Repairing holes in dash leather?

Anybody help with ideas or is it the nasty and expensive job of a complete new dash cover?

The previous owner had screwed phone holders and SAFCs etc to it.

Cheers

Justin

omg, why do people do this sort of thing?

I believe you can get people to repair tears and rips in vinyl (aka 'leather'), but I only know that from reading about it on an Australian Supra forum, so I dunno if it can be done in Blighty. Suggest - yellow pages matey?

hi these can be repaired i used to run a smart repair system a few years ago ,

shouldnt cost a lot to fix , for that sort of repair i would charge about £50, so that should give you a rough idea .

hope this helps peter

Hi Justin,

This might be worth looking at, never tried it though.

http://www.speeding.co.uk/acatalog/PermaPoxy_Expoxies___Sealants.html

Mike

what would the quality of the repair be like, perfect ?

as good as new if done correctly

Cheers guys. I'll give that repair stuff a go and see what happens.

justin dont buy the kit , get it done by someone who knows what hes doing .

looking at the pics the clamps have left an impression in the dash so it needs to be heated to get it out , and that doesnt always work , so if youve got to fill it , you will then need to reproduce the grain pattern , before re colouring .

justin dont buy the kit , get it done by someone who knows what hes doing .

looking at the pics the clamps have left an impression in the dash so it needs to be heated to get it out , and that doesnt always work , so if youve got to fill it , you will then need to reproduce the grain pattern , before re colouring .

But who can do that sort of stuff for me round Cambridgeshire Pete?

hi justin give a local dealership a call volvo , mercedes any main dealer , they use these people regularly .

its called smart repairs,

hi justin give a local dealership a call volvo , mercedes any main dealer , they use these people regularly .

its called smart repairs,

Thanks Peter.

hi these can be repaired i used to run a smart repair system a few years ago ,

shouldnt cost a lot to fix , for that sort of repair i would charge about £50, so that should give you a rough idea .

hope this helps peter

Just to conclude this post.

Blimey Peter you weren't wrong mate. Had a guy from a company called Trimline come out to my work at lunch time. 45 Minutes and £50 later my dash looks bloody brilliant and has no holes in it!

Bloody magic. Was like in Pulp Fiction when 'The Wolf' comes round to fix everything! Not that I had shattered skull contents on my back seat but you know what I mean.

Will post after pic soon.

thanks mate only glad i could help out

Pics Pics Pics !!

Oky doky here it is at last.

No I didn't use photoshop before you ask.

I'm well pleased with that. I was thinking of re-covering the whole thing!

Good job!

now thats impressive. Post their link to a website for other people with the same problem.

they do it, so you can retrim the whole dash in alcantara

This was the company I used.

http://www.trimline-systems.com/contact.html

Looks Amazing..

Really good Work

And a nice price...

EXCELENT, been needing a company like this for mine. previous owner had done the same.

well done justin mate , makes me want to get the kit out

well done justin mate , makes me want to get the kit out

Thanks again for letting me know it was a doable job Peter. The guy who did it laughed at the amount of people who think they have a leather dash. Me being one of them but mostly BMW owners. Ours is vinyl btw.