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How to tighten Leather seating surfaces (or remove dents/wrinkles)

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So, lots of threads on here with folks complaining about "loose leather upholstery" OR "indentations left in seat from [insert Object-X here]" OR "leather is wrinkled" OR "leather is stretched"....

Being the owner of an S550 with Leather seating surfaces, I did some Googling and came across some helpful DIY tech/info for how to remove wrinkles/dents/stretch marks from leather seat surfaces OR how to tighten up the leather.

If anyone uses the methods linked below - please post up the method used and before and after pics so other S550 owners can decide on best method for curing a common concern.

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http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum...58594-can-i-fix-my-wrinkled-leather-seat.html

http://www.clublexus.com/forums/aut...how-to-remove-wrinkle-from-leather-seats.html

https://www.colourlock.com/tip/car-leather/dents-creases.html

http://www.corvetteforum.com/how-tos/a/corvette-how-to-remove-wrinkles-from-leather-seats-368130

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?p=3027254

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=53676


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Bump to assist others with the "stretched leather" posts... :)
 

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thanks cool. To prevent the leather from being damaged, i usually a leather wax.
 

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Good stuff. Thanks for posting all the vids in one place.
 
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Bumping this one since there’s newer S550 model years and owners since this thread was originally posted.
 

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Bumping for the S550 newbies :)
 
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Bumping for a refresh - the techniques do work!
 

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Mods...
Why not make this a sticky in the Cosmetic Upkeep section rather than bumping it every few months?
 

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Keep in mind that only the front middle perforated part is leather in our cars; the rest is cheap vinyl.
 

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Good stuff.

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Now I'm in the middle of replacing 401A heated/cooled leather with Katzkin and the drivers seat bottom is missing a 4 layer sandwich, see pic. Do I need to buy/have this replaced? Seat does cool OK at first but not for long. LMK. TIA!!
 

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Good stuff.

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Now I'm in the middle of replacing 401A heated/cooled leather with Katzkin and the drivers seat bottom is missing a 4 layer sandwich, see pic. Do I need to buy/have this replaced? Seat does cool OK at first but not for long. LMK. TIA!!
I believe that is the weight sensor for the airbag on the passenger seat but not sure.
 

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Yes it is. My buddy who helped my stated that right off. Boy did I feel stoopid!
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