Worn leather seat seam - any options?

Phibsboro

Hi,

After getting my car valeted I noticed a tear on a seam of the drivers leather seat. They guy was presumably trying to get rid of the denim blue stains and given that I'd asked him to use as few chems as possible (another story!), he obviously went at it with gusto! The result is shown in the pics. This is a two year old car and I hope to keep it for a while yet. Does anyone have any thoughts on how I might patch it up, or even stabilise it so it doesn't any worse?

Apologies in advance if this belongs in Maintenance and Repair, they seem more focused on operational problems.

Any help would be appreciated (note I've already stopped wearing cheap jeans!)

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Curran

Eh.....how bad was it before hand?

Is it a high mileage car for the year??

That wear is very localised...I'd expect more wear in the surrounding areas...that looks like more that wear and tear damage.

Phibsboro

Curran wrote: »

Eh.....how bad was it before hand?

Is it a high mileage car for the year??

That wear is very localised...I'd expect more wear in the surrounding areas...that looks like more that wear and tear damage.

Less than 15,000km a yr, I barely drive it! I only noticed it after the valet so I suspect he went at it with something abrasive, but then again I didn't notice it for a few days so it may well have been there for a while.

edburg

Hard to say when/how it happened, on close up pic you can still see denim marks and lines they caused. Kind off see how someone would say you done it yourself sliding, but could very easily be done by scrubbing nuts off it if there a lack lubricant shall we say.


You could prob get a decent trimmer to put a patch on it, not perfect but less visible.

Maybe a dye/paint could blend it.


Wouldn't worry about jeans to much but I would restrict any sort of sliding down the seams in to seat. Almost plod your arse in and twisty slide your legs in.

Phibsboro

edburg wrote: »

Hard to say when/how it happened, on close up pic you can still see denim marks and lines they caused. Kind off see how someone would say you done it yourself sliding, but could very easily be done by scrubbing nuts off it if there a lack lubricant shall we say.


You could prob get a decent trimmer to put a patch on it, not perfect but less visible.

Maybe a dye/paint could blend it.


Wouldn't worry about jeans to much but I would restrict any sort of sliding down the seams in to seat. Almost plod your arse in and twisty slide your legs in.

Possibly did it myself yes, I'll defo be plonking my arse down from now on! Any recommendations for a trimmer would be appreciated (PM presumably? not sure of the forum rules on that).

edburg

I couldn't to be honest, I don't like the ones I have found for myself. :pac:

PGE1970

I has to replace a full panel on my back seat in my 3 series a couple of years ago when a piece of furniture ripped it.

I used Nolans off the M50 http://nolanautocare.ie/

Their website seems to suggest trade customers now only but you might want to check? They may point you in the right direction if they can't help themselves.

They were brilliant. Service on same day and very well priced. Great people to deal with and you wouldn't know any damage was done.

I couldn't recommend them highly enough.

Phibsboro

Just to finish off this thread, I went to Nolans and they gave me a few options, including a full re-skin or strech and re-stitch. The full skin from MSL Motors was €580 (with a discount!) so I went for the re-stitch. They did a great job, see pic. I need to get in and give the whole seat a wash to try and get that blue hue off it, but at this stage I'm almost afraid to touch it

Thanks again for the Nolans recommendation.

ronnie3585

Looks like they did a great job.

If I were you, I'd invest in something like this once the seat is clean - http://www.detailingshed.com/interior/400-carpro-cquartz-leather-vinyl-coat-30ml.html

Curran

CarPro Inside or Dr.Leather Liquid Cleaner to get the seats as clean as possible, and then protect them...this will prevent some of the transfer of the dye from jeans onto the seat, but where it wins, is how easy it will be to remove it when you try to do it next time!