Leather rip repairs?
I have seen a few threads on leather reconditioning/recoloring. And I know you can get all new seat covers for about $1k. But for a simple tear, it seems to me there should be a better solution. Such as removing your, say, lower seat cover. Then have the offending panel unstitched and a new one stitched in, then the panel reconditioned to match. This should be about a $100 project.
Does anyone know a leather repair place that does this? I have searched Seattle and found nothing, as well as general googling. You can go 100 deep in the search results and it's all "E-how" BS article trying to make money on page views, or vinyl repair kits tying to get you to buy their junk. And they say capitalism will keep the internet "free."
I know it has to exist in plenty of family business all over the country, just ones without the search-fu and net-savvy to fight the BS marketers. OK, sorry. [/rant]
I'm asking as, while the 100 seats are still looking absolutely spiffy at 11 years and 160k miles, I am wanting a second tow-capable vehicle. I am left cold by everything else out there from Eplorers, Expeditions, F150s, Broncos, Tahoes, etc., etc. I appears once you go LC you never go back. So on a budget, a used from 93 to 97 seems a good ticket, even if still twice the price of a Ford expedition from 97 or 98. But so many of those 80 LCs have really bad leather lowers on the driver's side, sometimes both. I am not interested in seat covers; it just should not be that expensive to have the originals repaired. And $1k for all new covers, or even $600 delivered for the front, is not in the budget!
I have seen a few threads on leather reconditioning/recoloring. And I know you can get all new seat covers for about $1k. But for a simple tear, it seems to me there should be a better solution. Such as removing your, say, lower seat cover. Then have the offending panel unstitched and a new one stitched in, then the panel reconditioned to match. This should be about a $100 project.
Does anyone know a leather repair place that does this? I have searched Seattle and found nothing, as well as general googling. You can go 100 deep in the search results and it's all "E-how" BS article trying to make money on page views, or vinyl repair kits tying to get you to buy their junk. And they say capitalism will keep the internet "free."
I know it has to exist in plenty of family business all over the country, just ones without the search-fu and net-savvy to fight the BS marketers. OK, sorry. [/rant]I'm asking as, while the 100 seats are still looking absolutely spiffy at 11 years and 160k miles, I am wanting a second tow-capable vehicle. I am left cold by everything else out there from Eplorers, Expeditions, F150s, Broncos, Tahoes, etc., etc. I appears once you go LC you never go back. So on a budget, a used from 93 to 97 seems a good ticket, even if still twice the price of a Ford expedition from 97 or 98. But so many of those 80 LCs have really bad leather lowers on the driver's side, sometimes both. I am not interested in seat covers; it just should not be that expensive to have the originals repaired. And $1k for all new covers, or even $600 delivered for the front, is not in the budget!
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