Leather seat repair
09-09-20, 10:51 AM
#1
Driver School Candidate
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Leather seat repair
Hi, everyone,
I think some of you might remember me from my first and only thread on here, in which I went ballistic thinking that the '03 LS that I had just purchased hours prior had a fried engine (obviously, that wasn't the case). That was in June.
In the months that have followed me being able to rectify the aforementioned issue (via replacing the cooling fans / radiator), I have to say that this car has treated me very well, and as such, I want to repay it via giving it a bit of glow up.
The interior is already in overall really good shape for an 18-year-old car with over 210K on the clock, but there is a single issue: the driver's seat leather is torn pretty badly. It isn't just ripped; there is a flap of leather missing on the seat bottom, and a bit of the leather on the seatback is ripped as well. The other seats in the car are in excellent condition. I'm guessing that the previous owner, who bought the car new, was the only one who really used it.
Does anyone have experience with having the leather seats in these cars re-upholstered? My car has perforated Ecru leather and climate controlled front seats / heated rear seats. I'm under the impression that I will have to buy the leather myself and then take the car to a shop for it to be re-upholstered -- does anyone know of any leather vendors that may be useful here? Thanks in advance.
I think some of you might remember me from my first and only thread on here, in which I went ballistic thinking that the '03 LS that I had just purchased hours prior had a fried engine (obviously, that wasn't the case). That was in June.
In the months that have followed me being able to rectify the aforementioned issue (via replacing the cooling fans / radiator), I have to say that this car has treated me very well, and as such, I want to repay it via giving it a bit of glow up.
The interior is already in overall really good shape for an 18-year-old car with over 210K on the clock, but there is a single issue: the driver's seat leather is torn pretty badly. It isn't just ripped; there is a flap of leather missing on the seat bottom, and a bit of the leather on the seatback is ripped as well. The other seats in the car are in excellent condition. I'm guessing that the previous owner, who bought the car new, was the only one who really used it.
Does anyone have experience with having the leather seats in these cars re-upholstered? My car has perforated Ecru leather and climate controlled front seats / heated rear seats. I'm under the impression that I will have to buy the leather myself and then take the car to a shop for it to be re-upholstered -- does anyone know of any leather vendors that may be useful here? Thanks in advance.
09-09-20, 10:57 AM
#2
Hi, everyone,
I think some of you might remember me from my first and only thread on here, in which I went ballistic thinking that the '03 LS that I had just purchased hours prior had a fried engine (obviously, that wasn't the case). That was in June.
In the months that have followed me being able to rectify the aforementioned issue (via replacing the cooling fans / radiator), I have to say that this car has treated me very well, and as such, I want to repay it via giving it a bit of glow up.
The interior is already in overall really good shape for an 18-year-old car with over 210K on the clock, but there is a single issue: the driver's seat leather is torn pretty badly. It isn't just ripped; there is a flap of leather missing on the seat bottom, and a bit of the leather on the seatback is ripped as well. The other seats in the car are in excellent condition. I'm guessing that the previous owner, who bought the car new, was the only one who really used it.
Does anyone have experience with having the leather seats in these cars re-upholstered? My car has perforated Ecru leather and climate controlled front seats / heated rear seats. I'm under the impression that I will have to buy the leather myself and then take the car to a shop for it to be re-upholstered -- does anyone know of any leather vendors that may be useful here? Thanks in advance.
I think some of you might remember me from my first and only thread on here, in which I went ballistic thinking that the '03 LS that I had just purchased hours prior had a fried engine (obviously, that wasn't the case). That was in June.
In the months that have followed me being able to rectify the aforementioned issue (via replacing the cooling fans / radiator), I have to say that this car has treated me very well, and as such, I want to repay it via giving it a bit of glow up.
The interior is already in overall really good shape for an 18-year-old car with over 210K on the clock, but there is a single issue: the driver's seat leather is torn pretty badly. It isn't just ripped; there is a flap of leather missing on the seat bottom, and a bit of the leather on the seatback is ripped as well. The other seats in the car are in excellent condition. I'm guessing that the previous owner, who bought the car new, was the only one who really used it.
Does anyone have experience with having the leather seats in these cars re-upholstered? My car has perforated Ecru leather and climate controlled front seats / heated rear seats. I'm under the impression that I will have to buy the leather myself and then take the car to a shop for it to be re-upholstered -- does anyone know of any leather vendors that may be useful here? Thanks in advance.
The closest I was able to find online was this:
https://www.lseat.com/products/2001-...ers-front.html
But I don't know of anyone that's used it. Considering what OE costs, these are a bargain and can be ordered perf or no perf. But I have no idea of the actual quality. With a car the age of ours, any new leather is going to stand out like a sore thumb. I don't know anything about installing leather or repairing it, but I think that remove/replace is probably the same amount of labor as remove/repair/replace.
09-09-20, 12:59 PM
#4
Instructor
Hi, everyone,
I think some of you might remember me from my first and only thread on here, in which I went ballistic thinking that the '03 LS that I had just purchased hours prior had a fried engine (obviously, that wasn't the case). That was in June.
In the months that have followed me being able to rectify the aforementioned issue (via replacing the cooling fans / radiator), I have to say that this car has treated me very well, and as such, I want to repay it via giving it a bit of glow up.
The interior is already in overall really good shape for an 18-year-old car with over 210K on the clock, but there is a single issue: the driver's seat leather is torn pretty badly. It isn't just ripped; there is a flap of leather missing on the seat bottom, and a bit of the leather on the seatback is ripped as well. The other seats in the car are in excellent condition. I'm guessing that the previous owner, who bought the car new, was the only one who really used it.
Does anyone have experience with having the leather seats in these cars re-upholstered? My car has perforated Ecru leather and climate controlled front seats / heated rear seats. I'm under the impression that I will have to buy the leather myself and then take the car to a shop for it to be re-upholstered -- does anyone know of any leather vendors that may be useful here? Thanks in advance.
I think some of you might remember me from my first and only thread on here, in which I went ballistic thinking that the '03 LS that I had just purchased hours prior had a fried engine (obviously, that wasn't the case). That was in June.
In the months that have followed me being able to rectify the aforementioned issue (via replacing the cooling fans / radiator), I have to say that this car has treated me very well, and as such, I want to repay it via giving it a bit of glow up.
The interior is already in overall really good shape for an 18-year-old car with over 210K on the clock, but there is a single issue: the driver's seat leather is torn pretty badly. It isn't just ripped; there is a flap of leather missing on the seat bottom, and a bit of the leather on the seatback is ripped as well. The other seats in the car are in excellent condition. I'm guessing that the previous owner, who bought the car new, was the only one who really used it.
Does anyone have experience with having the leather seats in these cars re-upholstered? My car has perforated Ecru leather and climate controlled front seats / heated rear seats. I'm under the impression that I will have to buy the leather myself and then take the car to a shop for it to be re-upholstered -- does anyone know of any leather vendors that may be useful here? Thanks in advance.
09-09-20, 06:34 PM
#5
Any very good upholstery shop can source the leather and do the whole job. If it were me I would try ebay first and get a good used seat bottom and back or the used covers.
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