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Hey guys.

I bet close to all of us who have leather seats have and will come across the cracking of the vinyl on the side of our seats.

I went to my local trim shop and asked them to replace the damaged vinyl.

They did but it wasn't even close. (why to light)

So i email a company "http://www.leatherrestoration.com.au/" and they said they could make me a kit to restore my leather and paint my vinyl to match.

I posted my old vinyl that was damaged to him so he could match it.

$140 later and i got my kit.

I did 3 layers of color on the leather and 5 on the vinyl to get the color right.

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Lucky i'm not touching the vinyl.

P.s you can't buy the same color new

cool, from the pics i see did you clean it a lot?

and looks like mostly ware and tear and sun damage if so try a leather feeding it re-moisturizes the leather and makes it last longer when leather dries out it tends to decal from my understand from work lol

i would not suggest vinyl paint as people in the car selling industrie use it to hide defects that will show up later on if you want a more permanent fix i sagest getting a re-trim in more durable leather

Never in my life have i heard of this happening, i've been selling new & used cars for close to 2 years.

cool, from the pics i see did you clean it a lot?

and looks like mostly ware and tear and sun damage if so try a leather feeding it re-moisturizes the leather and makes it last longer when leather dries out it tends to decal from my understand from work lol

I "clean" the seats about 4 times a year but i condition them heaps to keep the leather soft, shiney and smooth

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