Scottish Elises

Just incase anyone is interested or ever needs a recommendation for having leather seats sorted/

The condition of the seat bolster on the drivers side of my 355 has always been a slight let-down in comparison to the rest of the imaculate interior so I was looking at how best to rectify this. Following on from a few recommendations from folk "in the know" I contacted Paul Gaskin of http://www.leatherrepairandrestore.co.uk.

Paul was actually going to come up to Scottyland and do the seats for me here but the opportunity came by to take the seats down to him in Lancs and have a weekend in Blackpool whilst they were being done was too good to miss.

The "before" pics actually make the seats look worse than they really were, especially the close-ups, since I used a cleaner to get all the protection off. There were also a couple of scuff marks on the handbrake cover too.






Both seats needed to be done in order to get a perfect colour match and the red stitching had to be masked off. He was telling me in detail how he carrys out the work but generally he cleans the leather first , then applies a bonding agent , followed by the leather dye and then he seals the reconnolised seats with a solvent based sealent. these 3 stages apparently stop it all from peeling over time. He also does all the colour matching and mixing on site to individual requirements so you get a much better match than the off the shelf.






The "After" pics are incredible. The seats look brand new and feel brand new. Mega impressed at the quality and the price. Fabulous.






Edited to add...

I also got "stuff" from Paul to get have leather on the centre consol treated..


Then I dismantled the original Airbag steering wheel



and then fitted a cusom boss and momo race wheel.


All in all.. a fine weekend.


Jim

How does it smell ?

I use the same service to repair furniture that comes damaged; its amazing what they can do to scufffs and tears. Makes it look a million lira once they are back in the car

loving the repair job, but not as much as that Momo wheel, question has to be why does it not come as standard! Lovely! You are bringing it up to do hundreds of laps at Knockers on Friday right?!

Cheers,

Dave

Rag_It wrote:... but not as much as that Momo wheel, question has to be why does it not come as standard! Lovely! You are bringing it up to do hundreds of laps at Knockers on Friday right?!

Cheers,

Dave

A similar Momo race wheel did come as standard on earlier cars and on the Challenge race cars but then airbags became the "in" thing. Dont think Ferrari gave too much thought to making them look good tho.

Friday 1-4 is a worky day for me

Totally agree about the wheel- that original looks like my old shed wheel

S'funny how they put so little effort into some of the bits of the car you have the most intimate contact with...

Looking great.

Jim could you repost the contact details A friend is look for the seats in his 308 restored


Cheers

http://www.leatherrepairandrestore.co.uk

Paul Gaskin, based in (or as near as damn it) Blackpool.
Phone Number is on the site

Sounds daft but for smaller leather jobs saddle soap brings them up really nice, used it in the westfield and worked really well.