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Tear in need of repair; where?
Topic Started: Feb 20 2008, 09:07 AM (310 Views)
ae111
Stage 5
have a tiny tiny tiny tear near the stitching on the door side of the drivers seat :angry: was just wondering before it gets any BIGGER where would fix this for me??

im living in dublin
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DreadAngel
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Han Lue
Got a picture mate?

Is it the vinyl, plastcs or material thats tearin'?
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Wolftown
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If it is just a rip in the material just get someone who's half-decent with a needle to fix it up for you
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dub-levin
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Halfords have repair kits for fabrics and for fabrics and for vynals. (seats and dash) have a look not sure on price or how to do it though but I'm sure there will be a full instruction thing in it.
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Mikey Jay
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As said, if material, surely would be far more cost effective to sort it yourself/with the help of someone good at sewing/stitching etc
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Francis
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Chasing the Touge

Just search in your local phone book or whatever for retrimmers. :)
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ae111
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its the material theres 2 very small holes but im sure they`ll be touching soon!

i wanna get it done right ill check the yellow pages

thanks lads
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JohnnyBZG
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Those repair kits are good for the likes of ciggy burns etc...., but if you have two tears going to run in to one big tear they'll never fix it properly.....you need some closely matched material that you can insert underneath the tear (any spare material that can be cut off the underneath of the rear seat...)...and wondaweb material .... iron it using a damp cloth, then use one of those repair kits to blend it in......
I've done this before...didn't do to badly either..
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ae111
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thanks for the info johnny ;)
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antob26
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Have a similar problem, not a a tear though!! Have a set of recaros and the material on the edge of the drivers seat is starting to wear thin over about a 3 inch area. Any suggestions for repairs for this or should I just start savin now for a retrim for when it does eventually burst open? Its in a fairly obvious area so not sure if could use method mentioned above to get good quality finish.
Edited by antob26, Sep 19 2008, 11:51 PM.
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irietuning
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Is it just the fabric that is torn, or is the foam worm also??

There is a place in leicester that sell the bolsters (foam) aswell as the recaro cloth. I need to do mine aswell, because im tired of hovering the foam bits up

The place also advertises on ebay uk
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antob26
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Foam is in good condition, just the black material is wearing thin over it from wear when gettin in and out of the seat. Can kinda see through the material. Think might have to get some of that material to match it and patch over it somehow!!
Edited by antob26, Sep 21 2008, 12:45 PM.
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irietuning
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Fabric for sale
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