i guess it all depends on the dealership you go to

 

ill get a pic for you tomorrow...

 

I didn't think preparation of the surface and the application of a dye would take a lot of skill (compare it to polishing and applying a paint protection) it can't be that difficult even I can do it

 

If anyone wants to give away the old foam from thier seat rebuilds please let me know. I am getting ready to cut mine up to kill some of the hip pain this car causes and I would rather operate on an old one than the new foam Infiniti just replaced.

Thanks all

 

Great post! This is exactly what I'm looking for! The driver side bolster plastic piece ripped my leather and the passenger side bolster has way too wrinkled bad (sorry no pics camera's broke) Good to know it can be replaced under warranty.

BTW - does anyone have this written somewhere in their warranty. I couldn't seem to find it. Just so I won't have any hassles at the dealership. Thanks!

 

The difficulty of repairing leather cracks & creases and then mixing and applying a dye to leather takes skill and training. Simply colour mixing a dye is very difficult unless you are very competent with colour (artist) etc.

We can't be speaking of the same process if you consider it to not take much skill. It's a process similar to a body shop uses for a repair. They prep and sand the surface, fill cracks/creases with filler, sand again, prep, colour match (leather seats don't have colour coded dyes), use gun to spray dye. Any flaws are very visible to the eye.

On the other hand polishing a car and applying paint protection is something most anyone can do with a few minutes of instruction. The average person could not become competent with leather repair and seat dying in a few minutes.

Not the same comparison at all IMO.

 

my driver seat has a lot of cracks on the outside edge. i have 66 k on them.i was thinking of using this guy to repair the seat http://materi-all.com/ . i just dont know if it will last. i can have the leather panel replaced for 350 or the sand and repair for 150 tops what do you guys think.