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So my 99 Cab seats have seen better days so rather than replace or even recover, I thought I would give a repair a try as the kit from Leatherworldtech.com was under $100 delivered. (I have no affiliation or interest in the company aside from using their product)
I'll keep posting as I make progress. I removed the seats from the car to make it easier to work on as I needed to also repair a tear and wanted to take apart the seat bottom.
1. The seat rails have plastic covers covering the bolts. The front two are held on with two phillips heads and just slide off. The rear two are just clipped on. You will need an E12 socket to remove the bolts.
2. To remove the bottom cushion there are two white plastic tabs to pull the plugs out and pop them out.
3. Take the two small screws out of the seat adjustment panel and pop off the controls and push up and out to get the face off. Then detach the electrical connector from the panel (wedge a couple small flat heads in the tabs and it pops off)
4. Detach the electrical connectors from under the seat and cut the zip ties.
5. The bottom seat then lifts up from the front and pull it out.
I posted a couple of pics of the current seat condition which has a lot of cracks.
6. the middle seat back comes out by pulling out the black rail from the back of the seat at the bottom which loosens up the piece. The go to the front of the seat and the top has three clips in the pic so it just requires you to pull up.
Last pick shows some of the filler I applied from the kit. More to come as I fill and sand.
My seats need some TLC as well. I recently had one small piece of leather replaced on the left side of the driver's backrest - $450. If I remember correctly the piece was 4 inches by 22 inches. I don't think a repair kit would have worked on it. I'm anxious to follow along as you do this.
Another coat of the filler and here is a pic of the soft backs being touched up. My rears didn't need to be colored but the kit came with a great cleaner and sealant that I used on them. The finish looks new now.
Soft backs being filled Notice the difference in finish?
Very nice indeed, would be interested as well, and see how well you can completely remove all the cracks on the seat bottom and back side-bolsters. Thanks for sharing your DIY, cheers,
Subscribed. I am in the middle of adding heat to seats that did not have them, and it requires major disassembly. Not that hard really, and if a replacement section needed to be added you could save money by DIY the covers.
I went with the low gloss because I figured that just the act of sitting on the seats they'd get sort of polished/burnished by the fabric contact. Same with the steering wheel and e-brake handle...It was a little different/dull initially, but that's exactly what happened - the sheen is a perfect match now
I'm planning on this project as soon as my car returns. I read you can cover all those holes for the heated vented seats, but it's time consuming to poke the holes back with a toothpick
06-20-2017, 05:24 PM
Repairing seats with Leatherworld Tech kit
