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Among the many rips and tears in the interior/upholstery is this bad boy. That white cord tends to pull out and I'm afraid that it'll continue to tear the seat upwards. Does anyone have any cheap tricks for patching something like this up? I don't want to go throwing in some hot glue or red electrical tape before hearing better suggestions.
I'd like to get a full repair on this seat and the interior doors one day, as soon as I figure out the cost for something like that.
What you see is welt cord; it forms the bead in the upholstery; and you can see it because the vinyl has worn away. Dying the welting could help, but new upholstery would be the better fix.
Last edited by Easy Mike; Feb 25, 2016 at 04:03 PM.
You might be able to slather some kind of vinyl repair goop on top of it. Is that a repair just to the right of it in the photo? Can you use the same stuff. Temporary at best.
If you're worried about snagging it, you could cut out that section of cord.
Depends on your car and what you want/want to pay.
The material is worn off at the plastic welting. You can't "fix" it correctly with the seatcover on the seat. A 'band-aid' fix would be to use some adhesive to bond the loose vinyl material to the plastic welt (super glue of some type???), then use an air-dry plastic product (like Plasti-Dip) to fill any area that doesn't cover the welting. Finally, recolor with a matching vinyl dye.
If you don't want to buy new covers, you could 'band-aid' it or you could remove the cover and take it to a good auto upholstery shop for a proper repair.
If it were me, I would try the band-aid, and if it looked OK and held up, stay with it until it 'died'. Otherwise, I would purchase new seatcovers.
P.S. For the 'cut' areas, you need to back up the area torn with a supporting patch, then fill any gaps with air-dry plastic material, then recolor.
Last edited by 7T1vette; Feb 26, 2016 at 01:04 AM.
Torn Seat Stitching. Quick Fixes?
