Just noticed a 1" length tear in the passenger's gray leather bottom seat. The tear goes along several of the perforation holes. I gave my dad a ride last weekend and think he may have had his sunglasses case in his back pocket causing the tear?

It is a fairly clean tear but hurts nonetheless as my 245k high milage car is super clean. A torn seat makes it seem a step closer to a junker.

What are my options for fixing this? Is there an iron on patch to close it up and prevent further tearing or do I need to replace the whole bottom cover? Thanks

 

sell the car it's ruined...



Either ignore it, put some packaging tape on it () or you'll have to replace the whole bottom cover. Get quotes from leather upholstery guys. or maybe go to junkyard to find a whole seat

 

The right upholstery guy can fix it pretty easy.....(by sewing in new perf leather on that "panel")...........figure $100

 

i think my rear seat has a very small tear where you can't see it and the previous owner melted? it together

 

Leather replacement is definitely the best way, but also most expensive. I had my local upholstery shop replace my passenger seat bottom for $250. looks like new, and will definitely do the same on my drivers side if it ever tears *knock on wood*

 

You can have an upholstery place repair it and you'll never know it was there.

The leather is patched from underneath to help strengthen the leather, then a glue/filler is placed so the tear is 100% sealed.

 

Thanks for all the suggestions. Will try a local upholstery place.

 

It is really hard to match and repair perforated leather.

Especially if it is the 2 tone type s seat, but if it is a solid color they may be able to match it with a new piece.

 

I just replaced all my '08 TL-S seat bottoms with OEM-match replacements from autocustomleathers.com. I'm very happy with the product and the price.

 

Seat covers at $29 I got from Groupon was an inexpensive option for my daughter's '06. This being her first car at 17yo, she is very happy with the result. It would have been over $1500 to replace all the ripped seats.

 

Bruce from EndlessRPM is doing a group buy on front and back seats. Check it out if you want to go that route.

 

link to group buy?

 

Save your money and invest it in maintenance or a small mod.

I have a tear in my seat, puts a smile on my face every time I see it when getting in the car...hell of a night.

One day your dad will be gone, you'll miss that tear then.