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YOUR RESEARCHWhere can I find a small swath of leather for color matching?
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Repair natural brown leather seats in my 996 c4s
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I had the Natural Brown Leather seats in my 996 C4S repaired with new factory leather, and it was much lighter than the aged leather.
Where can I find a small swath of leather for color matching?
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One challenge that you'll face is that hidden bits of leather are often close to their "as new" color, while leather that is exposed to sunlight can change significantly.
Where can I find a small swath of leather for color matching?
Replace significantly."
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"One challenge that you'll face is that hidden bits of leather are often close to their "as new" color, while leather that is exposed to sunlight can change significantly."
Where can I find a small swath of leather for color matching?
Replace significantly
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One challenge that you'll face is that hidden bits of leather are often close to their "as new" color, while leather that is exposed to sunlight can change significantly.
Where can I find a small swath of leather for color matching?
Replace significantly."
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"One challenge that you'll face is that hidden bits of leather are often close to their "as new" color, while leather that is exposed to sunlight can change significantly."
Where can I find a small swath of leather for color matching?
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I'd like to get a small swath of leather to send off for color matching, but haven't been able to find any small hidden bits of leather that I can clip a sample from. Does anybody know where I can find a small unseen bit of leather to cut a small sample from?
I assumed there would be scraps readily available under the seat, but I don't feel any scrap pieces there. The leather seems to wrap around the bottom of the seat pretty tightly so there is not much in the way of spare leather that I could find. This is just from feeling around the base (seat not removed from car).
you can find some around the bottom or sides of the seats, or take a rear 1/4 panel off and go behind it or c pillar. but the normal way to match is to take a whole part and match off of that ( they can t match good off a little 1/2 in square piece)
One challenge that you'll face is that hidden bits of leather are often close to their "as new" color, while leather that is exposed to sunlight can change significantly.
I had the Natural Brown Leather seats in my 996 C4S repaired with new factory leather, and it was much lighter than the aged leather. I also added a new OE shift **** and boot at the same time which perfectly matched the new leather. Based on this, I know that the leather used in the repair was correct, even though it didn't match my seats very well.
"One challenge that you'll face is that hidden bits of leather are often close to their "as new" color, while leather that is exposed to sunlight can change significantly."
^This^ My experience has been, as long as you have the correct factory color code, that's as good as you're going to do.
I was able to get a swatch by reaching between the side bolster and the center backrest of the passenger seat. There was a good amount of excess for a swatch.
