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TallPaulB

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Hi all,

Has anyone had the interior of their car retrimmed? (ie: seats, panels, steering wheel, carpets etc)

If so, how much did it set you back?

Mine is a little tatty looking, just 18 years worth of wear and tear I think, so weighing up whether it's worth getting it all replaced.
 
TallPaulB said:
Hi all,

Has anyone had the interior of their car retrimmed? (ie: seats, panels, steering wheel, carpets etc)

If so, how much did it set you back?

Mine is a little tatty looking, just 18 years worth of wear and tear I think, so weighing up whether it's worth getting it all replaced.
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Most folks buy an interior from a breaker to update.
 
I've had one from a breaker that is in reasonable condition, but you're never going to get a 20 year old interior that looks anything like new unless it's been stored in a crate since it was made!
 
Either my car has benefited from one of these mythical "crate-stored & factory-new" interior sets or the dealer was not a fibber and it was dry-stored by the previous owner for a long time.
The carpets were/are still relatively unmarked, its just the headlining that's come adrift as the foam backing has failed after 20 years.
 
DanClarke said:
Either my car has benefited from one of these mythical "crate-stored & factory-new" interior sets or the dealer was not a fibber and it was dry-stored by the previous owner for a long time.
The carpets were/are still relatively unmarked, its just the headlining that's come adrift as the foam backing has failed after 20 years.
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Is yours a grey / black interior? From what I've seen those seem to hide the wear and tear quite well. Mine's lightstone and, although it's decent, there's definite signs of age around the steering wheel leather and the drivers door card.
 
TallPaulB said:
Is yours a grey / black interior? From what I've seen those seem to hide the wear and tear quite well. Mine's lightstone and, although it's decent, there's definite signs of age around the steering wheel leather and the drivers door card.
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Nope, is that really light mushroom colour.
Will get a vehicle trimmer to do it.
 
They all age..

Some more than others ;)

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ukadamwest said:
Clean the leather with proper leather cleaner. damage can be fixed and leather re dyed
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Take a look at any of the TV car fixup programmes and they're always cleaning, treating and dying leather seats. Plenty of good products out there to try before cashing out on new dead cows..
(There was a company in a recent LR mag that would do a whole retrim in tweed.. looks the dogs doodaas but cost around 12k..one day..)
 
I have used the leather dye previously. So long as you have a good eye for colour it can be mixed to match , almost spot on with the shade your leather now is. I can't recall the name at moment, but will try to find it.
 
Can't find the name but this what it came as. It's a case of mixing the different shades of dye to get to yours. The big bottle is as it came out of the factory, yellow helps if anyone has smoked and the white helps with any fading. As I said , good eye for colour and you're on to a winner
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gold rover said:
I have used the leather dye previously. So long as you have a good eye for colour it can be mixed to match , almost spot on with the shade your leather now is. I can't recall the name at moment, but will try to find it.
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Take into consideration that your leather has been in UV light for nearly 20 years so some fading will have changed it from the original spec. So from experience, I would advise be prepared to do all the seats back and front to get a match. But well worth having a go first if you have it in mind to replace it in the end. You will be surprised how good the dyes are and how much crap comes off with a good scrub.(don't be scared to get stuck in when cleaning)
 
Bagshot said:
Take into consideration that your leather has been in UV light for nearly 20 years so some fading will have changed it from the original spec. So from experience, I would advise be prepared to do all the seats back and front to get a match. But well worth having a go first if you have it in mind to replace it in the end. You will be surprised how good the dyes are and how much crap comes off with a good scrub.(don't be scared to get stuck in when cleaning)
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See my post above.

Also found the supplier.
https://www.liquidleather.com/scuffmaster-m36
 
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