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06-24-2019, 06:05 PM | #1 |
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How do I fix this leather?
The left driverside bolster on my car is wearing down really fast even though I keep it clean and treat it often with leather conditioner. I bought my car new 4 months ago, and already there is a small 1 cm sized section of the leather bolster where the leather is starting to wear through to the backing material. The local leather repair shop is quoting me $200 to fix this tiny 1cm section "because of the proximity to the red contrast stiching, and we'll need to mask the whole thing". As thats pretty much the cost of an entirely new seat cover, I noped out of that. What is the best way to fix this myself?
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I had leather put in my '13 FRS and my seats 6 years later look in better condition than what I see in your photo. Factory leather on cheap japanese sports cars is a rip off, they give you such thin cheap material. For future advice, don't get the leather unless it didn't come from the factory. Only get leather performed at the dealership or have a quality shop do the leather seats.
I honestly would bring it up with the dealership as a material defect, you bought leather with the idea that it would last longer and be more durable than cloth. That sort of wear in 4 months is pretty hardcore. I'm going to have to guess your a heavy set fellow. The creasing around that bolster doesn't look right either, it should not be creasing to that extent. You should only have to apply leather conditioner so often, every 6 months at most, and that is normally after the first year of ownership. It should be rock solid for at least a year with no real care needed. Post back with an update. |
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06-24-2019, 06:51 PM | #4 |
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This looks like wear from a butt pocket sliding against it when you're sitting down into the seat. Pay extreme attention with how you enter/exit the vehicle, as this is where most wear originates.
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I would consider this a manufactures defect. Ok yeah I'm 150lbs and at 160 after 4 months it should not look that bad unless you wear sand paper clothing. Mine doesn't look nearly as creased but it does look a little less frayed than yours but mine is 6 years + old and is a daily. This was my seat when new, as you can see absolutely zero creases on the bolster. You can see a picture of mine when it was new at the bottom of my ft86 profile page. https://www.ft86club.com/forums/dto_...hicle_id=2947# |
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I have the same exact thing but on the outer edge. I brought mine to Toyota and they said it's not covered.
When I get around to it, I'm just going to go on Amazon and get the best reviewed repair kit and fix it. Looking at videos online of people doing it, it looks pretty easy to do, definitely not $200 worth of effort for sure. Here's a video of somebody doing it, looks easy enough: [ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcntjXiCiig[/ame] |
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Yeah any leather that comes from the factory should be considered thinner and less durable leather. Also dealer normally charges you full price for leather, which for the same price you can have an independent shop do it, give you way more options in terms of personalization and will likely be higher quality leather. Plus they will honor their work. So When I bought my FRS Scion doesn't offer leather options but the dealer I got it at was working with Katskin leather who did my interior. Then 3 years later the leather on the rear back seat was pulling away slightly from the plastic near the top (where the sun beats on it). I told Katskin, they said No problem. Drove to my work removed my rear seat completely and took it. Brought it back to my work the next day totally redone. They did this totally free of charge as it shouldn't do that when you pay $1,500 for leather. If I where OP I would let the dealership know Im un satisfied with this leather quality. It almost seems as if the leather was not treated fully as it should not be that beaten up that fast. Something is up and say this is a defect. |
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Bubba says to hit it with a gray magic marker - then forget about it.
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I put seat covers on mine after I noticed some wear after just 2 months. A big expense at first but I plan to keep my BRZ for at least 7 years. People have been saying that they are very difficult to install. It took me about 20 minutes to do the entire car front and back.
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Put the seat as far back as possible when entering and exiting the car.
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