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Old Aug 16, 2012 | 07:30 AM
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Unhappy TORN ISF seat :(

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


UPDATE: 18 AUGUST 2012

The Cheapst OEM replacement I found so far is 600 Shipped...beside the leather..it also come with all sort of compoment I don't need

Called 2 Leather factory, they are being very helpful and will let me know what they have on Monday.

Called Lexus Headquarter for assistance and hope they will let me know what company actually manufactured the material, they will return my call within 2 business day.

Will call a few junkyard on Monday to try my luck.

IF EVERYTHING FAIL: I am planning to have the upholstery shop customzie both of the front seats in dark blue leather to match our "F" Blue color. Something lke this:



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They quoted me about $450-500 with material and labor
Let me know what you guys/girls think

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Old Aug 16, 2012 | 07:44 AM
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Ouch! Is your coworker paying for the damage?
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Old Aug 16, 2012 | 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Juanca
Ouch! Is your coworker paying for the damage?
Nope....I am getting pissed off now...becuase he claim that he didn't do it, that's no way his jean pocket could had done that, bla bla bla. So he shouldn't need to chip in.
I am not even wasting my energy to battle with him, all i want now is hope to find a place to replace the damage leather and hopefully it will match the seat...
Wish my luck, all my F brothers and sisters.
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Old Aug 16, 2012 | 08:32 AM
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I got seat protection with my car
the only warranty I will ever buy
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Old Aug 16, 2012 | 08:39 AM
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Looks terrible. Hope it gets fixed soon.
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Old Aug 16, 2012 | 08:44 AM
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Sorry to see this... I will definitely learn from this and ensure that people don't have any sharp things in their *** pockets.
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Old Aug 16, 2012 | 08:50 AM
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Ouch, hope you get this sorted out soon.
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Old Aug 16, 2012 | 08:51 AM
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whoa didnt even know seat protection was an option. The seam down the middle of my driver seat is seperating im going to stop by an upholstry place today to see about getting it fixed.
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Old Aug 16, 2012 | 08:54 AM
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wow that suck... hope you get it taken care of ,
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Old Aug 16, 2012 | 09:05 AM
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Originally Posted by hahahaf
I got seat protection with my car
the only warranty I will ever buy
That's an opinion for seat protection?? I had extended Lexus Platinum Warranty, does it automaticlly included?
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For the future, how can i purchase the Seat Protection Plan? Is it from Lexus?
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Old Aug 16, 2012 | 09:20 AM
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That sucks , if you decide to buy a new seat, I think my insurance paper showed it was around 5500? LOL
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Old Aug 16, 2012 | 09:27 AM
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That's pretty unfortunate. Try searching car-parts.com to see if any junkyard in the country has a good seat. Even if they only have a back seat avalible from a junk yard you might be able to get a big enough cut of the blue leather from it to replace that section with. It think that would still be cheaper then a new seat.
I have a nice little temporary seat cover that I use on mine. I will take a pic of it and post it later, I highly suggest it.
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Old Aug 16, 2012 | 09:28 AM
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im not sure if its included
Its something they offer in canada
rip burn tare protection

im not sure if its from lexus but it was offered by them
I think all you have to do is pay 10 bucks a pop or something like that
I dont really recall
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Old Aug 16, 2012 | 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by sleepyray
That's an opinion for seat protection?? I had extended Lexus Platinum Warranty, does it automaticlly included?
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For the future, how can i purchase the Seat Protection Plan? Is it from Lexus?
It's a separate add on warranty that you buy through your dealer and not from Lexus. It's just like buying simoniz or rim and tire protection.
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Old Aug 16, 2012 | 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by RCB
I have a nice little temporary seat cover that I use on mine. I will take a pic of it and post it later, I highly suggest it.
Cool, looking forward to see the pic of the car cover. As long as it doesn't looks too bad and destory the lexury looks of our interior, I am all for it now lol. It will be helpful if you can proivde a web site where I can get one too will be very helpful.
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