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Two times cheaper than in the service: how to restore a car seat with your own hands

  • August 17, 2023
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A car seat is a rather complex mechanism consisting of many elements. Over time, it naturally wears out, wears out and pushes through. Can the chair be fully

Two times cheaper than in the service: how to restore a car seat with your own hands
A car seat is a rather complex mechanism consisting of many elements. Over time, it naturally wears out, wears out and pushes through. Can the chair be fully restored? Please, at least until the state of the new. A matter of price. A detailed estimate is in the material of the AvtoVzglyad portal.

What hardships the car seat does not experience during operation: shawarma, chocolate, coffee, soda, ash and cigarette butts directly, a zipper on the pocket and just a “broad bone”. After only five years, the average driver’s seat looks sad, and after ten years it is scary to sit on it: it will fall apart or stain your clothes. What must we do? To recover.

Contacting a specialized service brings only hatred and gray hair: a major renovation of the interior of a foreign car, costing about 500,000 rubles on a market day, was estimated at 120,000 rubles. Repair of loose bottoms, replacement of foam rubber, new upholstery to replace worn ones. No, we will look for better options, but for this we will have to lay our hands on them and lose time. But let’s save.

So removing the interior isn’t a problem: a dozen and a half bolts, and you’re done. The sofa is in good condition, except that the hides are worn. But the front row needs special attention. We remove the upholstery and proceed with the restoration procedures. Restoration of the seat frame – from 7000 rubles, foam filling – from 5000. The heating works, but they are not rich in massage and cooling. A total of 24,000 “wooden” (12,000 per chair) for the “foundation”.

Next, we go to the furrier: we cannot afford to sew “clothes” from genuine leather, “young dermantin” is also suitable. They asked 42,000 rubles for the entire salon: 11,000 for the front seats, 20 for a sofa. This is the best price, they usually roll out 10-15 thousand more, motivated by the quality of the material, gold embroidery, factory seam and much more. Not convinced. By the way, before starting work, the master took our old “fabrics” to create patterns. A good sign: with a high degree of probability, the new “skin” will settle. Yes, all hardware will be original.

Ten days later, a new salon arrived. Putting it on is harder than taking it off, but it can be done. The main thing is not to overdo it and not to tear apart the freshly formed seams. They also asked about the SRS cushions in the chair: they will work – they have already learned how to make them function properly. So feel free to collect and post.

If we correct the estimate, it is worth noting that the division of labor between several masters, as well as their own hands, made it possible to cut the budget in half. In terms of time – the same two weeks as in the service, but without taking into account travel to different parts of the city and constant monitoring of the process by phone. Would you like to participate in this? Then paying is easier. Well, if price matters, please. You now have a recipe that will allow you to “cook” a fully presentable salon.

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What hardships the car seat does not experience during operation: shawarma, chocolate, coffee, soda, ash and cigarette butts directly, a zipper on the pocket and just a “broad bone”. After only five years, the average driver’s seat looks sad, and after ten years it is scary to sit on it: it will fall apart or stain your clothes. What must we do? To recover.

Contacting a specialized service brings only hatred and gray hair: a major renovation of the interior of a foreign car, costing about 500,000 rubles on a market day, was estimated at 120,000 rubles. Repair of loose bottoms, replacement of foam rubber, new upholstery to replace worn ones. No, we will look for better options, but for this we will have to lay our hands on them and lose time. But let’s save.

So removing the interior isn’t a problem: a dozen and a half bolts, and you’re done. The sofa is in good condition, except that the hides are worn. But the front row needs special attention. We remove the upholstery and proceed with the restoration procedures. Restoration of the seat frame – from 7000 rubles, foam filling – from 5000. The heating works, but they are not rich in massage and cooling. A total of 24,000 “wooden” (12,000 per chair) for the “foundation”.

Next, we go to the furrier: we cannot afford to sew “clothes” from genuine leather, “young dermantin” is also suitable. They asked 42,000 rubles for the entire salon: 11,000 for the front seats, 20 for a sofa. This is the best price, they usually roll out 10-15 thousand more, motivated by the quality of the material, gold embroidery, factory seam and much more. Not convinced. By the way, before starting work, the master took our old “fabrics” to create patterns. A good sign: with a high degree of probability, the new “skin” will settle. Yes, all hardware will be original.

Ten days later, a new salon arrived. Putting it on is harder than taking it off, but it can be done. The main thing is not to overdo it and not to tear apart the freshly formed seams. They also asked about the SRS cushions in the chair: they will work – they have already learned how to make them function properly. So feel free to collect and post.

If we correct the estimate, it is worth noting that the division of labor between several masters, as well as their own hands, made it possible to cut the budget in half. In terms of time – the same two weeks as in the service, but without taking into account travel to different parts of the city and constant monitoring of the process by phone. Would you like to participate in this? Then paying is easier. Well, if price matters, please. You now have a recipe that will allow you to “cook” a fully presentable salon.

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