How A Ferrari's Leather Car Seat Is Professionally Restored | Refurbished

[@julianalmanza8091]

it would’ve looked way better if you could somehow keep the red stitching red

[@apsilon9897]

Exactly.

[@a.8874]

Couldn't agree more

[@SalHal_SSHF]

Yes. A thin masking tape or some sort of wax coat to protect stitches would have worked well

[@Xirpzy]

Thats up to the client really.

[@baronvonhoughton]

@@SalHal_SSHF Na mate, look at the pre treated stitches, all faded with discoloured leather underneath. If you masked it off you be left with a mess.

[@ScarsOfAFracturedSou]

I wonder how much harder and more expensive it would be to maintain the red stitching in the seat. The raised Ferarri emblem on the headrest also looks a little blown out.

[@kabirthepunjabi]

You would have to take out the string and re do the stitching for that

[@ScarsOfAFracturedSou]

@@kabirthepunjabi Yes, you're right. Usually the stitching is made of a polymer, because it is stronger and suited to handling the stress put on the leather and stitching. I wonder why it leather couldn't be liquid dyed, because the stitching would not absorb any liquid dyed like the leather readily would.

[@milkboi2386]

You could tape off the stitching with super thin tape, would take 5 hours with a magnifying glass and tweezers to move the tape onto the small stitch

[@kabirthepunjabi]

@@ScarsOfAFracturedSou the dye is liquid. It's like paint but for leather. It's similar to the process they use from the factory to dye the seats they're just stitched after

[@kabirthepunjabi]

@@milkboi2386 just restitching would be better than that all the holes are already in the leather too

[@colorglogta667]

Thank you all for watching our feature! To those commenting about the red stitching; there was no possible way to retain the red stitch due to the condition of leather surrounding it, in addition, the stitching was faded to white in many places. It only made sense to dye the stitching black. We refreshed both seats in the vehicle so the seats match each other perfectly and uniform. Thank you again, it was a pleasure partnering up with Insider to put this together.

[@willmeldrum4583]

Must of been a cheap customer, would only cost maybe 2,000 for a good upholstery shop to do them right, meaning resew with new leather, but I gotta say, you are a master at saving the old leather, but a seat needs new scrim foam, and seat foam to last, especially a car you fall right against the bolsters when you get in

[@gr6e]

For the insane amount of money you were undoubtedly paid for this job, it would have easily paid for the labor of templating and sewing two bucket seats in higher quality materials than were originally used by the factory. What's your excuse?

[@joshiifruit5554]

@@gr6e I don’t think his company focuses on resewing leather and I doubt they knew how to anyway I mean the company is called “colorglo” so I guess that they focus on restoring color of car seats or any parts of the car interior which means their price does not include resewing. As what the guy above your comment said, the customer could easily find an upholstery shop that resews the leather if they wanted to but it’s more convenient for the customer if the company did both though.

[@Kodaiva]

@@willmeldrum4583 some people want to keep the stuff original

[@anti_honey]

How long do these kinds of repairs last?

[@prerecordedresponse9884]

I thought this was a cheap, tacky fix considering the red stitching was sprayed over. But if you look at the key in shot, it has a no smoking sign on it. I'm assuming this is a rental and the client wanted the car fixed as cheaply as possible. In that case it looks pretty good and no hate to the craftsman.

[@c.french450]

Agreed.

[@As130thps]

Facts.

[@WaCzup]

There was comment from the restorer that the stitching wasnt kept red because it was half faded to white.. so they did it to black on both seets to match.

[@DrentseRedneckOfficieel]

Plottwist: He has no clients and had to rent a Ferrari to make a video.

[@gr6e]

It is a cheap, tacky fix. Go to home depot and buy some caulking like you would use for your kitchen sink and this is the same thing as what he's doing "professionally"

[@NoMansSpace]

I hate that he got rid of the red stitching but overall good job

[@heylol33]

that what makes all the difference

[@kabirthepunjabi]

The whole thing would need to be re stritched

[@joeybaseball7352]

Overall good job? The red stitching is a key component. So it's a bad job.

[@nosferatu5]

@@joeybaseball7352 you can’t sit on stitches, the leather is the key.

[@brandondenver4331]

@@nosferatu5 Retaining the value of the car is the primary consideration when it comes on to vehicles like these, hence the owner's decision to restore the seat as opposed to simply replacing it with another chair that could be even more comfortable.

