Don't be afraid to dye your seats!
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I've noticed several posts recently about repairing and replacing leather.
Unless the leather is torn, severely cracked or badly abraded, it can be healed. I used products from www.liquidleather.com and was very satisfied with the results.
Below are seats from a 1967 Ferrari. The seat on the right looked exactly like the seat on the left before treatment. I applied Liquid Leather conditioner to the seats several times and then let the leather absorb the stuff. Then I wiped on dye and immediately wiped off any excess.
The LL treatment helped heal the cracks and the black dye provided the color. The seats now look great.
Most 993 seem to have a color-worn area on the driver's seat bolster from getting in and out of the car. A tiny bit of dye and conditioner can go a long way into making this spot look like new.
I have no affiliation and so on, but Liquid Leather works great. I hope this helps.
Matt
Unless the leather is torn, severely cracked or badly abraded, it can be healed. I used products from www.liquidleather.com and was very satisfied with the results.
Below are seats from a 1967 Ferrari. The seat on the right looked exactly like the seat on the left before treatment. I applied Liquid Leather conditioner to the seats several times and then let the leather absorb the stuff. Then I wiped on dye and immediately wiped off any excess.
The LL treatment helped heal the cracks and the black dye provided the color. The seats now look great.
Most 993 seem to have a color-worn area on the driver's seat bolster from getting in and out of the car. A tiny bit of dye and conditioner can go a long way into making this spot look like new.
I have no affiliation and so on, but Liquid Leather works great. I hope this helps.
Matt
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Wow, that is amazing. I wonder if you have more success with black seats. I recently had the tan seats from my Ferrari re-dyed by the best guy in Dallas. While they look good, the improvement is not a dramatic as yours.
Nice job! I sense that you will do this on your new C4S...
Nice job! I sense that you will do this on your new C4S...
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Nice job, Matt!
Thanks for the post with picture ...I have been contemplating this very thing for a couple of years, literally, but have been too chicken to give it a whirl. You've encouraged me to try it as a summer project!
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Thanks for the post with picture ...I have been contemplating this very thing for a couple of years, literally, but have been too chicken to give it a whirl. You've encouraged me to try it as a summer project!
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Yes!
You can renew your leather... even just a bolster if you want to freshen it up.
I have used ColorPlus products with the same success, though not as extreme as the pics Smiles posted. That is a great example of what is possible.
Cows don't come in the various colors our seats came in![Smilie](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
All of this leather is dyed and if you use a quality product you can get like-new results, as long as the leather is not torn. Cracks are not a problem. They are usually just cracks in the color, not the leather itself.
Good info here: http://www.colorplus.com/frameset_brochure.html (no afilliation but a very happy long term customer. Great service from this small biz)
Edit: not smelly and non-toxic
You can renew your leather... even just a bolster if you want to freshen it up.
I have used ColorPlus products with the same success, though not as extreme as the pics Smiles posted. That is a great example of what is possible.
Cows don't come in the various colors our seats came in
![Smilie](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
All of this leather is dyed and if you use a quality product you can get like-new results, as long as the leather is not torn. Cracks are not a problem. They are usually just cracks in the color, not the leather itself.
Good info here: http://www.colorplus.com/frameset_brochure.html (no afilliation but a very happy long term customer. Great service from this small biz)
Edit: not smelly and non-toxic
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The smell of the dye is slightly strong, but disappears as the solvents dry.
But the smell of the Leatherique is wonderful. It smells more like Ferrari leather, if you know what I mean.
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Can these products be purchased at local or national stores (Walmarts, Pepboys, Kmart, etc...)?
Ken
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colorplus sells some popular colors but also can color match anything you send them. Very cool.
As a side note, I have always ordered the smallest quantity they offer... and I have never needed anything close to all of it. A little goes a long ways.
On my 993 turbo, black interior, the drivers bolster was slightly faded. I cleaned it and lightly brushed on the black "sureflex" dye to touch it up. Looks like the rest of the seat now.
I also used it to do a complete color change on a 3 spoke wheel (from gray to black) for my 993 tip since it is hard to find a tip wheel... it looks like a black wheel and is holding up very well.
Great stuff!