My wife took the GX out to get "stuff". While cleaning all the crap out yesterday I noticed something punched into the door panel. I was considering leatherique for the repair since the upholstery shops around here said they cannot repair it due to the panel being preformed. Any thoughts or ideas above and beyond either leatherique or a full replacement?

 

I bought a '14 GX460 with a similar problem on a rear door panel. The Lexus dealer committed to having their interior specialist - who comes in once per week - repair it. Goes in on Monday. Will let you know and post pictures before/after.

 

Awesome. Thank you. I have a contact at Ardex who dabbles in this stuff. Haven't spoken to them in almost a year so hopefully he still does it. Otherwise I might go the dealer option or call a local paintless dent firm I have a relationship with and see if they have a recommendation. I really do not want to spend the coin on a new door panel when there is only 7700 miles on the ticker.

 

Here's the "before" picture:

 

I know a guy in Dallas who does reupholster seats steering wheels anything inside the interior. Does work at the Bmw/Lexus dealer find someone like that on Craigslist or yellow pages will be a lot cheaper then going through the dealer and letting them do the same work for u.

 

Thank you Dallasguy... I strongly suspect you’re right, but in my case I negotiated the repair as part of a purchase deal so it won’t cost me anything. I’ll post a picture once the work is done.

 

And here it is... it's certainly an improvement. It's not "like new." Assuming it stays like this, I'll eventually forget about it. And it didn't cost me anything.

 

Not a bad result. Better than the "before"

 

Hmmm...I think you would have been better off with a dab of glue behind the rip...looks like they applied too much heat to the whole area area.