leather repairs

[paultje]

The leather seat on my C2 993 is showing signs of wear (scuffing) on the bolster - which is rubbed every time I get in or out. The colour is light grey which shows the marks very clearly. Has anyone used a product (die?) to repair leather that they can recommend, or a repairer/restorer that doesn't cost the earth?

[warmfuzzies]

I used Benchmark leather from Danbury Essex.
I believe leathercare in warrington use the same connolly approach.
I'd tried and failed with liquid leather and others, so went for a different approach, you can read details here:- http://homepage.ntlworld.com/warmfuzzies/Seats/Driven_by_the%20_seat_of_your_pants.htm
kevin

edited for sloppy spelling

>> Edited by warmfuzzies on Sunday 27th June 17:24

[diver944]

Nice site and a good explanation Kevin I think I'll go down that route myself when things start to wear.

One tip I discovered to help make your bolsters last longer is that the seatbacks are interchangeable because they have seat tilters on both sides. When your drivers bolster starts to look a bit tired simply unbolt the seatbacks and swap them over so that the drivers is now the passengers and vice versa.

As long as you don't have full electric adjustment it works. It simply unscrew the plastic hinge cover, disconnect the cable from the tilters, remove the bolt on the hinges, then swap the seat backs.

[cerowe]

Kevin,

Was looking at doing this to mine. How long ago did you have your seats done. Are they still looking good?

Thanks

[warmfuzzies]

Had them done a year ago, still looking good.
I also had the drivers seat bolsters replaced which I thought neccessary.
I'm also now much more carefull how I get in and out of the car as the seats are sports types, so have a deeper bolster than normal, this stops the finish from being ruined. It will never be as good as new, but this is the best I've seen yet, but that's only my opinion.

kevin