Leather is missing and brittle near opening. Would you try to get a piece of leather and bond it to the seat?



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I had one on the exact same spot haha. I taped a small piece of electrical tape over it and bought some clazzio covers. Doesn't exactly solve the problem, but at least the problem is out of sight.

 

I got a bunch of leather I could use, just need to figure out the best way to adhere it and or sew it in... anyone does this before

 

I would check a detailer first an get an estimate. I had my leater done and there were no out and out holes,but scratches. I looked shoeroom when I got it back. Cheaper than covers.

 

also treat the leather twice a year. I use an English boot cream. Expensive but keeps it supple and clean. jeans are hardest on leather,dries it out. Sent from byte heaven

 

If you want it done right, forget doing it yourself. Call around car body places, auto restoration shops, even used car dealers; you will get some leads. Its cool to watch the pros fix it. They will bond it to a fix it patch, use existing leather to serve as a template for the patch, and then paint over it to match. They may use no leather at all and just vinyl repair with paint. (Hand mixed and mouth blown) The rest of the leather looks pretty good and the hole is not in too much of a stress area.

 

A DIY repair will fail.

This has to be fixed by a pro with a leather repair resin as mentioned above. It might have a slight deviation but should be a lot better.

Or you can have a shop replace that piece of leather but the Honda red and perforation are nearly impossible to match.

 

Good news is that I got a similar looking piece and had a good leather repair guy apply it, bad news is I think during his cleaning process he was too rough and discolored some of the seat. I'm going to try to dye it with the kit I had good luck with on the other seat ( scuff master set from gliptone)