I know this is a long shot, but I have to ask.....

I'm having trouble sourcing the leather material that matches both the color and grain of my 1990's Mauve interior color. I want to completely redo all of the seats (and maybe even the door panels) to bring them back to as close to factory new condition as possible, but it's proving to be quite difficult. Does anyone have a contact or a source for materials that might be able to help? I've talked with a few of my local automotive upholstery shops and so far the vendors they happen to use don't have close enough matches to make it work.

 

Unfamiliar with mauve leather.

Can.you post images?

 

Here's a few pics. The lighting isn't great but hopefully you get the idea. I also have a couple images of the colors brochure from 1990. The exterior of our car is Taupe Metallic and the only interior it came with was this Mauve color.

 

Can you post the color code of your Mauve interior?

You can find this on the info sticker in your door jamb of the driver's door, stuck to the pillar of the car. The code might help an upholstery shop find a matching or similar material.

See example in attached image.

In the section of the sticker labeled C/TR, the first ID is your exterior paint code for the first tone, and the second ID is your interior trim color.

Note that the paint code for the second tone of your car (lower half) is not on this sticker and needs to be found through dealer or online

If you need the two-tone combinations of paints for your exterior, that can be found here (1990 linked):
https://www.paintscratch.com/touch_u...xus-LS400.html

 

Thanks for the link on the exterior paint codes. I'll definitely put those to use.

The interior code for my car is FA45

 

Mauve is pale purple. SEM Classic Coat 17293 matches the ES of that era maybe the LS is the same.

 

Thanks, that might come in handy for the door panels if I can find the matching leather material for the seats. I'd love to not have to replace the leather on those as that's very labor intensive. The seats I can't get away with just spraying, unfortunately.

 

Is the drivers seat leather beyond repair? The rest of the seats look fine just need a good cleaning. Headrests not sure if they will clean up if not spray them. Unless that's a shadow.

 

The pictures make it look much better than it actually is. All of it is extremely dry and starting to crack. The front bottoms were replaced with vinyl, not leather, but the Lexus dealership I bought this car from. I bought it sight unseen and when they asked if I wanted the front bottoms replaced, I assumed they were going to replace it with leather but they cheaped out a little and put vinyl instead. So, I'm correcting that along with everything else if I can. You'll also notice that what leather is still there is pulled tight - due to age and shrinkage. The original seats had the leather bunched (for lack of a better word) in the center panels but these seats have lost all of that. Trying to get it all back.

 

What Lexus dealership.installed vinyl seats in your LS400?

 

McGrath Lexus of Westmont - outside Chicago.