TORN ISF seat :(
08-17-12, 05:09 AM
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No mine was not torn as bad as yours. I don't know where they get the leather. The dealership handled everything. I would take it to your local dealership and ask for their opinion.
08-17-12, 06:13 AM
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the dealership outsources repairs to local upholstry shops, I went to mine directly and its half the price of using them via the dealership. Only difference is if I went with lexus I could also schedule other service at the same time and get a loaner.
What they will do is take the seat bottom apart, replace your torn leather with a similar leather and restitch it together, only issues are if you tear the parts with the blue accents in the perferation...that material might be hard to come by but the blue stitching is easy.
What they will do is take the seat bottom apart, replace your torn leather with a similar leather and restitch it together, only issues are if you tear the parts with the blue accents in the perferation...that material might be hard to come by but the blue stitching is easy.
08-17-12, 08:31 AM
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Everyone please learn from my mistake 
Give a co-worker a ride during lunch time, whatever in his jean pocket had torn my leather seat....so, make sure your passanger don't have anything crazy in their back pocket...
Here is the damage:
By the way does anyone if that is any possible to replace that piece of leather? Since our Seat have abit of blue color in the leather. Otherwise I might have to contact Sewell Lexus.
Thanks for any input.
UPDATED AUG 16 , 2012
Went to Local Lexus dealership, they CAN'T just sell me just the leather for the seat. They will have to sell the whole Lower part of the seat...part# is 7100153J10C0. They quoted me $99x; and Sewell online price was $7xx. Either way..it's just too expensive
and my seat was in almost prefect condition...
I also went to few local Auto upholstery shops...they can replace that section with a new piece of leather...but here is the BIGGEST issue:
Not only the venting holes in our seat are blues....according one of the owner (who run his business for 35+ years), the leather in our car actually is not Black leather, it's very dark 'Navy Blue' color... therefore that's no way it will be a match UNLESS:
1. To order the same kind of leather material from wherever Lexus get this from.
2. Contact a Junk Yard if they have an totaled ISF and cut a leather that big enough for the section.
Honestly everyone...I am stressed and exhausted..... If anyone know that's a way I can buy a piece of perforated leather for my seat...please help me out... Thanks
P.S. I am sorry if my English is not that good lol
Give a co-worker a ride during lunch time, whatever in his jean pocket had torn my leather seat....so, make sure your passanger don't have anything crazy in their back pocket...
Here is the damage:
By the way does anyone if that is any possible to replace that piece of leather? Since our Seat have abit of blue color in the leather. Otherwise I might have to contact Sewell Lexus.
Thanks for any input.
UPDATED AUG 16 , 2012
Went to Local Lexus dealership, they CAN'T just sell me just the leather for the seat. They will have to sell the whole Lower part of the seat...part# is 7100153J10C0. They quoted me $99x; and Sewell online price was $7xx. Either way..it's just too expensive
and my seat was in almost prefect condition...I also went to few local Auto upholstery shops...they can replace that section with a new piece of leather...but here is the BIGGEST issue:
Not only the venting holes in our seat are blues....according one of the owner (who run his business for 35+ years), the leather in our car actually is not Black leather, it's very dark 'Navy Blue' color... therefore that's no way it will be a match UNLESS:
1. To order the same kind of leather material from wherever Lexus get this from.
2. Contact a Junk Yard if they have an totaled ISF and cut a leather that big enough for the section.
Honestly everyone...I am stressed and exhausted..... If anyone know that's a way I can buy a piece of perforated leather for my seat...please help me out... Thanks
P.S. I am sorry if my English is not that good lol
08-17-12, 08:48 AM
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And now...I moved here 2 months now...I only saw one ISF so far in Chattanooga lol
If you in the area, we should meet up
08-17-12, 11:41 AM
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Sorry to hear about that. It sounds like your options are limited. Shot in the dark, but have you tried to contact anyone who does shoe repair? These folks know a thing or two about stitching and repairing leather.
I think most people don't appreciate nice things. My biggest complaint so far with giving friends and coworkers rides is they slam their door shut like it's a pickup truck or a hollow door economy car. I'm talking like a full on, putting effort into it, SWING-SLAM! When I tell them this will eventually result in window motor and electronics issues inside the door, they usually respond with stink eye. Why?!? In my head, this is common sense!
I think most people don't appreciate nice things. My biggest complaint so far with giving friends and coworkers rides is they slam their door shut like it's a pickup truck or a hollow door economy car. I'm talking like a full on, putting effort into it, SWING-SLAM! When I tell them this will eventually result in window motor and electronics issues inside the door, they usually respond with stink eye. Why?!? In my head, this is common sense!
08-17-12, 11:22 PM
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Maybe I can help...
I used to have an IS F (I have an S4 now) and happen to have a spare front seat bottom in brand-new condition. The only problem is that it's for the driver's side. However, in looking at the leather sections, they could very well be interchangeable - if you have access to a good upholstery shop they should be able to swap out the entire seating surface for this one and it'll be as good as new. Have a look at the attached photos and let me know if you're interested. I took these tonight.
-Matt
-Matt
08-18-12, 07:17 AM
#43
buy it and run for the seat upholstery shop! And that coworker of yours needs a serious azz whooping for being such a d-bag.
08-18-12, 10:08 AM
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Matt is giving you a golden opportunity here with having that lower seat bottom available too you. The upholstery shop will simply reuse the center section on your seat. You are NOT going to find a match otherwise for our black seats with blue perforations on it, it's quite unique to our cars. In all honesty I think you just found the proveriable needle in a hay stack with a fello member happening to have a seat bottom for sale! buy it and run for the seat upholstery shop! And that coworker of yours needs a serious azz whooping for being such a d-bag.
buy it and run for the seat upholstery shop! And that coworker of yours needs a serious azz whooping for being such a d-bag. maybe someone else have a damaged driver seat and need a replacement too...Anyway, if everything fail throu, I might end up custome made both of my front seats...see the post for update
08-18-12, 10:35 AM
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It's totally your call; there's some additional interest in the seat cover since I posted photos, but I want to give you dibs first, since I just happened to see your post randomly, and even more randomly had a seat cushion for an IS F sitting in my closet!
I PM'ed you a price, it's about half what I bought it for, let me know what you decide.
Thanks,
Matt
I PM'ed you a price, it's about half what I bought it for, let me know what you decide.
Thanks,
Matt