How to Repair Damaged Car Seat Audi R8 Leather Repair Steps
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- čas přidán 15. 04. 2021
- The Audi R8 gets driven daily and has begun to lose its paint or "dye" from constant in and out of the drivers seat. This is a step by step tutorial through the repair process which is much different and far less expensive than the replacement process. Brian from www.fibrenew.com showed me the how a damaged seat can be repaired through Fibrenew's proprietary products and techniques. They have 100's of franchisee's located in the USA and Canada who repair vinyl, leather, plastics and so on. Amazing artistry to preserve the existing material. Hope you enjoy! -L
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I don’t even have leather seats but I still feel a need to know this information...
I don't even have a car right now haha.
@ kurta work I have a w
@@arjunmathur3978 you have a lyken hypersport or a fenyr supersport by making kurtas?
it always amazes me to see the pros do things with materials that you thought was impossible.
Can never be too knowledgeable
I had Fiberenew do my seats and the guy was like "Uhhh your seats are bad I don't know if it will work." 3 years later and it still looks great.
How much did it cost you ?
Same what’s the cost tho haha
In for cost
@@josemichael1292 everything
-thanos
@@tyobsxura4360 The detail we will never be told
I was just looking at our old Range Rovers damaged leather seat just 2 hours ago and wondered if it would be possible to repair. So this was actually very helpful and interesting. Thank you for all these great videos, Larry!
Me a 16 year with no car: interesting
😂
You are never to young to know things about Cars one day you both going to own your Dream Car and can Take Care of IT.
Future knowledge for when you one day buy a car and see it has worn leather seats
Me 17 with a car but no permit: this video was made for me
Me a 21 year old
I can attest to Fibrenew’s quality of work. I’ve gotten many repairs from Brian (in the video). Fantastic work!
Pure artistry! In addition to the cost savings, I like this because we (me included) tend to be a replacement society.
I just bought a 2003 Audi S8 with platinum "Valcona leather" interior which suffered mold staining. I will definitely need to do this to my leather when I can afford to!! Big thanks Larry for videos which helped me to learn some great methods to clean and disinfect the rest of the interior!!
When I needed him most, he came
Edit: And when I mean this its for my leather I was trying to fix it, its nothing dirty minded
@@sHapina21 I believe it is what she said
@@mrjace3 I concur the mistress has indeed announced that.
Sounds like a pornhub title.
Me: WTF
Oh he came ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
I havent got leather seats in my car, nor would i feel confident doing what you did, yet i still found myself watching with intrigue in to the process of how to do it. Fascinating process and once again great content. Thats why i am a subscriber
Have fun Larry, I know how u feel. Just did a refresh on my steering wheel leather wrap. It just brings so much joy to hold n drive now...
Soooooo glad you are doing this. I have a 2014 R8 Spyder as one of my cars on my CZcams channel and the seats are my number 1 concerned of wear and tear. I’ll definitely be looking into this type of service. Thanks Larry! We need more R8 content!!!
If you're in Southern California I'd be happy to help you out
@@searchforthetruth1998 sorry. I’m in Mass
I love the way you talk and the way you give time to explain every single detail.
You’re videos are rich with informations
Thank you so much.
Respect from Morocco 🇲🇦
Hey Larry!
Been following you for years and just realized in this video that you stopped at Hershey’s BBQ on your way home in your R8 and that’s literally a mile from my house! Hate I missed the opportunity to meet you! Thank you for all your videos and information you provide the detailing community!
This video was so overdue, thank you for posting it!
Larry that looks amazing!! Just like a new seat! Wow.....!
Does anyone else wish they could just go hang out with Larry at his new place while they are filming a video or is that just me haha. Another great video as always!
Not exactly - I have a feeling he would constantly be shouting 'don't touch that!' lol
Love these types of videos and your how to videos. These have really helped me start my detailing before I can go do my training
Amazing work, great production value your video’s are are getting better all the time.
2 uploads in one week. YAS!!! 🙌🙌🙌
Always making great content!
He sure does. That new studio is amazing. That environment would just inspire me to do good work.
Larry is the embodiment of “If you love what you do you’ll never work a day in your life”
@@mikevanhalen1989 yep
As always another great video, always great to learn new things. Thank you for sharing Larry!
Always enjoy your videos Larry. Keep up the great work!😁
I am about to attempt a high end leather living room set restoration. Thanks for the content. I'll try and use some of this in the project.
