Front seats and the old leather

[NorCalSam]

The front seats on our 94 cruiser with about 175,000 on it are shot. How do I resrore or make nice again.


seat covers
have the seats redone
buy aftermaket replacements

pros and cons

thanks Sam

 

[Vitesse_6]

I know the dealer makes fitted seat covers in some cloth/denim fabrick...I think, But im sure there is a place, Possibly the dealer again to get some new leather.
Good luck

 

[LandyLover]

The same is on my 95 driver seat. The stitching on the pleat right under the butt is whats tearing. I took it in 1 year ago to get it re-stitched and paid $250 CDN for the job. The stitches tore out 3 mos later. I took it in again, they repaired it under warranty. Stictches tore 3 mos later. I took it in just last week for warranty and they did it again under warranty, though the guy is now blaming the leather b/c its shrunk and tearing the stiches. He said to go a leather upholsterer and they'd replace the leather for around $300 (P and L). This is definatlely the route I'd go. I wish I did this in the first place.

HTH


Later

 

[fatfish]

When I had mine repaired they said to clean off the leather conditioner, & then put baby oil on them this will soak in making then pliable. I t took several times untill it they wouldn't soak any more up.
Mine were like a sponge.

 

[NorCalDoug]

My seats are shot -- I got them that way though. The PO was pretty hard on the leather in mine. I don't think I helped much though

I know several people have used Leatherique with very good results. I saw the end result of a Leatherique reconditioning and was very impressed.

That said, I think I'll save the Leatherique process for the wife's 80 and will just cover mine with an aftermarket cover. Many have ordered covers from Great Covers -- their site is www.gtcovers.com (they have another website, but it's not as user-friendly as this one). Some have gone with Wet Okole covers -- they're neoprene. I'm considering a neoprene cover, from Costco's online site.

For more info on Leatherique, search the archives with "leatherique" as the keyword.

 

[firetruck41]

The leatherique info is in the faq at the top of this forum.

 

[concretejungle]

I covered mine with GTcovers.

 

[Rusty Phillips]

Concrete - when I saw your first pic there I thought for a second that I was looking at the seat in my truck