mars

Hi All,

My Driver side seat leather is getting cracks and i am trying to see whether any of you have used a local upholster shop for fixing it.

I will appreciate if you can pls post the shop contact and they price you might have paid for it.

Thanks

PhantomTL05

I have the same issue and am interested in a low cost seat cover option for an Acura TL.

nanxun

Started to notice small tear in my driver's and passenger's seats. Thought I'd give this thread a bump and see if anyone's found any local options. Cheers.

nanxun

After some cursory searching online, I found this shop called "Seatco" that looks very promising. Posting here for other people's reference. I haven't used them before, but they look like a long-standing and professional outfit with an emphasis on craftsmanship and work on classic cars as well as regular commercial work.

Seatco - Auto Trim Experts | Maryland, Virginia, DC - Convertible tops, sunroofs, upholstery, mold removal, dash replacements, carpets


Another possibility is Fibrenew, which is a larger chain of leather, plastic, and vinyl restorers:

Auto Upholstery Repair | Dashboard and Car Scratch Repair

Crashmaster

Possibilities that come to mind:

Try a leather shop. This can be a shoe repair or horse shop. Both work with leather and leather repair. If you do the majority of the work by removing the seat bottom, it might not cost too much.
Call your Acura dealership used car department. They have trim and upholstery people come out all the time to make repairs in leather and cloth. Some are very good.
Seat covers. There are many that can color match with designs if you want.
Salvage yard. Yes, people wreck their Acura's all the time. You can even find some wrecked Acura's on Ebay.

frankjnjr

My experience has been that 3 local upholstery shops really don't want to be bothered with this type of repair, and they charge accordingly. Example: my 03TLS with a small 1" corner seam tear, at the left top corner of the seat cushion, directly under my left knee, $342.00, average repair estimate! It took 2 months, but i found a seat, which had considerably less wear than mine, advertised by a guy parting out his car on Craigslist. Bonus: $50.00. It took some time, and yes, i had to remove the seat from his car, and install it in mine, but $275.00 saved was well worth it to me. Upholstery repair work is quite costly. Note: I have found several very nice quality seats at the local pick and pulls in my area,Example), LKQ reg.bucket seat $31.23, bucket seat with air bags $ 72.43. Good luck with your repair.

007RDX

there's a place called Lim's in Tyson's Corner VA that I used to recover my armrest and it was reasonable.