Car leather repair - Sussex/Surrey?

[Funk]

Got a couple of bits I need to get sorted before the car goes back rather than leave myself at the mercy of the lease co's application of the BVRLA standards...

Ideally somewhere within West Sussex or Surrey-ish - possibly the Brighton end of East Sussex too.

Cheers.

Edited by Funk on Tuesday 5th July 12:28

[trickywoo]

https://www.oxtedtrimming.co.uk/automotive/

In range albeit the other end of your ideal.

[Funk]

Thanks, looks like they're more about complete re-trims than spot repairs though...?

[trickywoo]

Funk said:

Thanks, looks like they're more about complete re-trims than spot repairs though...?

Give them a call. My understanding is that they do spot repairs too. Says so in their blurb at least.

[r6blacky]

Give these guys a try - https://www.markthomastrimming.com/

[Funk]

Thanks trickywoo.

Cheers r6blacky; I'd found Mark Thomas' site over the weekend - have you used him for work? Am hoping for recommendations from positive experiences if poss.

[Funk]

Update; the major issue over the weekend was chewing gum that someone managed to get on their trousers and then on my seat. I wasn't sure whether it was best to leave it to dry and get it sorted by a pro or try and get it off asap. With hindsight I suspect the former rather than the latter but I made a call and tried to clean it myself.

It's taken some of the top layer off the leather and unfortunately I think I made things worse when trying to pick it out of the perforations in the seat. Here's the damage:







Had a quote from trimmer to replace that section of the seat (£400) and a quote from BMW for the whole seat cover (£1k+ fitting). Going to get another quote just to see where it lands. I'd hoped it might be repairable rather than having to replace but it is what it is I guess...

The B-pillar trim has wear on the leather corner from ingress/egress - very common apparently - and I've ordered the replacement part from BMW which I'll get fitted later this year.

Edited by Funk on Tuesday 5th July 13:06

[Big E 118]

These guys would be worth contacting. I believe they are the same chaps as Vamped Trimming (same site) and I know people that have had good experiences of full re-trims with them. https://www.carseatrepairs.net/

[Funk]

Big E 118 said:

These guys would be worth contacting. I believe they are the same chaps as Vamped Trimming (same site) and I know people that have had good experiences of full re-trims with them. https://www.carseatrepairs.net/

Thanks, I've pinged them an email with pics.

[Funk]

Update; I found CW Trimming near Henfield and had a chat with Craig - he said he was confident they could do a very good repair in-situ for £180.

My only criteria was that it needed to be sufficient to meet the inspection requirement when the car goes back at the end of the year. I figured I'd start with repair and if it wasn't up to scratch I'd cough up for panel replacement instead. However Craig's done a fantastic job with the repair:





It's not 100% perfect but it's very close and I think you'd have to be really looking for it to see it. Even then I don't think it'll be something that gets flagged when the car gets returned. Craig was great to deal with and obviously does a lot more than just repairs like mine; turns out my sales director used them years ago to repair the back seat of one of their cars that their dog decided to destroy...

If anyone's looking for interior work I can recommend CW Trimming.

I also picked up the replacement B-pillar trim from BMW - they had one in the country so I nabbed it - and Craig's offered to fit it for me later this year to replace the damaged one. The one in the pic above would be difficult to repair and the replacement was £98 so a bit of a no-brainer to replace rather than repair.

Edited by Funk on Tuesday 12th July 18:34

[Big E 118]

Looks like a decent job, Henfield not too far from me so I'll keep them in mind.