[@numo203]

I like how everyone is complaining about the stitching 😂

[@MrBie]

I came here to do that as well

[@krystofvydra]

@@MrBie lol rly?

[@krystofvydra]

@@ahmednisar2359 no. Are you 9?

[@colorglogta667]

Thank you all for watching our feature! To those commenting about the red stitching; there was no possible way to retain the red stitch due to the condition of leather surrounding it, in addition, the stitching was faded to white in many places. It only made sense to dye the stitching black. We refreshed both seats in the vehicle so the seats match each other perfectly and uniform.

[@edjackson4389]

Thats because they are not the ones paying for the seats. Easy to complain when its not their money being spent

[@somebody4578]

The only way keep the red stitches red hand painting around those stitches and I don't think he got paid enough to do that.

[@jonathanrighetti5897]

I used to tape off the stitches with 1/16" tape, he does poor work, no adhesion promotor for the repairs or dye, to much sanding and no protecting coat/ slip coat at the end.

[@gr6e]

@@jonathanrighetti5897 finally someone who knows how any of this works. Thank you, Jonathan. I can tell you have very happy customers who don't get fucked with like the guy in the video does.

[@AllenHanPR]

@@jonathanrighetti5897 It probably depends how much he was getting paid to do the job, if it's a personal project he can probably put as many extra steps as he wishes.

[@jonathanrighetti5897]

@@AllenHanPR you always do the job right

[@cal-native]

Wow, didn't realize there was such a large community of expert leather restorers out there😂!

[@aasthasingh8996]

Everyone is an expert on youtube

[@secondary2nd]

Discuss for answer is good because there's always a room for optimization, but some of them are just ignorance without any experience on leather restoration indeed.

[@DashDrones]

So nice to see someone actually enjoyed this Ferrari, that seat's seen some action!

[@larrysorenson4789]

But absolutely no leather maintenance or care. Typical stereotype owner. What a doofus.

[@roots4x]

Someone pointed out a no smoking sign indicating this was a rental. I am glad to see when a supercar has been properly driven, but this is on another level. Clearly the leather wasn't taken care of very well.

[@yodaddy82daddy70]

Funny how you can pay 200k for a car and it still ends up looking like a 80s Honda.

[@psych3009]

they restored it how a body shop would fix a rust hole

[@babagandu]

Remove battery cable before removing the seat

[@_.Alucard._]

@Luyema Tlhame _B4_

[@marvasalva]

@Luyema Tlhame whats wrong with the english in his comment

[@aslr-vq9ti]

@Luyema Tlhame you don’t have to speak or have good English to comment whatever u want on the internet. English isnt the only language in the world 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@andreaslundberg4251]

@Luyema Tlhame you could use some English lessons yourself..

[@ultimatepicks131]

What's all this fuss about?

[@racerman9452]

My man's forgot the red stitching, that's like a key component

[@colorglogta667]

Thank you all for watching our feature! To those commenting about the red stitching; there was no possible way to retain the red stitch due to the condition of leather surrounding it, in addition, the stitching was faded to white in many places. It only made sense to dye the stitching black. We refreshed both seats in the vehicle so the seats match each other perfectly and uniform.

[@thegoldenpath326]

I'd be pretty furious about the stitching

[@colorglogta667]

Thank you all for watching our feature! To those commenting about the red stitching; there was no possible way to retain the red stitch due to the condition of leather surrounding it, in addition, the stitching was faded to white in many places. It only made sense to dye the stitching black. We refreshed both seats in the vehicle so the seats match each other perfectly and uniform.

[@gr6e]

@@colorglogta667 you did a lazy non-fix, quit acting like you're an artist. Yes, it should have had new topstitching. Yes, the leather should have been replaced, instead of being subjected to that shitty caulking job.

[@whitepeachasmr]

@@gr6e maybe they didn’t pay him enough to do all that?

[@stagnantfox3027]

@@gr6e it was a restoration. Not recreation. Also you have no right to claim anything as it was not your car, job or money being used in it. You sound like the type to argue for the sake of argument but barely would even know what to do for restoration.

[@ossef9712]

The repair was fantastic. The cost to replace the stitching would be outrageous. He is doing exactly what the client asked for. This type of craftsmanship is an art. Most people don’t even know to unclog a toilet. For all the naysayers….get bent

[@josephdifabio6083]

That’s a cheap fix. Pull it apart, keep the red stitching and make new leather sections.

