Re: repairing leather seats

[thescirocco@juno.com]

On Fri, 28 Apr 2000 10:32:21 GMT "Ewan Hopkins" <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>
writes:
> Are you saying that the leather cover on the seat bottom is 3-piece? 
> I know  that the bolsters are separate from the centre section padding
but 
> I'm pretty sure that the cover is all one piece. Finding another seat
to 
> swap parts from isn't really an option for me - you hardly ever see 
> leather seats in the breakers yards near me and I have beige leather,
which is 
> even rarer.
I was saying that the bottom section is in 3 pieces, 2 side bolsters and
a center pad.

> I've no problem about replacing the bolsters, it's just i'm not sure 
> how easy it will be to unstitch & replace the individual squares of 
> leather. 
> Have you done that at all or just swapped complete covers?
I replaced the center seat back pad once, and it was fairly difficult.

Your best bet, would be to remove the center pad and turn it inside out,
and have a look at it. Then you can decide if you want to try it. If you
decide that you can't do it, at least you'll save a little of labor when
you take the material to an upholstry place.
You can swap in your passenger side seat bottom for now, so that you can
still drive the car.


> >The bottom bolsters swap right out, you just separate the seat back
from
> >the seat bottom, remove the bottom pad, and then you can swap the 
> >bottom seat bolsters.
> >
> >When it comes to the seat back, you need to do some stitching...

Peter
'79 Scirocco 16V project car
'84 Scirocco 2.0L
'83 GTI 
'80 Scirocco, '88 Scirocco 16V, '86 GLi for parts

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