Hi folks,

I have a 5-6 inch tear in the driver's seat bottom, as seen in the photos below (1995 E420). Yes, I know the proper fix is to replace the leather panel, or replace the entire lower seat cover. But I'm not interested in spending that kind of $$$ right now ($250 minimum, and that's if I take the seat out of the car and diassemble it myself). The local upholstery shop recommended by the MB dealer looked at it and said they couldn't (more probably, didn't want to) patch it, and they would have to replace the perforated panel.

Since the tear is large enough to get my whole hand in underneath, I'm interested in some type of repair where you slide a piece of material underneath, that is glued to the back side of the leather. After much searching online (and on forums), all I can find are cosmetic repair kits - i.e., kits that fix worn areas, color or fading problems, holes, etc. All surface fixes, nothing at all like the problem I have. I can't find a blasted thing to just stick on the back side of this split and glue it back together! Anyone have a link to a kit, or DIY procedure, etc? I really hope it doesn't come to sticking duct tape over the top....


Thanks!

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Ooh... my seat tear was on a plain panel, not a perforated panel. I don't know how you can repair peforated leather without replacement. I'll keep an eye out at the PnP.

Sixto
87 300D

Leatherique makes a kit for that type of repair.
Just go to www.leatherique.com.

It will also treat the rest of your leather so you dont have to repair this kind of thing ever again...

http://www.corvetteforum.net/c3/juliet/leatherrepair.html

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Yep, I had found that 'Vette repair, but that is for a hole, not a split. I don't need to cut any leather to fill in a missing area, I need just need to physically re-attach the existing leather. I looked at the Leatherique website but didn't see a repair kit, maybe I'll shoot them an email... thanks!

I think yours is easier Dave. Just cut a strip of fabric and glue it to the underside of the leather. Might want to dye it black first

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You can use superglue to attach a reinforcing piece of leather under the tear. Superglue was initially developed to glue skin together during the war and works great on leather as well.

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