Does anyone know what is the best way to go about repairing leather seats. I have a 98 Infiniti and the back seats are in pretty fair condition. The front seats however, have some cracking and there is a small tear in the back part of the driver's seat. Can an upholstry shop fix this or what?

 

same here.. i wanted to get the replacement covers that we hada GD on a while back but they dont have the holes in them .. that mesh look donw the center of hte seat .. and my front seat driver side has cracks in it too.. and its annoying. the hell out of me..cause it makes my babe look a bit less attractive..

 

exactly, it makes what's supposed to be a luxury car look kinda bad. Hmm..... I might take it to an upholstry shop and see what they can do about it if anything. I don't wanna spend a ton of money but I want a quick fix.

 

Once the leather actually tears, I don't believe there is much an upholstery shop can do to the original leather. I brought mine to an upholstery shop (same issues) and he quoted me over $250 for recovering the seat. You have the options of getting a factory seat cover or vinyl seat cover usually.

As far as cracks go, you can try Leatherique which is touted as the premier leather conditioner and crack filler - I think the URL is www.leatheriqueorder.com but I'm not 100% sure. There are also places (sometimes mobile vans) that repair cracks and leather imperfections, usually by respraying. The people around here go by something like Dr. Vinyl.

 

You can get real leather replacements..... They are not cheap...
around $600 for all seats
They are really nice

http://www.leatherseats.com/

 

I got my new leather from them and it is top notch! 10X better than cheap the original factory leather.

The stuff is pretty easy to install yourself.