I just thought many of you would like to see pictures my seats before and after re-dyeing them. The process is not bad. I got all my info/supplies from Leatherique.com. It makes my seats look and feel so much better. Their products brought the leather back to life (soft and supple) and the re-dye makes them look new again.

Here's the passenger side seat back prepped and ready for dyeing.

The seat bottom before.

After re-dyeing.



I just finished up the job of re-dyeing them about a half hour ago. The instructions say to let them set for 48 hours for the dye to cure, before doing anything with them. They will be put back together and reinstalled in the car sometime Saturday.

 

 

The before pictures actually don't look too bad, but the catch here is the "prep work" makes them actually look better than they did before any work. The picture of the drivers side back bolster looks new, and as you all know, the bolsters always wear bad. Mine was basically down to bare leather. The picture shows how nice it is now.

 

After thanks giving this is definatly going to be my next project. how hard is it what is involved in the preping stages and how hard is it to get the 94-96 sport seats out.

 

Those look great.... let us know what all is involved. Time and money.

 

This is the gist of the PM I sent to ImpalaBalko. He asked about taking the seat out as well.

Taking the seats out isn't too hard. The seat bottom comes out real easy, have you done that before? If not here is the procedure.

Push down pretty hard on the front of the seat, under there is a little wire "bail" that pivots toward the back, to release the seat portion. After pushing the bail back, just lift the seat out.

To take out the rest I found it was easiest to remove the 4 bolts that hold seat base and back to the slides, these are 15mm hex head that are in the four corners of the base.

You will have to unhook a couple of electrical connectors 1 on each seat and 1 air connector on each seat then the seat base and back come out as one piece.

The prepping procedure is not difficult and comes with the dye kit. Is the leather soft and supple? If not you will want to whip it into shape before you try to re-dye. The Rejuvenator Oil comes in the re-dye kit as well. The soft and supple leather makes the re-dye more effective. The prepping includes wet sanding the leather with the prepping agent. Yes, that's right, wet sanding with 400 grit paper. This will remove the old dye and clean all old cleaning/treatments off the leather. Like repainting your car, the silicones in some products used will make fish eye so make sure you do a thorough job of cleaning. The pictures don't show it very well, but I am down to bare leather in many places on the seats and the back. Many of the creases you may have in your seats are not cracks in the leather, but cracks in the dye, you sand them out with the prepping agent and they end up very smooth after redyeing.

After prepping the leather it must sit at least 24 hours before re-dyeing can occur. The instructions say it can be brushed on, but I chose to buy an inexpensive air brush to spray it on. Spray on a light coat, let it dry for about an hour and hit it again with a second coat. Wa-La you're done.

I got most all of my information, and all my products, from leatherique.com The redye kit #2 includes 16 oz. of prepping agent Rejuvenator Oil, Pristene Clean, dye and the instructions. I sent a sample in to get a perfect match on the dye (a $30 upcharge). The standard kit is $70, mine was $100.

Time? I spent about 2 1/2 hours prepping the seats. The actual spraying of the dye only took about 15 minutes with about an hour in between coats.

Any specific questions, post here or PM me.

 

Do they provide any kind of guarantee?

 

What kind of guarantee are you wanting? If you have any problems or questions you can call them and they are very friendly people who want to help you get a good job.

I was very skeptical about doing this, my wife was even more concerned. "How much will this cost us if this doesn't work?" (Me)"Well, new sport seat covers from Al Knock are around $1000". "Are you sure you can do this?" (Me)"If I follow the directions I can do this."

Look guys, I'm no upholstery wizard, but the results speak for themselves. Any one can do this.