Re: Has anyone done leather repair? (archive)

bob,
I used to have a dodge dart that had the same problem. Here's what I did. I took the leather off the seat. I'm not sure If you can do this with BMW, but the charger just had a few strips of metal moulding around the bottom and a zipper if i remember correctly. Once I got the seat bottom off, I turned the seat inside out. I tried sewing it almost a quarter inch inside of the old seam with a regular sewing machine with super duty thread, but no luck. The machine kept getting bogged down. This might work for you since the leather is so thin though. If that doesn't work, you can either take it to an upholstery shop where they will sew the whole edge for probably 10 bucks or you can try adn get a small hole punch and punch small holes down the edge spaced 1/8 or closer. Then go back and sew through the holes. Make sure to sew tightly and know often otherwise it'll look crappy from the other side. Then just put it back on the seat. Expect to spend at least a half hour wrestling with the seat trying to take the leather off and put it back on. Good luck.

Rich

Hi,
I have a 95 525i with leather seats and the passenger side seat has developed a tear in the seat down near the seam in the flat part of the cushion. The leather seems to be in otherwise good condition, no crack, etc. In the area where the tear is, the leather seems very thin and tears easily.
I have been treating the leather regularly since I got the car last April. Can this be repaired/stopped easily?
Thanks,
Bob

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