I have a 98 OBW with leather seats. I need to replace a portion of the leather covering the seat cushion. It is the part that you sit on. Would this be something that a furniture upholstery repair shop could do, or is it something that only an auto trim shop could do?

 

Any idea what cost would be to replace the leather portion of the seat cushion only? The rest of the seat, including the seat side bolsters are still in good shape.

 

I am thinking that because it is a heated seat, that only leather can be used as a repair. Is this correct, or could vinyl or cloth be used?

You could get cloth heated seats. Just go to a junk yard and get a new seat bottom.

I had a similar repair done to the driver's seat of my 1999 Lexus RX300. Went to an automotive upholstery shop. Very happy with the result.

A local auto upholstery shop can probably repair the damaged section. If not repairable they can replace the section for probably only $100-$150. Probably less if you can take the seat out of the car and take it to them.

Friend of mine had a side bolster on an old BMW leather seat replaced for $100 by a shop here.

You could get cloth heated seats. Just go to a junk yard and get a new seat bottom.

 

Yea, I thought of that. I have been looking in yards for the past year, and have not found any decent seats.

A shop specializing in auto upholstery is more likely to have sources for the OE material, or at least the best possible match.