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So I admit I'm a bit OCD about how my car looks and recently my quarterly regime of nourishing my seats with Gliptone wasn't hiding the cracks or shininess (?) of the drivers seat in particular.

I went overseas last week and used the time to book my car into Furniture Clinic. They are a UK franchise but their head office is about 15 miles from me in Burnopfield. So I left my car with them for a week to work their magic.

This is not just cleaning, they strip the leather lacquer and pigmentation off the seats which is what you usually see as cracking, filler in the worse of the cracks if more than colour deep, re-colour the leather and PVC lacquer seal the seat again. I wanted to see how they got on with the driver seat and steering wheel before committing to do the passenger seat as well but when I picked up the car this afternoon the results are stunning. The seats are back to matt black, no sheen, a couple of creases but nothing unexpected of a 78k mile car. They are guaranteed not to deform, crack or fade for another 60k miles.

Best bit of all, they are a fraction of the cost of buying new seats or worse still, buying seat base and back covers.

Here are some pics, not the best but hopefully show the work and the difference between driver and passenger seat.











Bad news for those with alcantara, they guys there reckoned there was no way to get it back to new condition and best tpo recover / replace if need be. I'll be booking my car in again to have the passenger seat done in a few weeks.

Looks ace, I hope the franchise people are as good as head office

Looks great. Had a similar thing done to my rear seats to match my newly trimmed fronts

Looking good there!

so how much for the side bolsters? been meaning to do this myself

They won't just do the side bolster, it is the whole seat that is refurbished to make it even. Best to call them for a quote but driver seat was just over £200 inc. VAT (got a deal on the steering wheel price). I left my car for a week but in reality is is a 2 full days to do the seat.

This is good to know,as Ive looked at two cars up to now and both had worn bolsters.Did this company previously trade on the Team Valley?
Hello btw,almost forgot my manners.I'm currently looking for a nice B7 RS4 saloon or cab,they are a bit thin on the ground it seems.

Not sure of their origins although I think they do have a unit in Gateshead, best check their website for their locations.

Alcantara can be tidied with a sharp Stanley blade. This can be done at least twice in its life before needing to consider replacement. It won't look quite as new, but will look very very good.

Hayden

Have you got a phone number as that looks great

Are you selling your gloves now?

P_G wrote:They won't just do the side bolster, it is the whole seat that is refurbished to make it even. Best to call them for a quote but driver seat was just over £200 inc. VAT (got a deal on the steering wheel price). I left my car for a week but in reality is is a 2 full days to do the seat.

Is this the same as connolising or do they use a different method...

caldy wrote:Are you selling your gloves now?

Definitely not as it keeps the oils your hands produce which cause sheen on leather away from the wheel.

Why, are you selling your driving boots?

Borgelite wrote:

P_G wrote:They won't just do the side bolster, it is the whole seat that is refurbished to make it even. Best to call them for a quote but driver seat was just over £200 inc. VAT (got a deal on the steering wheel price). I left my car for a week but in reality is is a 2 full days to do the seat.

Is this the same as connolising or do they use a different method...

Not sure TBH, the process is described on their site http://www.furnitureclinic.co.uk/

P_G wrote:

caldy wrote:Are you selling your gloves now?

Definitely not as it keeps the oils your hands produce which cause sheen on leather away from the wheel.

Why, are you selling your driving boots?

Hmmm, should have seen that one coming! Since forgetting to take them to The Ring, they seem to be 'over the top' for driving a Nissan during the winter...........