.

I'm impressed with the color match. The outer (analine?) is darker, especially after 10 years of dirt and sun, but it matches very well with the middle leather and with the interior plastic pieces. It took about 4 hours for the pass side, and the around 2 hours to do the driver seat once I had everything figured out. Probably double that if you plan on doing the seat backs.

 

New parts




Lexus cushion part numbers:
Driver upper cushion 71506-60130 Driver lower cushion 71502-60360
Pass upper cushion 71505-60130 Pass lower cushion 71501-60540

Leather bottoms I used:
https://www.usautoseatcover.com/prod...0-2017-lexus-g

 

Couple more (better) pics in the direct sunlight. I think it’s a pretty good match on the Ecru.

 

Great job Jacket! I may have to do this in a few years. My Ecru seats aren't holding up that great, not as worn as your old ones but getting there. I've been applying leather cleaner/conditioner to them at least once a month to help delay the inevitable!

 

I picked up the Chemical Guys SPI_109_16 leather cleaner and conditioner set through Amazon. Will give it a try this weekend. Any of you have any experience with this product?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001TJ3HUG?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001TJ3HUG?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

 

ive purchased it to use on my Acura. My gray leather steering wheel was extremely dirty. it didn’t really do much.

 

That likely needs to be re-dyed.

 

Reaching out to all those with red interior. My daughter unfortunately had some excess or sweat sunscreen get on one of the seats, so trying to see what I can do for that. Also, and recommendations on regular cleaning and maintenance of this awesome interior?

Thanks

 

Do you have the luxury package with leather or premium package with NuLuxe?

 

Premium with NuLuxe. Sorry, should have noted that.

 

I have the same interior on my 2022 and use Meguiars APC diluted accordingly. It’s great stuff and safe for leather or nuluxe vinyl, etc.

 

So do you just dilute to 10:1 ratio and use microfiber cloth to apply directly to the seats and then dry off?

 

exactly! Some wipe off with a damp cloth afterward… I don’t.

 

I bought a portable mini vacuum after scratching a small portion of my backseat. Sand and damp cloth = scratches.

I try not to use any interior products as I don’t like the the sand to stick it to it. I could be wrong but that’s just me.