Leather Seat Restoration

[pgilliam1]

Doesnt post #29 give you the info for this color?

Nope. I gave JoAnn this info and all this data just tells her the trials, not the final color. She called me today though and may have located a sample from another NSX owner from a sale in 2004. She's going to send me a sample for matching and then all I have to do is call her with the OK/not OK. She is a great person to deal with!

 

[swerve2007]

Does anyone have any info on how the repaired seats wear? Does it resist wear as well as the original leather, or is it prone to wear at a more rapid pace?

it will wear faster. once the top grain of leather is removed/altered it becomes less durable. i am not saying that redoing the seats is a bad idea, it is far better than messed-up chairs, just understand what you get.

edit: i used to watch professionals do it on used cars at a dealer years ago and sometimes the stuff would come off in couple of months- it is all about how you prep and finish it.

 

[pgilliam1]

Just refinished my drivers seat with the chemicals supplied from Colorplus.com. Joanne is great to work with. I hope the finish lasts. It's fairly easy to do. The costs were about $100.00 and will do both seats.

 

[NSXROC]

I restored my seats awhile back. The truth is that the restoration only last about 1.5 year before the seats start showing wear again. I don't think I will restore the seats again, but instead saving up some $$$ for a new set of leather.

 

[clr1024]

I restored my seats awhile back. The truth is that the restoration only last about 1.5 year before the seats start showing wear again. I don't think I will restore the seats again, but instead saving up some $$$ for a new set of leather.

I agree and new leathers are on my to do list...just not sure how I want to do them...decisions decisions.

 

[powerneedy]

This is nice if it really works?

 

[lunchman]

If folks are interested and I remember to take some pics tomorrow of my seats I'll post them. I bought John's (caz-nsx) NSX which is listed in this thread so it's been four years since he refinished them. I just applied Lexol conditioner to them the other day and they're looking pretty good, but there are still some cracks visible in the bolster.

 

[powerneedy]

sure lets see them

 

[lunchman]

Four years after refinishing -

The only real wear spot is the driver's left bolster. Otherwise they're holding up pretty good.

The passenger seat still looks great but it hardly gets used, I didn't bother with pictures.

 

[A.S. Motorsport]

great write up.

 

[SaleenS7Rs]

Did you daily drive this car?