terrier teeth marks
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terrier teeth marks
Greetings : Thanks to my faithful (and usually well-behaved ! )airedale terrier, I now have 2 teeth marks (small rips) in the upper leather of my rear passenger door. Each rip is approx. 1/2 inch long. Does anyone know the best way to fix these ? Would you recommend buying a repair kit somewhere, or seeking a professional repair job ? Thanks.
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Re: terrier teeth marks
...pets can definately be unpredictable, so I empathize w/ ya there...
If the leather is ripped, they have kits that can fill the gaps, but they kinda suck. Just before I bought my car (used), some j@ck@ss broke the window to steal the original owner's stuff. The broken glass cut through the seat and door panel. The insurance company covered the repairs, but the repair company tried to get by w/ just patching the holes. It looked terrible. Thankfully, the original owner was even more **** than I am, and he fought w/ the insurance company to get both the passenger seat and the door panels replaced. He had to go back a third time to fight to get ALL the excess glass removed from inside the door...but that's a seperate story.
Sorry, I guess to sum it all up: A temp patch is ok, but you'll probably need to end up replacing the panels in the long run. The leather patches are ugly, and will eventually rip apart again.
- NICNoobie
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If the leather is ripped, they have kits that can fill the gaps, but they kinda suck. Just before I bought my car (used), some j@ck@ss broke the window to steal the original owner's stuff. The broken glass cut through the seat and door panel. The insurance company covered the repairs, but the repair company tried to get by w/ just patching the holes. It looked terrible. Thankfully, the original owner was even more **** than I am, and he fought w/ the insurance company to get both the passenger seat and the door panels replaced. He had to go back a third time to fight to get ALL the excess glass removed from inside the door...but that's a seperate story.
Sorry, I guess to sum it all up: A temp patch is ok, but you'll probably need to end up replacing the panels in the long run. The leather patches are ugly, and will eventually rip apart again.
- NICNoobie
2003.0 AT Brilliant Silver Sedan
Premium Package\Graphite Leather\Signaling Clear Corners\AEM Intake (w/ Bypass Valve)
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Re: terrier teeth marks
NICNoobie, are the door panels leather as well, or just a good imitation? It's very hard to tell from the feel, I was checking mine today after reading this post, they almost feel like leather, Infiniti sure has their leather/vinyl down good, geez, on my Mustang GT, you could tell what was and wasn't leather, (the only thing leather was the front seating surfaces, entire back seat was vinyl, geez)
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The company that tinted my windows (Winner's Window Tint in Rockville, MD) burned a hoel in the fabric (it is vinyl) and tried to fix it by replacing the vinyl piece. It looked horrible, it didn't match, and they further damaged the panel. I'm suing them for a new door panel. In short, I recommend replacing the door panel. The dog is another story....
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Re: terrier teeth marks
I will take the Airdale if that becomes an option. My sister had Airdale's. I have Scottish Terriers but your airdale would love to run on my 5 acres and dig gophers.
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Re: terrier teeth marks
I've had a leather couch repaired by a furniture repair company after the movers punctured it. Maybe you could a similar repair. I also remember seeing vinyl and leather repair kits at Home Depot. I think those are basically a glue you put into the tear.
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docmassage, Really, they have always just told me to not put the windows down for 48 hours! What got me the last time I had a tint job done, was they didn't clean the doors and such on the outside, and when I asked, they said it was so people wouldn't come back at them and say they scratched the paint, geez!
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