irbullet

Well, somehow my seat got ripped and I'm not quite sure how to repair it if at all possible.

Here is an image:


Is there anything I could do DIY to repair this? I don't care if it's perfect or not as the seat isn't exactly mint, I'm just not a huge fan of a sightly rip.

Thanks to anyone who reads this / replies.

dkmura

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Sorry to say, anything you do as DIY repair will look like ***. You're better off looking for a local upholstery shop and seeing how much they'd change to do a REAL repair.

irbullet

I figured so. The leather seems very hardened and abused by the sun on passenger side. I'd probably be best off buying a new seat or having it reupholstered at a proper shop anyways.

Thanks for your reply

Spike100

The short answer: It’s not possible to esthetically repair cracks, tears, and worn areas on 350z leather seats.

A more detailed explanation: The OEM leather used in the 350z is a surfaced-dyed leather (as opposed to Aniline-dyed, which is dyed on both sides). Aniline dyeing is a better process and used on higher quality leather. Surface dyeing is used on lower quality leather, and the process is obvious because the leather’s color isn’t the same through the material.

Repairing surface-dyed leather is difficult if not even possible. The leather is almost as if it had been painted. That means a crack shows a different color, and the surface coat is brittle. This is very obvious on the tan colored surface-dyed shift *****, which quickly show wear (the undyed color shows through).