Looks awesome Larry and congratulations! Never new how this worked and have a much better understanding now. Your just doing every facet of car care now...have to rebrand and call it “Total Ammo” 😉 orrrr Complete Ammo.
Im so glad I've found this channel 🔥
I definitely can't do this myself but yes it's cool to know and watch how it's done. I appreciate the work it takes!
Got the same exact seats on my 2007 Audi TT, so this is extremely helpful
That's really cool! I've seen guys use clear silicone caulk to repair more significant damage to leather, and a few similar techniques to blend and restore the color and texture after. Artists, I tell ya!
I'm super happy to see this kind of vid again instead of the mega disaster vids
Same seats that are in my TT Mk2. Since I'm not rich and the car is not worth 80,000$, I wasn't ready to spend that much money on leather repair. I found a product online called Belino Cuir and ordered the black version. I was hesitant to use it though. I left it on the shelf for almost a year. But finally decided to try it on the lower part at the back of a seat (just in case it was crap and I couldn't fix the disaster). Turns out it worked very well and is very easy to use! It's a kind of fast drying gel. You put the stuff on the cracks and then wipe it down with a cloth. If you put too much and it is visibly different from the surrounding leather, you rub on it hard with the cloth. And as a last resort, you apply a bit of Windex on a rag and wipe it down. But it mostly worked very well for me and my seats look good. Not like you see in this video of course. But all the cracks and the discoloration are gone. It even died the thread back to black.
Important: Before you start, you must remove any dirt or leather conditionner and the leather need to be dry. Also, when you're finished, apply a decent quality leather conditionner over all of your seats, especially where you re-dyed your leather. 4.5/5 for the ease of use and 5/5 for the value for the price. That was the only thing that was bugging me about my car interior and in the end I could have fixed it a while ago for 15$ and 2 hours of work. I should have done this way sooner!
Thank you was thinking of this way but was afraid of trying it
Will work on this project in couple of weeks
Basically the same process that cobblers use to fix uppers on dress shoes, except they use everything proprietary
one of the six
Exactly what we needed right now
Modern “leather” may as well be vinyl. I feel leather should be like a saddle where the wear adds to the character not destroys it
You know how you can tell this is Larry's car? When they reinstalled the seat you can see that there are no crumbs or messes on the carpet. :)
Now this is impressive, Great work 👌
Damn, I needed something to do on my car this weekend and this came out in perfect timing.
These are exactly the same as my seats! Thanks for the video!
Hello earlier today my mom met you at a Stew Leonard's just wanted to say that's pretty cool and keep doing what you doing I just started watching some of your videos .
These videos are therapeutic
So cool and good instructional video!
Larry is the Doctor of detailing.
Love these videos🔥🔥
love your videos. great work and information. also first time ive seen someone spray in patagonia
Absolutely brillllllllllliant Larry! 🤩
thanks
Great job 👍🏼
This was a terrific video. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it
If its AMMO content you know it's gonna be great
That's a great result!
Thank you
As a dealer, this is an awesome video.
Great results!
As a perfectionist, this brings me joy, knowing there are professionals that can restore seats to new again.
Nice video Larry!
Nice video, I'm from Brazil
Ammo NYC is the greatest!
Hell yeah! Ambient Gold slaps
I love your videos so much lmao
I never stopped the autosatisfaction this fast hahaha
Perfection 👍
Small tip: don't put your phone next to the scale! The electro-magnetic waves from the phone falsify the measurement. When you get a call it can even "destroy" the calibration. In the video you can also see the scale reacting to the phone: 6:11
Great tip and good eye!
@irre I'm interested in this phenomenon. Do you have a link to some info on it?
@@cryalowicki English is not my native tongue, sorry. Only found this: m.czcams.com/video/EzR_isSZaTI/video.html I'm pretty sure cellphones give off stronger radio interference. When getting a call it's of course stronger.
Good work
Looks great...
These fiber new videos are home runs
After going leather for my Audi I swear will never go back to fabric! If conditioned well the smell is great, the look and feel of leather seats is a niceity
That proprietary device is just taking a photo. There are apps for translating photos to a hex or RGB number. I suspect the secret sauce of the device is finding a way to exclude external light to maximise colour accuracy. Altogether, I’d always reupholster rather than do this painful cleaning, sanding, colouring.
Good job Sir
SO COOL VIDEO
What a great way too start the weekend! I was hoping you would upload another video soon, but I hadn't expected you too upload this quickly already. Thanks Larry, and cheers to you!
