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Old 12-30-11, 05:59 AM
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I have a stain on my rear seat of my 2010 Lexus ES350. The option from the dealer is to replace the entire seat which will cost $$$$$.

I also have been looking into car leather repair facilities that can replace/repair the stained area, but am having a hardtime matching the perforated parchment leather.

Is there a OEM or that can match the Parchment leather exactly? I'd prefer to go this route rather than replace the entire seat.

Any help would be appreciated.

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An option might be to use a leather restoration company like Fibrenew. They could remove the clear coat and the dye on the seat. Then re-dye and add the clearcoat. If this works, it would cost a LOT less than replacement. I used Fibrenew to re-dye and clear coat my wife's SC430 seats. It made a huge difference.
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A wild-card measure would be to have a junk yard...oops, I mean auto recycling center look for one on their "grape vine" from a totaled car.
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Right now on e-bay motors, they have upper and lower rear seats in parchment color for 2010 at $495 upper, $450 lower. Click on e-bay motors, put in search Lexus ES350 seats, select price highest and they are there.
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Thanks for the replies, unfortunately I need the entire passenger side fixed at a minimum since one of the places I took it for repair snipped a piece of leather off to "match" the leather.

I already have a question into the eBay seller to see if the seat actually has the perforated leather. I cant tell by the pics if it has that or the same stitching as my model, but I assume it should be the same.
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You may check some salvage yards. I've not used any for my Lexus but have had some luck with other cars in the past.

Steve
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