Mike 944

Hi again,
Has anyone tried using any type of shoe polish, or leather refreshener to bring back to life their leather seats? Also, I want to get the side driver seat re-dyed...anyone know the least expensive method? I don't want to get them professionally redone since they are in rather good condition.
Thanks

Damian in NJ

Go to carcareonline.com. The product you want is made by Surflex. I had my black sport seat bolsters done in my old 944 and it was perfect. The can do odd colors as well with a sample, but it's expensive.

michael2e

Just finished dyeing my leather rear seats black (previously tan). Never done anything like it before and man I think they look like new now. I used the Sureflex product as distributed from colorplus.com which I highly recommend. They have a very informative website and explain all the detail regarding leather care. If you're willing to do it yourself and have time it's a good option. I bought the small can ( I think it was a half pint) and that was more than enough for the seats. Cost: $37.00 If you have cracks or mars in the leather you can also buy a repair compound for another $15 or so.

Good luck, Mike

J Berk

A long time ago I did this with the tan leather interior to a Volvo....my black interior was full of cracks and I purchased a perfect and complete interior in tan for under $100....I actually went to a real, old-time shoe-maker....he sold me what he used to die shoes.....It worked perfectly and was a two part system consisting of a prep liquid and a dye....that was in 1984 and I last saw that car about 5yrs ago ( it stayed in the extended family) and still looked great!

Good luck!

Lemon Yellow 87 n/a

My interior is a 1/2 black 1/2 burgandy (looks real nice actually), but the seats are burgandy all over. The seats are the vinyl ones with the porsche script fabric middle. I wanted to dye the middle to have a black/burgandy seat. Is this possible with fabric or will I just end up dyeing the seat of my pants black????

Luke

Can we see some pics of that interior Lemon??

I have burgundy also.

Lemon Yellow 87 n/a

unfortunately, I dont have a film camera, let alone a digital one. I have a couple pics of my car which I'll scan though.

adrial

[quote]Originally posted by michael2e:
<strong>Just finished dyeing my leather rear seats black (previously tan). Never done anything like it before and man I think they look like new now. I used the Sureflex product as distributed from colorplus.com which I highly recommend. They have a very informative website and explain all the detail regarding leather care. If you're willing to do it yourself and have time it's a good option. I bought the small can ( I think it was a half pint) and that was more than enough for the seats. Cost: $37.00 If you have cracks or mars in the leather you can also buy a repair compound for another $15 or so.

Good luck, Mike</strong><hr></blockquote>

I'm looking into this now...Did you use the generic black and it matched OK or did you need to use the "Porsche" black? check it out here <a href="http://www.colorplus.com/frameset_products.html" target="_blank">http://www.colorplus.com/frameset_products.html</a> if you don't remember...maybe that will jog your memory.

I'm planning on only dying the bolsters only...so I need it to be a close match.

Did you think it was necesary to use their "9 Soft Hair Brush-1" ?

thanks,
Adrial

judd944

Lemon holy crap, I realize you put all of you money into you car like the rest of us but one in a while you got to put 15 bucks aside for something else! I have been know to save up a few dollars and buy a case of Guinness...but thats it. my girlfriend hates me....I spend 20 times as much on my car than her. do PCA events count as Dates? she dosent think so!