My grey passenger Integra leather seat is ripping at the seam like in the pic I drew up



The rip is only about 1.5 inches long right now but it's getting bigger. I'm wondering what have you guys done to fix it and stop it from getting bigger? What kind of material, so that it'll match the rest of the thread, and last a long time? Any info/suggestions would be helpful, TIA.

 

mines the same

 

Yea my mom's leather in her 97 Accord started doing the same thing, we never did anything about it, and now the rip is huge and you can see the cushion stuff underneath and everything... hopefully I can fix mine before is reaches that condition.

 

well, im interested if anyone has ever fixed this problem, but I will probably just end up getting new seats anyways

 

 

go see a weat coast costom shop..lol what was his name..ish? lol

but yeah, i think fabric store can fix it.

 

What kind of a fabric store would be able to go out to your car and sew it up though? I've never heard of anything like that, unless maybe they specialize in reupholstery or something.

 

Anybody else know how to fix it? The rip's getting bigger faster now

 

You have to take the bottom seat cover off and resow(sp?) it. Do it soon before it gets bigger

 

no fabric store can fix that LOL.
you need t ogo to an upholstry (sp) place and have them restitch it back together.

 

If you cant fine someone to do it locally let me know, Id be more than happy ta do it for free.

 

I work at a furniture store. Not sure if it'd do the trick or not, but there's a special epoxy stick that you can get to fix leather furniture, so it should be the same deal...

check out any local furniture store/ask where they get their repairs done.. should be able to get some..

 

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I'm thinking I'm probably going to just have to do this if I want to really fix it permanently.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by wekillyou &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">no fabric store can fix that LOL.
you need t ogo to an upholstry (sp) place and have them restitch it back together.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Will they be able to stitch it without taking the leather cover off the seat?

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check out any local furniture store/ask where they get their repairs done.. should be able to get some..</TD></TR></TABLE>

Isn't that for tears that are not at the seam? And I'm pretty sure that that'll only work for places that have no stress on them, not like a seat where people will be sitting on all day.

Thanks everybody for the suggestions, I'll look into taking the bottom leather off and restitching it. (lots of work though )

 

no they will have to take the seat off.
they do it all the time....thats there job.

 

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they do it all the time....thats there job.</TD></TR></TABLE>
exactly, sew from the inside

 

Alright then, I'll probably take off the leather cover myself and bring it in to some shop for them to fix. Thanks guy for the help

 

i had the same problem, went to jo annes, got a repair needle kit, pull the cushion off and restitched it, well my friend did it. looks good as new.


Modified by CivicSiRX at 9:07 PM 7/23/2006

 

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Modified by CivicSiRX at 9:07 PM 7/23/2006</TD></TR></TABLE>

How long ago did you do that, and how has it held up over time? Did you restich the enter length of where the two pieces meet, or just the area of the ripping? And what kind of kit was it, was it designed specifically for leather seats or anything like that? TIA

 

Just take the seat cover off and take it to a shop, it wont take them but 10sec to resew it.

 

did it about a year ago, and it held up fine, sold the seats a month after i fixed it to a friend and still looks good. the hardest part is takin the hog rings off to get the leather cover off. the thread was made for heavy cloth ie leather, just go to jo annes and they will show u all the stuff u need. heavy duty needle and thread. i stitch the whole length for added protection. hope that helps, just do it urself its really easy.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CivicSiRX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">did it about a year ago, and it held up fine, sold the seats a month after i fixed it to a friend and still looks good. the hardest part is takin the hog rings off to get the leather cover off. the thread was made for heavy cloth ie leather, just go to jo annes and they will show u all the stuff u need. heavy duty needle and thread. i stitch the whole length for added protection. hope that helps, just do it urself its really easy. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Alright I'll look into that kit thing. Did you take out the old thread and restitch, or just restitch over the old thread? Thanks for the help, man.

*edit - I just got the leather cover off


Modified by Hatch_R at 7:20 PM 7/24/2006

 

i only pull the part that was loose out, and just stitch over the factory stitch. u cant see it. just wanted it to be strong, and it has. have fun mang.

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Alright I'll look into that kit thing. Did you take out the old thread and restitch, or just restitch over the old thread? Thanks for the help, man.

*edit - I just got the leather cover off


Modified by Hatch_R at 7:20 PM 7/24/2006</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

Well I bought some thread and stitched it up a couple of days ago. Hopefully it'll hold.