Seat piping repair

chris75 · 1st May 2020, 19:12

The light grey piping on the edge of my ash grey seat has worn away , where I rub against it when I get in and out . I seem to recall mention of a compound / kit which is applied to repair such damage ? Can anyone recommend or advise what it is and where to get it ?

CimmaronG · 1st May 2020, 21:05

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Originally Posted by chris75

The light grey piping on the edge of my ash grey seat has worn away , where I rub against it when I get in and out . I seem to recall mention of a compound / kit which is applied to repair such damage ? Can anyone recommend or advise what it is and where to get it ?

Just order some leather repair/filler off fleabay for same reason, awaiting delivery.

And some dye hopefully right shade??

Will have to wait and see how it goes.

rovertone · 2nd May 2020, 12:38

My drivers seat was similar with the plastic piping hanging loose for about 3" or so.
The best solution I found was to sew the piping back in place to the seat using thread of a similar colour (mine was dk grey so I used black) I started at a point free of damage and overstitched all way down to where it was good again carefully keeping the stitches close to each other and overlapping to hide the white plastic.
I have done this twice, originally I used strong cotton type thread but after about a year this started to fray so I did it again using a thread for sewing leather which is supposed not to fray. (I tried to get thread that was included in a leather steering wheel glove kit I bought once used for lacing up but couldn't seem to find any separately.) Because I wasn't sure of the durability of the second thread I cut a piece of Gorilla tape and applied it lengthways over the stitching making sure I tucked it well into the fold of the piping each side.
That was over 2 years ago and its still in place and whilst up close its not perfect its very acceptable from a general viewpoint.
I have also developed a habit of getting in the car by grabbing the windscreen pillar to lower myself into the seat as opposed to dragging my whole weight across especially beneficial due to my backward sloping drive.
Hope this helps.

roverbarmy · 5th May 2020, 06:13

Remove any buttons from your rear trouser pockets as they catch and I have never seen a purpose for them anyway!😉

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1st May 2020, 19:12	#1
chris75 same car since 2005 2001 Rover 75 2.0 v6 Connoisseur Saloon Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ellesmere Port , Cheshire Posts: 3,811 Thanks: 379 Thanked 549 Times in 466 Posts	Seat piping repair The light grey piping on the edge of my ash grey seat has worn away , where I rub against it when I get in and out . I seem to recall mention of a compound / kit which is applied to repair such damage ? Can anyone recommend or advise what it is and where to get it ? __________________ Who said it was simples ?

2nd May 2020, 12:38	#3
rovertone Gets stuck in Rover 75 Conne SE Auto CDTi Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Redditch Posts: 667 Thanks: 185 Thanked 135 Times in 109 Posts	My drivers seat was similar with the plastic piping hanging loose for about 3" or so. The best solution I found was to sew the piping back in place to the seat using thread of a similar colour (mine was dk grey so I used black) I started at a point free of damage and overstitched all way down to where it was good again carefully keeping the stitches close to each other and overlapping to hide the white plastic. I have done this twice, originally I used strong cotton type thread but after about a year this started to fray so I did it again using a thread for sewing leather which is supposed not to fray. (I tried to get thread that was included in a leather steering wheel glove kit I bought once used for lacing up but couldn't seem to find any separately.) Because I wasn't sure of the durability of the second thread I cut a piece of Gorilla tape and applied it lengthways over the stitching making sure I tucked it well into the fold of the piping each side. That was over 2 years ago and its still in place and whilst up close its not perfect its very acceptable from a general viewpoint. I have also developed a habit of getting in the car by grabbing the windscreen pillar to lower myself into the seat as opposed to dragging my whole weight across especially beneficial due to my backward sloping drive. Hope this helps. __________________ 2003 Mk 1 Connie SE CDTi Auto Monogram Mirage 2/Sandstone Leather 511th CDTi out of 4744 produced 9th in Mirage 2 out of 17 produced Also 2004 Rover 25 SXi CVT, 1999 Megane Cabriolet and still missing my 800 Fastback.

5th May 2020, 06:13	#4
roverbarmy This is my second home Roverless + 1.7D Sportage Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: East Norfolk Posts: 7,050 Thanks: 729 Thanked 2,021 Times in 1,449 Posts	Remove any buttons from your rear trouser pockets as they catch and I have never seen a purpose for them anyway!😉 Sent from my SM-G903F using Tapatalk __________________ Oil in my veins!