the baron Posted February 22, 2020 Report Share Posted February 22, 2020 Been meaning to sort out the bolster on the drivers seat after having bought the repair kit at the classic car show last year, just not had the time to sort it, the kit comes with glue, filler and leather inserts and the dye, which comes with a colour chart so you can match your leather exactly, in all around 5 different colours to use with the base colour of red for my particular interior, it gives clear instruction how to mix the colours correctly and to patch up your leather, here's a few before and after pics, certainly not perfect but as a temporary fix, it will do: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red rocket Posted February 22, 2020 Report Share Posted February 22, 2020 Not bad!👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truth Posted February 22, 2020 Report Share Posted February 22, 2020 Thats a decent job mate 👍 I know where to come when I need my leather repairing ..... Or if I need a dent pulling out of my bumper ! 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the baron Posted February 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2020 47 minutes ago, Truth said: Thats a decent job mate 👍 I know where to come when I need my leather repairing ..... Or if I need a dent pulling out of my bumper ! 🤣 Yup, been a busy day, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truth Posted February 22, 2020 Report Share Posted February 22, 2020 Sounds like it mate , a productive one too.... 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAZ Posted February 22, 2020 Report Share Posted February 22, 2020 Impressive ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the baron Posted February 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2020 1 hour ago, CAZ said: Impressive ! Ta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concrete-crusher Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 I'm also meaning to do mine, I have filler and a leather paint, looking at your cracks before and after they don't look filled, did you use a pu filler before painting or just paint on the cracks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattman42 Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 That’s a good result considering the damage. Good work did have a quick look on fleabay - seats are still relatively expensive to replace https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PORSCHE-CARRERA-911-996-BOXSTER-986-BOXSTER-RED-LEATHER-FRONT-SEATS/283782487850?hash=item4212c11f2a:g:vm0AAOSwh~peRlDg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
½cwt Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Mattman42 said: That’s a good result considering the damage. Good work did have a quick look on fleabay - seats are still relatively expensive to replace https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PORSCHE-CARRERA-911-996-BOXSTER-986-BOXSTER-RED-LEATHER-FRONT-SEATS/283782487850?hash=item4212c11f2a:g:vm0AAOSwh~peRlDg I suspect that you could find a leather trimmer to recover them for around the same money as these are listed at and that would be new leather which in @the baron's case would get him back to Earth on the mileage his has done based on the life of the originals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the baron Posted February 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 8 hours ago, Concrete-crusher said: I'm also meaning to do mine, I have filler and a leather paint, looking at your cracks before and after they don't look filled, did you use a pu filler before painting or just paint on the cracks? No, I put a material gause under the leather, then used the supplied leather patches and cut them to fit in the gaps, rips of the leather (glued in place) then used the supplied filler, the bumps are caused when I sanding the filler down, with a bit more time/care it could of been a better job and if I attempt again I will no how to do it better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the baron Posted February 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 8 hours ago, Mattman42 said: That’s a good result considering the damage. Good work did have a quick look on fleabay - seats are still relatively expensive to replace https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PORSCHE-CARRERA-911-996-BOXSTER-986-BOXSTER-RED-LEATHER-FRONT-SEATS/283782487850?hash=item4212c11f2a:g:vm0AAOSwh~peRlDg I saw these, but I have plans for my seats involving removing the leather inserts and replacing with the Porsche check material as below pic: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattman42 Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 Oh yes, that would be nice, very retro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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