Has anyone had a successful repair on the vinyl seat bolster (see photo)?

Would like to know this - mine needs it too

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Mine is the same but not leather, I think its down to the way you get out of a Freelander which is so high that your leg doesn't hit the ground to take your weight and you have to slide off the seat (and I am 6' 2"). Is this what side steps are all about I wonder? 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

I find that you hit your head on the way in and out then - and since there's nowhere to hold on to I get finger prints over my A pillar, and I can't be having that

Had mine sorted by a trimmer. Cost me £80.00 but worth it.  2013 Dynamic Santorini black
2011 XS Lago grey
2007 HLS Stornoway grey
sometimes towing an Elldis AVANTE 574.

At last - found a good trimmer here in Cornwall who can do it. Going in next week, £60 -£70.

On my previous SE, I repaired it myself. Took ages, all by hand. At least I learnt what saddle stitch is! By the way, the side panel is not leather (even on a leather seat), it is "pleather " - vinyl really.

Bob 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

Yes, as I noted above the photo on my first post! I wonder whether the all-leather seats on the HSE really are...?

The answer is in the description, leather faced, bum and back, leather should be all of the seat, but the back is usually excluded. Full leather could mean anything, but all leather is a definition, i.e all leather seats, no placcy my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
2012 HSE SD4 In Orkney Grey now gone, best car ever.

My HSE lux has Windsor Leather, the side bolsters and back are pleather.
The best stuff I have ever had was Mercedes MB tex, fantastic leather substitute and fantastically hard wearing.

Hi Fastbuck,
Would be interested to know how you get on. Am also in Cornwall, with the same "problem" and a desire to get it fixed - Alpaca phleather with the side split. Good luck, hope it works!

My seat bolster has also split, I have been to a trimmer who can repair the bolster but he hasn't got the correct shade of vinyl as mine is a beige with a green sort of tint if you know what I mean. I think ford used the same material on the sides of the ford transit seats. Sorry I forgot to add that I have the leather seats upgrade on a xs specification.

Mine is finally in for repair today. We had to match the material carefully as the "almond" colour has changed over the years and putting the original colour in would have looked completely wrong. Trouble was the upholsterer couldn't just buy a metre and had to buy a whole roll! I think it was about £60... If anyone needs any, I have loads! I looked at earlier instructions for removing the seat base, but the photos seemed to bear no resemblance to mine. I could only find 2 10mm bolts at the front, but since they were described as "easy access" I can only say that mine weren't! Let's hope the upholsterer is having more luck...

Dartman the one wrote:

The answer is in the description, leather faced, bum and back, leather should be all of the seat, but the back is usually excluded. Full leather could mean anything, but all leather is a definition, i.e all leather seats, no placcy