Stitching Disintegration On Leather Seats.

[KRISKARRERA 2 1 Cars]

Stitching has come away on a small area on my rear leather seats.

I think being 17 years old and having the leather shrink plus my 4 years of moistness as provided by autoglym leather treatment kinda rotted the fibrbes of the stitching.

 

Just tried to have a quick go at sewing it up. No way lol.

 

Oh well.

 

Anyone else had this?

[ryan13961345402285 1]

The stitching has come away on the back rest of the passengers seat at the top (very slightly thankfully). Looks to have been busted by something though. No chance of repairing it either

Edited July 17, 2007 by ryan1396

[KRISKARRERA 2 1 Cars]

Ages ago a mate of mine who had a 405 Executive, the late P2 model with leather seats, he took off the leather to repair the heated seat!!

[ryan13961345402285 1]

I think I'd let my arse freeze

[KRISKARRERA 2 1 Cars]

Me too. I guess I'll have to wait and see how this stitching goes and if it unravels itself I'll be forced to take drastic action!

[ryan13961345402285 1]

Might be worth trying to stitch it with a fine fishing line

[KRISKARRERA 2 1 Cars]

Yes, the problem is the awkwardness of the location, oh well, i can but try lol.

[Guest pugmt]

I had to do this on my rear seat in exactly the same place, around the rear arm rest.

 

I took off the seat cover, stitched it and refitted it. It is like new now.

 

The leather seats are no more difficult to remove and refit than the cloth ones, all you need to do is pull the cover into position as you reclip it to the frame so as to get the correct location. I have fitted hundreds of leather seat covers over the last 18 or so years and they have all looked as though they had never been removed (customers views not my own).

[Feeble 0]

Get a mother who specialises in seat covers! Hehe...

[KRISKARRERA 2 1 Cars]

I had another go today and fixed it.

However the other side looks like it's ready to split.

I know what it is. The first 13 years of the cars life must have been with people who never treated the leather and/or was left in the sun constantly. So the leather has shrunk considerably.

[Guest turbolag]

...or the car has grown

[Baz 421]

Where's the pics though!

[KRISKARRERA 2 1 Cars]

Yeah should've taken a pic, might take one anyway to show how the leather's shrunk.