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Having my SC430 on the road now, and very happy about that too, I am diving deeper into bringing back its glory.

I’m renovating the leather upholstery. 
I have started with the rear seat cushion, simply as it was easy to remove and it’s raining. 
I'm concerned that the sculptured foam padding under the leather is wet.

Has anyone suffered this same issue and can give me any pointers as to how/where water is getting in and how to resolve the leaks?

Thanks as always

[Boomer54]

3 hours ago, 2Tanks said:

Having my SC430 on the road now, and very happy about that too, I am diving deeper into bringing back its glory.

I’m renovating the leather upholstery. 
I have started with the rear seat cushion, simply as it was easy to remove and it’s raining. 
I'm concerned that the sculptured foam padding under the leather is wet.

Has anyone suffered this same issue and can give me any pointers as to how/where water is getting in and how to resolve the leaks?

Thanks as always

What do you intend to use on your leather?

Surprised the rear seats need anything given their typical lack of use.

Going to be doing my front seats shortly. Probably just buy a kit. However, I am also going to try homemade steaming on the pads and bolsters using a bog standard iron and cloth. See if it tightens up the leather.

 

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Previous owners had 3 youngsters. I think a sugary drink spill was left in the flat section which has discoloured the black leather.  The car had been standing unused for 6 months plus, I found an apple from the same time in the rear console box.
 

I had a quote for a full seat restoration but it was outside my budget and at that level probably unnecessary. 
 

I have used some leather recolouring balm/dye and some conditioner which has improved things nicely. The car has only 86k mileage so seat leather is in pretty good shape throughout other than the main seat panels which obviously get dried in the sun, or hold any water if the roof is left open in a rain shower.