[@ricardobs13]

Maybe the owner didn't want the new leather, this type of job is done with everything explained to the owner

[@kabirthepunjabi]

U can't keep the stitching red on something that was this delapitated

[@kabirthepunjabi]

It would have to be re stitched

[@RogueBagel]

I dunno how much seats on something like this cost, but it may be more cost-effective to just buy another one than restoring this one properly. All I know is that is a lot of work for a mediocre result.

[@RioPutra_]

@@kabirthepunjabi isn't that what restoring mean

[@tailoredperformanceinc.5680]

When he is referring to “owner” he’s referring to the used car dealer that just paid $200 for this job and together they are going to be jamming the poor bastard that buys this lemon. Any “owner” of a Ferrari won’t let the seat get to that point in which case if it does, it’ll be immediately replaced.

[@ikrueate]

At the original Ferrari Workshop or something!

[@tailoredperformanceinc.5680]

@@ikrueate I guess common sense is not your strong point in your line of duties

[@ikrueate]

@@tailoredperformanceinc.5680 Exactly, thanks for reminding I need to work on that.

[@AquarianNomadic]

I would hate to see the lack of maintenence on the drive train. They could have maintained the leather on their own.

[@Zahrul3]

Well its a Ferrari what do you expect?

[@chrisnan1245]

When you sand it down, doesn’t it also remove all the patterns on the leather as well?

[@tyedie4490]

That's why you need to be careful and use a high grit. Yes it is a potential but it can be mitigated, feels like one of those situations you have to make worse before you can make it better.

[@llspragulus]

I do leather upholstery too and I agree with the many others stating this looks terrible. Someone with such an expensive car should have opted to get the worn parts like the side and leg bolsters replaced with new leather. No matter how flexible that sealer is, it doesn't last. The oils from you body get under it and make the splitting look much worse. In a 2 day time, I can tear the seat down, build a pattern from the worn leather, redye the leather the correct way, and put it back together keeping the beautiful contrast of the red french seams on the black leather. This video is not how a professional restores leather seats in a Ferrari. This is how a professional car flipper has the seats done to sell to some poor unknowing soul.

[@mateosinani7936]

Did he use it like a daily. My dad's E class 1991 has it's seats a bit better. Damn

[@cliffdavis]

Given the 'no smoking' key chain, this car is likely a rental, so it sees a lot of use from people who don't particularly care about it. Also, since it is a convertable, it likely has a lot more UV exposure than a hard top car.

[@mateosinani7936]

@@cliffdavis yes probably

[@BrosMinecraft2]

Everyone talking about the spring but no one talking about how there would be none of the leather’s natural texture left.

[@wickywills]

If I had the cash to own a Ferrari, I’d just buy new seats. The restoration was just ‘meh’, and the loss of red stitching is unforgivable.

[@Mr.Beastforpresident]

@J The ( Front ) brake ( parts ) alone are $7k that’s parts... no labor, never mind the Insurance, Taxes and Initial cost

[@eddynavarro9790]

Comment section: 99% - should've kept the red stitching 1% - cheap fix on an expensive car

[@FinancialShinanigan]

That's a nice looking car key.

[@thecamarogarage]

The issue I have with EVERY single leather I've seen online is that you LOSE THE LEATHER TEXTURE. I've NEVER come across a repair that did not LOOK like a repair... They have always went from having a textured grain surface to Bare... As if there texture and grain was sanded away... Actually it has... Why can't the leather look be added back? I was SHOCKED that this was done for this Ferarri at the very least. Aren't there artificial leather STAMPS that could be used to dab the dye on which would leave an actual leather appearance??

[@RidiPwn]

red stitching needs to be preserved, besides that great job

[@colorglogta667]

Thank you all for watching our feature! To those commenting about the red stitching; there was no possible way to retain the red stitch due to the condition of leather surrounding it, in addition, the stitching was faded to white in many places. It only made sense to dye the stitching black. We refreshed both seats in the vehicle so the seats match each other perfectly and uniform.

[@RidiPwn]

@@colorglogta667 Thank you for your response. I am sure it was no easy, think about it, if you guys can figure out how to to restore the stitching as well, that would be amazing.

[@brandonrawr]

Not that I could do any better, but if I took a $250k+ Ferrari in to have the seats restored and got this back I would be furious about the stitching.

