Seat bolster repair

Jack Ratt

Jack Ratt

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British Zeds
The West Country
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Dec 3, 2013
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Location
TRURO, CORNWALL
Model of Z
2.8i AUTO and 2.8i MANUAL
I'm afraid I didn't take any "before" pics but here is my "nearly finished" drivers seat bolster repair.

You may or may not recall that I reported that I got into my car whilst wearing my overalls and the zip on my back pocket ripped a hole in my seat bolster. The rip was a curly tear about 100mm round, but after following the instructions you really struggle to see it now.

I bought a kit off Ebay and I'm quite happy with the result.

No, not happy, I'm bloody chuffed =))

I say it's "nearly finished" as I've still got to apply the finishing coat. The colour match isn't perfect, actually it's a bit light but I'm sure if I clean the rest of the seat with a decent leather restorer it will come up ok.

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The colour difference isn't so noticeable in real light
 
liquid leathers Gt12 cleaner will make a big difference but great repair well done :thumbsup:
 
Great job Garry, very well done mate.:thumbsup:

Tony.
 
Looks really good Gary, can't see where the tear was so:thumbsup:
 
Looks good to me
 
Looks fantastic :p
Well done :)
 
I know this is an old thread but I have to do some minor repair to my seats and I have the same colour and pattern as you. Do you have the ebay number for the product you used?
 
Nice job Gary :thumbsup:
 
Cooper said:
I know this is an old thread but I have to do some minor repair to my seats and I have the same colour and pattern as you. Do you have the ebay number for the product you used?
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I'll have a look and see if I can find it and will post it here.
 
Well worth the work - looking great!
 
gookah said:
100mm is a big rip,,, 4"?
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Yes, it surprised me too, the tear was a curly, spiral. Must have happened because once I sat in the seat I must have rolled my fat arse a bit too much. It was an easy fix though. There was plenty of backing fabric in the repair kit, and the leather adhesive was very good.
I watched a couple of YouTube videos and got stuck in.
 
I'll have to give this a try as our leather couch has some tears from when a cat we had to keep the mouse situation under control decided to do a few laps around the room using the leather as a spring board while being chased by our Irish Setter!! Not quite the same as fixing a Zed but leather's leather!! JIM
 
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