NateSaJack

They look great. I got a pro in but it hasn't proved a good job, seat rails sprayed and some peeling now after 8 months.

Wish I'd done this myself now seeing your results.

hamah

One of my winter projects this year was to do something about the condition of the seats. After a ton of research I opted to restore the seats vs. replacing the leather and decided on the use of Color Plus products. I figured it was a lot cheaper and if, in the long run, I was't happy with the quality or longevity of the job I could always replace the seat covers later.

Overall I'm pretty happy with the results. I won't post a ton of pics here other than a few shots of the refreshed seats back in the car and a before and after shot of the worst area (the driver side seat outer bolster).

If you want to see more pics you can check out my album here.

Here are the seats back in the car after refinishing them.


And another shot...


The before shot of the driver side bolster.


And the after pic...


There was another thread here on interior colour that I was posting to and if you want to see the differences that ambient light will make to how the colour appears in the picture I'd suggest looking at the album. This colour is apparently called "Raspberry" according to Color Plus after they did a colour match to my shift boot. A local manufacturer of high end leather seat covers also called my colour "Raspberry". You might think it is "Light Grey" or "Linen" but after seeing leather samples of those colours from World Upholstery I would disagree with you.

Romanoaf

Thanks for sharing, definitely something I will be undertaking in the future.

Laker

nice job!

HiWind

Thanks also, especially for the raspberry. How does it feel?
Is there a noticeable difference in the texture?

hamah

It did feel a little rough (almost like tiny pebbles) when it first dried and before I buffed them up. Now they are not as rough but still not quite like original (as I recall them feeling). I'm not going to blame the product though as it was my first time using a spray gun. Some areas feel just like normal to me so I'm sure the fault is mine.

All in all though the improvement in looks is worth it.

perlfather

Looks great. Can you provide approximate price and name of place that did this?
Thanks.

hamah

I did it myself using lots of elbow grease, rags, thinners, sandpaper, and compressor/spray gun as tools.
The products I got from Color Plus (cost about $250 but I didn't actually use some of them). I used their Super Cleaner, Soffener, and Surflex (custom colour). If the seats had been badly cracked I would have also used Flex-Fill (bought it but didn't use it)

ras62

Just had Leathercare in Warrington refurbish my seats. The two guys are ex Connolly Leather, really impressed with their work and not expensive at all. Excuse the crappy mobile pics

CBR786

both jobs look great Ras you got any before pics? and did they do your seats in the car or remove and do them on a work bench ? also did they break down the seat into two parts like original poster ? something I may need to do some time in the future.

ras62

The seats showed the usual wear, especially the drivers bolster which was cracked like OP's pics. The seats were taken out and the backs removed and then swapped on reassembly so the drivers backrest is now on the passenger side. Cleaned, treated, filled as required, treated again, painted twice, laquered twice.
The seats look great, not new though as that wouldn't look quite right.

apperception

Which color plus products did you use?

deutschland-dobson

Ras,

Looking good

Are you able to use a leather cleaner on your dye'd seats now (to keep them clean) or do you have to use water?

Ta
Chris

ras62

Chris the leather isn't dyed, it is painted and sealed with laquer so soapy water or normal leather conditioner / cleaner can be used.
O/P sorry for the thread hijack

HiWind

So Ras the feel is leathery?