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gerald 
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 Topic: leatherPosted: 12 Feb 2009 at 5:03pm |
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hi all,
has anyone ever had ther leather reconolised and if so how would you rate it,and wre could i have it done i live in the north west area?bolton,
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Posted: 12 Feb 2009 at 10:56pm |
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gerald unfortunately depends who does it - reconolised will not be as good as original - my guy is good does not charge too much but way too far away....get some prices and I will will give you an idea if reasonable price and you can always ask to see a job they have done etc - if doubts
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gerald
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Posted: 13 Feb 2009 at 9:43am |
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ok pal thats brillant,
ive have done the gliptone scuffmaster it came up good maybe i might keep goin over till its near enough,but i have the silver grey leather i think this is quite hard to get right.
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Posted: 13 Feb 2009 at 5:17pm |
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I tried some stuff from my mate who has a shoe shop - its designed for sofas and has a dye in it and has worked a treat as it was not too bad to need connolising and wanted to keep the original look if interested will look up the detail cheers
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gerald
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Posted: 13 Feb 2009 at 5:25pm |
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that would be good heres a few pics of the seats
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gerald
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Posted: 13 Feb 2009 at 5:28pm |
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they dnt look to bad but if u look closely u can tell,as i will be doin concourse again
this year im just btryin to improve it
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Tony
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Posted: 13 Feb 2009 at 7:44pm |
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I used Leathercare Renovations in Warrington to do the interior (seats, door cards, dash, parcel shelf, centre console) on my old e34 M5. Cost was about £500 all in.
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Posted: 14 Feb 2009 at 11:40am |
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Thanks very much i will get in touch how long did they keep the car for?
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Posted: 14 Feb 2009 at 2:51pm |
I dropped the car off on the Monday and picked it up on the Thursday. Don't know if it took that long though as I was working in London all week so couldn't pick it up until then anyway. |
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Posted: 14 Feb 2009 at 8:45pm |
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sounds good the finish looks brillant what do they exactly do to reconolize is ia a dye spray of some sort
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Posted: 15 Feb 2009 at 12:41pm |
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I can't give you the exact procedure as I'm only a customer, but it went something like...
Sand, feed, paint, dry, feed, paint, dry, lacquer, dry. The guys that did mine are ex-Connolly employees and bought some of their materials when the company closed. Unfortunately getting some of the toxic chemicals they used to use is becoming more difficult due to HSE rules and they're having to start using some eco-friendly fluids instead, which take longer to do the job. |
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Posted: 08 Mar 2009 at 8:13pm |
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gerald.. just had my m3 seats done at leathercare renovations in warrington. driver seat was a mess, bolster wasalmost threadbare. they did a brilliant job, they look almost new. its a shame i have to sit on it now!!! it took 24 hours and cost £100 per seat.. highly recommended.
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Posted: 23 Mar 2009 at 8:55am |
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well just got my leather done this weekend the bloke came up from birmingham and worked on it for 4 to 5hrs the back seats were ok just the usual places needed redoing have a look at the pics they arent great
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Posted: 26 Mar 2009 at 10:42am |
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are u saying the seats arent great or the pics arent great? i think the re connollising is the future,, you can spend a lot of dosh on a re trim and at the end of the day all you do is sit on them!
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Posted: 26 Mar 2009 at 5:56pm |
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pics doesnt show righr into the grain
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Posted: 26 Mar 2009 at 9:41pm |
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Gerald, I was one of the judges who gave your car the once over at Harewood house concours last year and i have been keeping an eye on your posts and would like to say you are making an excellent job of your motor and credit to you mate for all the hard work you are putting in,she looks great, and you cost me £200 for a megs polisher kit that you recommend by the way! cheers Terry.
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Posted: 27 Mar 2009 at 6:22pm |
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cheers terry thank you
 the megs buffer is brillant ive been usin the menzerna intesive polish on mine to try n get it looking good but its a brillant piece of kit next on list is engine parts i think 
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Posted: 27 Mar 2009 at 6:32pm |
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p.s any advice for the concourseing any would help thank you u av seen my car
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Posted: 08 May 2011 at 10:31am |
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your car is improving bit by bit mate. keep up the good work
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