Nightmare seat repair

[Beltram]

Did something really stupid the other day, I was cutting wood up in my garden with a mini saw and my phone started ringing which was in the van on the passenger seat, as I lent in on the driver's side to reach over to the passenger seat I still had the saw in my left hand and as I was reversing back out I caught the driver's seat with the saw, I couldn't believe it but thought it wasn't too bad and could easily be fixed, no chance of that, I've tried quite a few upholsterer repairers, this week and they say the whole side panel needs to come off and a new one stitching on, I did have a quote for a smart repair but I'm not comfy with that and want it doing properly. The couple of upholsterers I've found who officially do VW vehicles and can order fabric direct from the manufacturer didn't have any matching fabric or any generic fabric to match, nor could they order straight from VW due to supply issues and said I might need to order a whole new seat base. I'm actually at a loss now unless someone knows of anyone that can do the repair otherwise I might need to go down the smart repair route cheers.

 

[andyinluton]

Get a Brandrup Second Skin cover for it - the material is 100% the same.

If you don't want to use covers, they are an excellent source of matching materials.

 

[Beltram]

Get a Brandrup Second Skin cover for it - the material is 100% the same.

If you don't want to use covers, they are an excellent source of matching materials. I did have covers on but I took them off as it's up for sale

Get a Brandrup Second Skin cover for it - the material is 100% the same.

If you don't want to use covers, they are an excellent source of matching materials.

I did have covers on but took them as the van is up for sale, I'll look Into that though if the fabric is a match cheers

 

[Ch1pbutty]

Car upholstery company will easily be able to repair.

 

[Beltram]

Car upholstery company will easily be able to repair.

they cant though ive been in touch with a few, they dont have matching material

 

[reserves]

As Andy said the Brandrup seat covers are the exact material you need.

 

[soulstyledevon]

Personally, I would leave it. Doesn’t look to bad. You should see the state of mine after 4.5 years camping…

 

[GrumpyGranddad]

Did something really stupid the other day, I was cutting wood up in my garden with a mini saw and my phone started ringing which was in the van on the passenger seat, as I lent in on the driver's side to reach over to the passenger seat I still had the saw in my left hand and as I was reversing back out I caught the driver's seat with the saw, I couldn't believe it but thought it wasn't too bad and could easily be fixed, no chance of that, I've tried quite a few upholsterer repairers, this week and they say the whole side panel needs to come off and a new one stitching on, I did have a quote for a smart repair but I'm not comfy with that and want it doing properly. The couple of upholsterers I've found who officially do VW vehicles and can order fabric direct from the manufacturer didn't have any matching fabric or any generic fabric to match, nor could they order straight from VW due to supply issues and said I might need to order a whole new seat base. I'm actually at a loss now unless someone knows of anyone that can do the repair otherwise I might need to go down the smart repair route cheers.

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Could have been worse @Beltram you might have put the saw to your ear. @VincentVanGogh

Sorry

 

[Beltram]

Decided to go down the smart repair route, the guy I found said he can do it so I'll put my faith in that, think the Brandrup covers might be too pricey

 

[GrumpyGranddad]

Decided to go down the smart repair route, the guy I found said he can do it so I'll put my faith in that, think the Brandrup covers might be too pricey

Be good to see a photo of the repair @Beltram

 

[Beltram]

Be good to see a photo of the repair @Beltram

I'll do that pal

 

[Ting Tong]

If it’s valley moonrock grey, then I still have the as new seat fabric left from when we had ours reupholstered in leather.

I’ve tried selling them but nobody wants them, so I’m happy to let you have a front seat base for the cost of the postage.

 

[Beltram]

If it’s valley moonrock grey, then I still have the as new seat fabric left from when we had ours reupholstered in leather.

I’ve tried selling them but nobody wants them, so I’m happy to let you have a front seat base for the cost of the postage.

Thanks Ting Ting that's amazing of you to offer, I shall check to see if it's the correct colour and let you know

 

[Beltram]

If it’s valley moonrock grey, then I still have the as new seat fabric left from when we had ours reupholstered in leather.

I’ve tried selling them but nobody wants them, so I’m happy to let you have a front seat base for the cost of the postage.

It is that colour @Ting Tong but i cant find a way to message you on here not sure why

 

[Ting Tong]

It is that colour @Ting Tong but i cant find a way to message you on here not sure why

Because you are not a paid member. You can email me 123456@789.abcde

 

[MarkHawkins68]

Because you are not a paid member. You can email me 123456@789.abcde

Hi

I don't suppose by any chance you still have the valley moonrock grey front seat base ?

Thank you

 

[Ting Tong]

Hi

I don't suppose by any chance you still have the valley moonrock grey front seat base ?

Thank you

I think I do have one but am out of the country until mid September.

 

[MarkHawkins68]

I think I do have one but am out of the country until mid September.

Many thanks for coming back to me. My passenger seat has started to wear and has a small thread bare patch that will only get worse and I'm not sure how else to sort it. I would obviously be willing to pay for it, so maybe you could contact me when you're back in the UK, if you don't mind.

Thanks again.

 

[MarkHawkins68]

Many thanks for coming back to me. My passenger seat has started to wear and has a small thread bare patch that will only get worse and I'm not sure how else to sort it. I would obviously be willing to pay for it, so maybe you could contact me when you're back in the UK, if you don't mind.

Thanks again.

Hello

Where did that 4 months go ! Hope you've had a great summer. Will you be back in the UK soon ?

Thanks

Mark

 

[Ting Tong]

Hello

Where did that 4 months go ! Hope you've had a great summer. Will you be back in the UK soon ?

Thanks

Mark

Hi @MarkHawkins68 Yes we’re back and i still have a seat base cover. You can email me on mail xxx evans-yang yyyy com, where xxx is “at” and yyyy is “dot”.

 

[MarkHawkins68]

Hi @MarkHawkins68 Yes we’re back and i still have a seat base cover. You can email me on mail xxx evans-yang yyyy com, where xxx is “at” and yyyy is “dot”.

I've just sent you a test email

 

[Ting Tong]

I've just sent you a test email

Got it