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Old 06-12-16, 04:08 PM
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Default Leather Seat Damage

My moms RX had a car seat in it, but since it was huge & bulky, the front seat pushed it hard into the back seat leaving this kind of pushed in mark. How can we fix this? This car is also on a lease with 1 year left. I will insert a pic soon.
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It may become less prominent with time. You have a year. I would wait, but in the meantime go to a car upholstery shop for an estimate or two.
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Are you concerned about issues with the dealer upon return, or what?

To me that seems like reasonable wear and not "damage". Not entirely sure on all the terms of these leases, but it seems like everyone is so worried about every little thing before they return the vehicles. Seems kind of silly.
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Originally Posted by Clutchless
It may become less prominent with time. You have a year. I would wait, but in the meantime go to a car upholstery shop for an estimate or two.
I agree.

I left my windows open as I went into my daughter's house to pick up my grandson for a morning of fishing; and came out to find their indoor/outdoor cat clawing the leather in the back seat.

A local shop (Leatherman Upholstery - Kalamazoo) fixed the holes to where nobody (but me) would ever notice. Apparently, one can do quite a bit fixing on leather.

Hopefully, you can find an artist as skilled.

While I'm thinking of it, our brand new pontoon boat suffered damage to the vinyl from an incorrectly-applied Bimini hardware; and the marina had it "fixed" - and while I can Feel where they fixed it, it doesn't show to the eye after eight seasons of use.
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