Leather care- how clean, treat and/or repair
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wow, very nice to have a leather expert to help with ?'s. I'd like to change the the color of the seat inserts and the door panel. I'm thinking yellow to match the spa yellow on the outside. Can this be done by having the leather professionally redyed or will I need to have new leather installed instead?
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Originally Posted by EZZ,Jun 7 2005, 09:52 PM
wow, very nice to have a leather expert to help with ?'s. I'd like to change the the color of the seat inserts and the door panel. I'm thinking yellow to match the spa yellow on the outside. Can this be done by having the leather professionally redyed or will I need to have new leather installed instead?
Cost is going to be the BIG difference here, probably like under $500 to do the color change, whereas the leather replacement would be about double that. Personally if you have the money, I say replace the leather, if not the refinishing would be fine, but make sure the person you go to has some skills.
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Sean,
I want to keep my brand new S2000 is perfect condition, so the info about leather care has been very useful. My question is...
what do you think about seat covers?
I was thinking of quality, custom fitted, cotton/canvas seat covers. this would keep out dirt and road grime. but would it protect the bolsters from the "sandpaper effect" of sliding in and out?
I'm in Florida, so I'm likely to be sweating on my black seats in the sun too.
Any other pros / cons?
Thanks
I want to keep my brand new S2000 is perfect condition, so the info about leather care has been very useful. My question is...
what do you think about seat covers?
I was thinking of quality, custom fitted, cotton/canvas seat covers. this would keep out dirt and road grime. but would it protect the bolsters from the "sandpaper effect" of sliding in and out?
I'm in Florida, so I'm likely to be sweating on my black seats in the sun too.
Any other pros / cons?
Thanks
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Brazz,
Here's the thing...you got the leather because of its superior look and feel, by putting a seat cover on it you are taking that away. That being said you may personally like the seat cover material better, then it doesn't matter.
If properly taken care of (cleaned and conditioned regularly) you won't have any problems with this, although I wouldn't recommend leaving the top down for extended period of time when the car is just sitting parked when the sun is blaring.
One precaution with seat covers is that the backs can be rough and scuff up the leather or dirt can get under them and scuff the leather, so you would still need to clean and condition them on a semi-regular basis with the covers on.
Here's the thing...you got the leather because of its superior look and feel, by putting a seat cover on it you are taking that away. That being said you may personally like the seat cover material better, then it doesn't matter.
If properly taken care of (cleaned and conditioned regularly) you won't have any problems with this, although I wouldn't recommend leaving the top down for extended period of time when the car is just sitting parked when the sun is blaring.
One precaution with seat covers is that the backs can be rough and scuff up the leather or dirt can get under them and scuff the leather, so you would still need to clean and condition them on a semi-regular basis with the covers on.
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Ok here is the issue:
My Suzuka blue seats have a dyed finished leather (coating on the surface). Unfortunately, I tend to be lazy getting into the car and typically slide down the side of the seat. Regardless... the net result is I wore the coating and some of the blue dye off in a spot (black underneath) My question is how to repair? (where can I get matching dye ... what to coat with and where to get ... procedure... etc)
My Suzuka blue seats have a dyed finished leather (coating on the surface). Unfortunately, I tend to be lazy getting into the car and typically slide down the side of the seat. Regardless... the net result is I wore the coating and some of the blue dye off in a spot (black underneath) My question is how to repair? (where can I get matching dye ... what to coat with and where to get ... procedure... etc)