Cig burn
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Cig burn
Hi all. Never had a cig burn on my seat before in any other vehicle, but of course just put one on my vette and I'm sick to my stomach about it. It's the nappa leather and I would love to know if there's a way to repair this, but I'm afraid there's not. Thank you in advance for any insight.
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You can always order the seat skin from a GM parts warehouse.
Seat bottom around $215.00
Seat back around $250.00
You can install it or have it installed for you for a price.
You just supply your VIN number to them to ensure you get the correct part.
Seat bottom around $215.00
Seat back around $250.00
You can install it or have it installed for you for a price.
You just supply your VIN number to them to ensure you get the correct part.
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Wouldn't it be nice if health issue associated with cigarettes could be resolved so easily.
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I know the horse is already out of the barn, but...
https://www.sandyeggodesigns.com/pro...te-seat-skins/
Dave
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Hi all. Never had a cig burn on my seat before in any other vehicle, but of course just put one on my vette and I'm sick to my stomach about it. It's the nappa leather and I would love to know if there's a way to repair this, but I'm afraid there's not. Thank you in advance for any insight.
After watching Wheeler Dealers, these shops do nothing but fix this sort of problem and can make it right for not that much money. Best of luck!
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Before plopping down a couple of hundred dollars for a new seat cover, try the upholstery shop and see if they can just do a repair. Some may work with a separate vendor that specializes in repairing wear marks/burn holes in seats.
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There are independent upholstery repair techs that go around to dealerships to repair leathe and sloth seats and carpets. but for new cars and used cars. I put a screw drive through a band new Cadillac seat the skin, just the driver seat bottom was 900 dollars.. I took it to the Cadillac dealer where I bought it and made an appointment to meat with one of these tech.. in Pa these tech all belong to a religious organization. they charged me 55 dollars to make that hole disappear, it was a thick shale gray skin and even with my OCD affliction I could not see the repair and it lasted as long as we owned that car 4 or five years. So you may want to go to a few dealerships and see if they have access to a similar independent tech. took him about 20 minutes. He used some epoxy and some sort of heat gun. hr put a backing piece through the hole filled it with epoxy and blended it in without issue and even added the exact texture of the rest of the skin. IM sure these people still are doing this type of work.. just like the independent dent fixer..
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