Leather seat fixable?
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Welcome to the forum. My 2001 drivers seat is doing the same thing on the drivers side. I do not see any fixing it without replacing the seat cover. I used some of the light oak dye and colored the white area showing underneath the pulling seam and it did make it a lot less noticeable. I am going to replace the covers on my car in the spring. That area take a beating getting in and out and these cars are getting older and time takes it toll. There is a vendor here on the forum that has many options for replacing the covers with great prices. Rides is the company name.
If your seat color is black you can use a black sharpie pen and color the white and help it to not be so noticeable.
If your seat color is black you can use a black sharpie pen and color the white and help it to not be so noticeable.
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I agree with the above. A good upholstery shop should be able to replace the damaged pieces or just go with some new custom made all leather pieces from one of the forum vendors.
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The seat on my 2002 Z06 was doing the same thing. I put some VLP on the damaged area, which is a liquid vinyl or leather repair product. I then put some black vinyl spray on it and it looked like this afterwards. It looked the same quite a few years later when I sold the car.
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Thank you, guys!
I did not know that the seat is not covered with leather 100%. They did a nice job at least to me on leather look vinyl!!
I will see if I can find upholstery locally here in DFW area. I'd bet there are several good ones here, too.
I did not know that the seat is not covered with leather 100%. They did a nice job at least to me on leather look vinyl!!
I will see if I can find upholstery locally here in DFW area. I'd bet there are several good ones here, too.
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The seat on my 2002 Z06 was doing the same thing. I put some VLP on the damaged area, which is a liquid vinyl or leather repair product. I then put some black vinyl spray on it and it looked like this afterwards. It looked the same quite a few years later when I sold the car.
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