Repairing leathers

[Black Cat]

Hi,

Is it possible to replace the zip that joins the jacket to the pants on a set of leathers ?
Does any one know a place that can do this, near Romford if possible.

I've tried a few local places that do alterations but none of them could do it.
I did buy a zip and was going to try myself but realised i dont have a clue what im doing.

[Chilli]

Try Hideout.....I hope that what it's called. They're Ilford way I believe (been a few years since I've been)

[Black Cat]

Thanks,
Gave them a ring and they can do it. Not too expensive either.
The shop is near Saffron Walden though not Ilford but thats ok .

[catso]

Not particularly local to you but I have just had some alterations done by; http://www.lraac.co.uk and he did an excellent top-quality job, reasonably priced too.

[sjg]

Look on londonbikers.com - there's a lady who posts as WASP that does all kinds of stitching and leather repairs and has a good reputation on there. She's based in Grays.

[Chilli]

Black Cat said:

Thanks,
Gave them a ring and they can do it. Not too expensive either.
The shop is near Saffron Walden though not Ilford but thats ok .

I'm bloody sure they have a shop in that neck of the woods. I've never been to Saffron Rice.

[Fats25]

Living in the sticks as I do, there are plenty of horsey type places around.

Saddlers I think they are called - I have taken boots, jackets, trousers into them to have zips replaced, and always got them back quickly, and typically with stronger zips than the originals that came with the items.

[C8PPO]

Hideout have done repairs for me, their place is a fag to get to but the work was good.

[BigHeartedTone]

+1 Hideout in Ashdon.

A fag to get to? Only if its not on your doorstep

[Dontlift]

catso said:

Not particularly local to you but I have just had some alterations done by; http://www.lraac.co.uk and he did an excellent top-quality job, reasonably priced too.

And local to me too, will have to give them a call to get my alpines stars leathers sorted out

[SVS]

for Nine Lives in Farnborough/Guildford:
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[shouldbworking]

A place called www.cougarleathers.co.uk was featured in ride back in march and their work there looks tidy - says about £25 for a new zip.

That said they could have chosen a better name for it.. who wants to google 'cougar leathers'. Definately will not end well

[Dontlift]

Dontlift said:

catso said:

Not particularly local to you but I have just had some alterations done by; http://www.lraac.co.uk and he did an excellent top-quality job, reasonably priced too.

And local to me too, will have to give them a call to get my alpines stars leathers sorted out

SPoke to this guy last night and he is going to do the zips on my alpine stars leathers to match the zips on my HG textiles so i can mix and match the two

[Condi]

shouldbworking said:

That said they could have chosen a better name for it.. who wants to google 'cougar leathers'. Definately will not end well

Well, ok I tried!

And was disappointed tbh, the first result was the company you want, and the whole first page was related results. Reviews of their work etc. I even tried images but nothing interesting there either......

[Dontlift]

Condi said:

shouldbworking said:

That said they could have chosen a better name for it.. who wants to google 'cougar leathers'. Definately will not end well

Well, ok I tried!

And was disappointed tbh, the first result was the company you want, and the whole first page was related results. Reviews of their work etc. I even tried images but nothing interesting there either......

This was the no.1 image result for me