Going to try and restore my drivers leather seat ...

[greekmr2]

Hi guys,

I am going to try to restore my driver's seat ... it has a hole on the bolster equal to two 2 pounds coins ...
I ordered a repair kit from furniture clinic ... will let you know for the results

[greekmr2]

One thing I need to ask ... is the leather trim removable from the seat?? the stitching has gonne in some places so I would like to stich it up.
Any ideas has anyone attempted it before?

[ryan]

Yeas you can remove it, id unbolt the seat for better access (4 bolts plus seatbelt nut)

[greekmr2]

I will remove the seats to make the repair easier and bring them in the house

So if the leather slides off the seats it will make the restitching quite easy job then.

[paul port]

To be honest, from what I know now I would not bother with a Repair...

Speak to one of our German friends on the Events Duderstadt thread.
They have a company over there selling complete new covers that are good enough to be OEM (Saw some last year) - cost was around the £100 mark if I recall.... Much cheaper than the ~£500 odd DIY solutions found in the UK.

Paul

[greekmr2]

The Kit arrived today
I will take before and after pics and see the outcome

Now the question is ... how do I remove the seats out of the car lol

[Hou]

You will also have fun getting the seat cover off, was a pain!

[greekmr2]

Apparently it does not need to take the cover off for the repair of the hole ...
the cover I will need to take it off to repair the stitching I think

[Jaspa]

Now the question is ... how do I remove the seats out of the car lol

Slide the seat fully back and you will access 2x 14mm (from memory) bolts. undo these and slide the seat fully forward, 2 more bolts at the back. and that it

[greekmr2]

Done it ... they are both out of the car
This will give me the option to clean the car easier too lol

[alanmr2turbo]

It's a bit to late to tell you a lot of people buy a good passenger side cover and fit it to the drivers seat

[greekmr2]

I know .. but to be honest if the repair kit does not work I will do that
the passenger back cover is out and given to my neighbour to stitch it back he has all the leather needles etc needed.

I am going to start applying the leather kit to cover the hole now

Question ... there are some coper rings that hold the back cover in place... I had to twist them open as they were a pain to remove ...
if I use tie rods afterwards would it work well?? or anyone has any better suggestion?

[greekmr2]

Some pictures of how it looks before I start anything :

A hole on the bolster and a rip exactly on the middle of the bottom



A big hole on the side bolster.




As you see the stitching has gonne on the top left of the back

[Harold]

They both look pretty beaten up, just buy a new pair. Should only be £100 or so for some decent ones.

[greekmr2]

Progress ...

Passenger loads of leather cleaner and cream :





Driver with base undercloth before putting in the filler :

[greekmr2]

Heavy Duty Filler is in now ... first coat ...(out of four)

[greekmr2]

They both look pretty beaten up, just buy a new pair. Should only be £100 or so for some decent ones.

I know but never done a repair before .... I wanted to see how good it will come out ... for the shake of £40 ... lets see lol

The one's I have found online do not look much better

[greekmr2]

Final steps of the filler before I do the sanding and paint it :









Painted the torn repair only ...



Painted the rest of the bottom part of the seat





Taking a break until tomorrow ... should be ready before lunch time !!! Cannot wait to see the result.

[TheBaker]

Nice one for posting the pics n progress, really interested to see how this pans out as mine are pretty bad like that too.

Keep us posted.

[greekmr2]

Almost completed ... have taken several pics of the progress .... just a couple of more coats and then it will be done I am amazed!! it looks really good.
If I was more patient with sanding I would have had a finish you could not tell the difference from new