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Old Jul 11, 2023 | 11:35 AM
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Starting to focus on the interior now.

I’ve been fortunate enough to have found some driver and passenger seat backs and passenger seat bottoms in really good condition at local pick and pulls. Had the plastic “rails” on the bottoms replaced by a local shop.

I ordered an Alpaca re-coloring kit from Leather Magic and used it on the spare driver’s seat yesterday. I am blown away by the results. Just wished I had taken before pics. I’ll do the passenger seat in the next few weeks and will post score and afters.





 
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Old Jul 11, 2023 | 12:42 PM
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Looks great Tony
 
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Old Jul 11, 2023 | 11:23 PM
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That DOES look great.

One question. Every time I've seen re-dyed seats, the little holes / perforations seem to be a little (or a lot) filled in. Curious how you did it so that this wasn't an issue with yours. They look perfect.


 
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Old Jul 12, 2023 | 01:26 PM
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That DOES look great.

One question. Every time I've seen re-dyed seats, the little holes / perforations seem to be a little (or a lot) filled in. Curious how you did it so that this wasn't an issue with yours. They look perfect.
Many light coats. At first it looked really blotchy, but it kept getting better with each pass. The key is to keep them light.
 
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Old Jul 13, 2023 | 07:47 AM
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I’m changing to black. Been wondering if that dye would work for that
 
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Old Jul 13, 2023 | 08:15 AM
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I wish they had Tundra
 
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Old Jul 26, 2023 | 05:52 PM
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Did the passenger seat over the weekend. It was actually in better shape than the driver side to begin with.





 

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Old Jul 26, 2023 | 05:56 PM
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