Edit: I just finished watching this video, and I must say, I like that it takes me back to your older videos about repairs and upgrades on the 964 and the r8. Also, am I becoming obsessed when I already saw the orange peel analogy coming? Anyway, I really like these analogies, keep 'em coming.
This is especially useful for me because my Audi TT has the same seats!
Loved it!! If you are in Ontario, Canada, give us a shout at Fibrenew Port Perry!
I am flabbergasted by how interested I am in this knowledge I most likely will never act out on ;-;
This should be a legit tv show. If you could use this video style and include other detailers, each episode should focus each detailer.
Clean with a gentle APC(I use totally awesome diluted 50/50) and leather brush and detail brush, then restore and condition with lithium leather love, absolutely hands down the best product I've EVER used!
Never us APC on leather, no point in conditioning modern leather
Do you have a high res pic of the area repaired? Im curious to see how the spray on texture looked after completed
Nice!!!
Ooh, nice R8 you have there. Someone's doing well 😁
Fantastic news!
Very informative! Although, for me, it’s best I pay a professional. Great video!
I am glued to everything you do. Amazing. Btw do you ever age? Lol
Hi, nice results. If its possbile can you check the new colored leather parts after a few months? I´m from germany and i´m using colourlock products - even with airbrush gun. After a few months heavily used parts like the seats show always worn parts. On other parts like the arm rest everything is fine.
Those are the same seats in my dads 08 tt convertible and sadly there is a tear in the bolster now so this wouldn't be possible.. It looks amazing tho!! My dream R8 right there
We'd LOVE to see an update now that it's been a couple of years.
Yup I just released an update video earlier this year on the R8
Larry, love the channel. Have you ever considered detailing with dry ice?
Hi guys.
I am writing to you from Formosa, in the north of Argentina.
I really like the work you do on the bodywork, interiors and engine bay but I have never seen you clean in detail the lower area of the vehicles. Can you make a video with a work in that area?
Thanks and best regards !!!!
Feel like I'm gonna need to do this in the future of my leather wrx seats since subaru cheap the dye already fading after 3 years
There's something awesome watching an absolute professional work (no matter what the job). Respect. Ammo: Does a "repaired" seat like this have good longevity?
yes it does
I need this for my 20 year old 7 series, badly
It still runs? I’m impressed!
Same brother. 740 or 750? Mines the 750.
@@kotalarsen95531 740i sport
@@darrenlee1765 runs like a scolded cat, no leaks, no lights on the dash. Drive it long distances comfortably regularly. Side bolsters are getting tired though after 170k miles
@@joshuad1716 3.0 or 4.4?
Awesome result, I am impressed, that this is possible. But is it cheaper or more efficient than re-upholstering (is this the correct word?) the seat?
Very informative video thank you for it. ¿ Is there a certain reason why you didn’t use your Ammo leather cleaning products to clean up seats? You used fibrenew cleaner correct?
Hi!!...Love your work....Do you have someone in Texas that you could recommend for a interior restoration?....Thank you
How would you approach tightening leather sun visors?
looks good, what does it cost for one seat to be repaired like yours?
That’s pretty cool!
How many miles were on the car when you bought it? I’ve had two R8s and when I sold either one (42,000 km on the first one and 60,000 km on the second) the seats didn’t look nearly as beat up as that.
Larry " Use leather adhesive"
Me: Gorilla glue
Haha
2:54 got to love some stream beats by Alphagaming. Track is ambient gold for anyone asking.
Never heard of Fibrenew here in Europe. Over here it's Leather Repair Company and Colourlock.
You shouldnt just sand the leather with straight up sandpaper. Use red Scotch pads, which are also a 320 grit and a solvent to break through the topcoat but it will not damage the grain as much as straight up sanding it will.
Same car, mine is from 2012, original seat still perfect, how can I protect them and prevent wear? Thx
Well, it looks good. My BMW M6 has some of the usual wear on the driver’s seat, arm rests, and door card. I’ve contacted a local contractor… we’ll see how it goes!
Can I ask you where did you learn all the professional techniques? I'm really interested in doing this as a job
I was hoping that you will show how to get rid of those folds and stretched leather on bottom part of the seat, have same issue in my Audi 🥺 I tried some technique with heatgun, steam etc. but without any luck (did this probably too carefully though because I was so scared to damage the leather) It shrinked a bit but not enough.