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Title: Anyone repaired their leather drivers seat???
Post by: monte on August 12, 2012, 09:05:06 am: Some of you may remember years ago I was considering getting my drivers seat repaired.
I had damage to the right hand side bolsters.
The one next to my right butt cheek needs repacking, but worst of all the one higher up next to my waist, has now worn a small hole through the leather, and some of the stitching has worn away.

Has anyone had this sort of repair work done?

Any recommendations?

Anyone know a rough cost of these repairs?

This really needs to be my next job to sort out. It's getting quite bad. :sad1:

I'll take some pics later. :happy2:
Title: Re: Anyone repaired their leather drivers seat???
Post by: gazon69 on August 12, 2012, 09:15:34 am: Carlo, mines exactly the same and i intend on putting this on my next 'to do' list. There is a guy who has a unit about a mile from where i live in sheffield who's work is meant to be sh*t hot. I will go down and see him and get a price from him. If you could send me any pics of the work you require i wall also enquire for you as well. Cheers Gaz
Title: Re: Anyone repaired their leather drivers seat???
Post by: monte on August 12, 2012, 09:49:27 am: That sounds great Gaz :happy2:
Sheffield is only 35-40mins away too :wink:

I'll take some pics today. :smiley:
Title: Re: Anyone repaired their leather drivers seat???
Post by: sanj on August 12, 2012, 01:22:45 pm: Mine's like that too.... :surprised:
Title: Re: Anyone repaired their leather drivers seat???
Post by: vRS Carl on August 12, 2012, 01:24:35 pm: I know Seat Surgeons are quite highly regarded for Re-Trims. Not sure if they do repairs though.

http://www.theseatsurgeons.com/metadot/index.pl
Title: Re: Anyone repaired their leather drivers seat???
Post by: Nodz on August 12, 2012, 01:27:51 pm: Not sure on repairs but I know when mine got broken into I got told that the OEM leather for both front seats and steering wheel came to nearly £2k. As the seats were not repairable I got new ones. So if you call a steering wheel from VW £400 then the leather was about £800 per seat
Title: Re: Anyone repaired their leather drivers seat???
Post by: monte on August 12, 2012, 07:14:33 pm: Quote from: gazon69 on August 12, 2012, 09:15:34 am
Carlo, mines exactly the same and i intend on putting this on my next 'to do' list. There is a guy who has a unit about a mile from where i live in sheffield who's work is meant to be sh*t hot. I will go down and see him and get a price from him. If you could send me any pics of the work you require i wall also enquire for you as well. Cheers Gaz

Here are the pics of the seat. (Warning...not for the faint hearted)

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Ftt210%2Fmonte0797%2F4546bb02.jpg&hash=8588834f194dc5b0f0a36ab7610cf72486dc0594)

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Ftt210%2Fmonte0797%2F0254f4c5.jpg&hash=f14fb176fc92167eb1da01d0d545fcedfd5f21d0)
Title: Re: Anyone repaired their leather drivers seat???
Post by: stealthwolf on August 12, 2012, 07:51:01 pm: I'm sure my seat bolster's been like that for around 20k miles. The side bolster is less worn than yours.
Title: Re: Anyone repaired their leather drivers seat???
Post by: Gene Hunt on August 13, 2012, 08:07:36 pm: There is a guy not far from me in Harrogate who is also great with car seats if you get stuck. :smiley:
Title: Re: Anyone repaired their leather drivers seat???
Post by: john_o on August 13, 2012, 10:06:38 pm: interested in this too, mines seen better days....

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-GkBrDhUNlEk/UClrrhP84MI/AAAAAAAAsCI/gHadToMkfPM/s400/IMG_20120705_204929.jpg)

sand just recently Ive actually punctured the side of the seat too :sad:
Title: Re: Anyone repaired their leather drivers seat???
Post by: monte on August 13, 2012, 10:21:42 pm: Quote from: john_o on August 13, 2012, 10:06:38 pm
interested in this too, mines seen better days....

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-GkBrDhUNlEk/UClrrhP84MI/AAAAAAAAsCI/gHadToMkfPM/s400/IMG_20120705_204929.jpg)

sand just recently Ive actually punctured the side of the seat too :sad:

I thought that was another photo of my seat for a minute :ashamed:

….almost identical.
Title: Re: Anyone repaired their leather drivers seat???
Post by: monte on August 13, 2012, 10:24:00 pm: Quote from: Gene Hunt on August 13, 2012, 08:07:36 pm
There is a guy not far from me in Harrogate who is also great with car seats if you get stuck. :smiley:

Do you ever drive past there mate? Could you show him the photo please? :smiley:
Title: Re: Anyone repaired their leather drivers seat???
Post by: Gene Hunt on August 13, 2012, 10:38:02 pm: Quote from: monte on August 13, 2012, 10:24:00 pm
Quote from: Gene Hunt on August 13, 2012, 08:07:36 pm
There is a guy not far from me in Harrogate who is also great with car seats if you get stuck. :smiley:

Do you ever drive past there mate? Could you show him the photo please? :smiley:
.............might be able to sort something out on my next set of rest days :smiley:.Can vouch for the quality of his work tho mate,had a couple of jobs done by him in the past & i think he could sort these out no problem.
Title: Re: Anyone repaired their leather drivers seat???
Post by: monte on August 16, 2012, 07:31:14 am: I know this is not ideal but has anyone used this stuff?

http://www.plastidip.co.uk/eStore/index.cfm?type=Home_Solutions/VLP&stage=1

Do you think it will do more damage than good?

I'm def gonna get it done professionally, but I'm hoping to get it done around Christmas time if poss!
Then I can leave the seat with the repairer for a month, while I'm in Italy. :happy2:

Gene, I'm gonna contact the guys in Harrogate tomorrow :wink:
Title: Re: Anyone repaired their leather drivers seat???
Post by: Gene Hunt on August 16, 2012, 07:39:54 am: No problem Monte :happy2:.If he can't sor :happy2: it then no one can,he's done loads of work for various car clubs.