KRISKARRERA
Jul 17 2007, 09:52 PM
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?
ryan1396
Jul 17 2007, 10:33 PM
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
KRISKARRERA
Jul 17 2007, 10:38 PM
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!!
ryan1396
Jul 17 2007, 10:47 PM
I think I'd let my arse freeze
KRISKARRERA
Jul 17 2007, 11:37 PM
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!
ryan1396
Jul 17 2007, 11:49 PM
Might be worth trying to stitch it with a fine fishing line
KRISKARRERA
Jul 18 2007, 12:43 AM
Yes, the problem is the awkwardness of the location, oh well, i can but try lol.
pugmt
Jul 18 2007, 07:42 AM
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
Jul 18 2007, 08:54 PM
Get a mother who specialises in seat covers!

Hehe...
KRISKARRERA
Jul 18 2007, 10:23 PM
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.
turbolag
Jul 18 2007, 10:30 PM
...or the car has grown
BazGTMi
Jul 21 2007, 02:20 AM
Where's the pics though!
KRISKARRERA
Jul 21 2007, 02:25 AM
Yeah should've taken a pic, might take one anyway to show how the leather's shrunk.
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