I am working on a 2008 Porsche Carerra 4S, and have come across the following issue with the driver's seat leather. It appears to be really faded and scuffed on the outer seat bolster. I'm wondering where I can get the appropriate dye for this on fairly short notice, or if that would even take care of the problem. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
what u have there is scuff from seatbelt. dye , top with clear, or is how i saw last time when leather guy fix some seats. also u may look into some filling there too , not sure from pic how deep is the damage
2 suggestions for you: let your customer know you are ordering a product and that you can tend to it either when the product comes in or at his next appointment or consider sub contracting the work out to someone in your local area who can dye the leather for you just this one time. Here is a place that i have seen on more then one occasion and appears to be pretty reputable: Leather Dye
Thanks for the thoughts. I have just been looking around at a few online retailers, including the one you mentioned. They all sell various kits where you either get a premixed/matched recoloring kit, or instructions on how to match the car you are working on. Does anybody have experience buying one of these kits and attempting a re-dye? The repair doesn't seem that difficult, so someone let me know if I'm way off base attempting to do this myself.:thumb:
If you have no experience with this type of repair I suggest you sub it out to a PROFESSIONAL as mentioned earlier. You do not want to learn on a car that you do not own. Inform the customer of the issue at hand and give them the option to either have you sub it out or to just leave it alone. It could end up costing you in the end if something goes wrong.
I appreciate the caution and will leave it up to the customer. I think I will also offer to take a crack at it myself.