[@BR14Nx]

Pro tip: Don't have leather seats. How can you even sit on this during the summer...and it's a cabriolet

[@c.melvin7716]

Not just that but I hate when I sit on leather seats and I start sliding around that shi annoying🤦🏽‍♂️

[@ross-carlson]

True pro tip: ALL Ferrari's come with leather, period. You don't get cloth seats in a Ferrari moron.

[@xsonicsparkx]

Most modern cars have cooled seats.

[@BR14Nx]

@@ross-carlson It was a joke Mr. Internet balls. Nevertheless it's a bad technical choice

[@jasondk5127]

Beautiful job! Thanks for sharing your profession and artistry!

[@poppajretired410]

For those whining about the negative comments the title of the video said “professionally restored” when the seats were actually filled with plastic and spray painted. The guy did a nice job but it was not a restoration, it was a fix.

[@shaythompsonn]

Looks good but it's not GREAT ..I could only imagine the time & labor it cost to get this done I'd rather reholster the whole seat

[@juster1269]

Depending on one stream of income in this pandemic would be the most naive thing to do at the moment

[@Ellotrades]

You are right man, investment is the key

[@harzardfreeman3058]

@@Ellotrades The rich see the economic crisis as a garage sale, that’s why investing in bitcoin now will be the best decision.

[@MikeSmith-uy6fd]

I see crypto currency taking over the financial world it’s making waves

[@adalenebella1356]

Do you really know him?

[@estellediane5759]

@@adalenebella1356 I made profit of $8000 trading with him last week

[@Danny-pp1gk]

Owner obviously has money. Call up Ferrari and order a new seat.

[@sudiptomajumdar4210]

Smooth leather without cracks and red stitches far better than cracked seats with red stitches.

[@slackmartin7610]

Incredible, you really could mistake it for a completely new seat

[@Kanga1974]

And beautiful red stitches are gone forever?!?

[@colorglogta667]

Thank you all for watching our feature! To those commenting about the red stitching; there was no possible way to retain the red stitch due to the condition of leather surrounding it, in addition, the stitching was faded to white in many places. It only made sense to dye the stitching black. We refreshed both seats in the vehicle so the seats match each other perfectly and uniform.

[@zappyapp]

@@colorglogta667 can't you just re-paint the stitch?

[@DiggerPrints0814]

Wait the car is only from 2006 and the chair looks like that??

[@jeremycoffman66]

If you're ever going to own a Ferrari are those high priced money pits you better have the money to replace the parts on there cuz that looks like crap I ain't going to lie

[@shinypaintf588]

it feels nice to see such an expensive car being used for real

[@stevenoconnor83]

This guy needs to come do my couch 🤣😂

[@agent_w.]

Fun fact: you are reading this in your head

[@gabrielrodriguez8727]

Fun fact: Idc

[@redgreen6436]

I'm reading from my computer screen.

[@abitofmymind]

At least he can be comfortable whilst waiting for a tow truck

[@strikerwoman]

You can tell by how the seat is worn that someone loves this cat as much as I loved my Preludes 🥺

[@prod.byzaha954]

why don't luxury car companies make a leather seat conditioner formulated for their leather? since they're so focused on branding..

[@scampishfoxx3138]

My side support on the driver’s side has the same issues and now the leather is showing wear-and- tear and I’m always careful how I get in my driver’s seat. The idea of reupholstering a luxury car seat is frightening because, like going to a mechanic shop they know how to read you when it comes to pricing and more often than not the job price is astronomical, but I’m going the reupholstered and structural work route … spray painting is okay if you want to spend twice, it eventually wares off again, but I feel if the seat’s is still going to look compressed and the leather will still have stretch marks voids , then a repack of foam is necessary in order for the seat to look like new. And because the seat has sections, I can inquire about the areas that are most obviously damaged. The leather has already been stretched, thinned, so sanding it only removes more fiber which makes the original thickness of 1/8” even thinner which means the leather will eventually tear.

[@mrglobul12]

I'm surprised at the quality of the leather. I have a C5 RS6 with 200k miles, seats near mint condition. Unless the car was never maintained a day in its life with the roof down constantly

[@gustavobalmaceda2346]

The only thing that I see that I don't like is that the red threads of the seam that tend to look very good and highlight the shape, are no longer red and that all flat black.

[@kenkobra]

If you can afford a Ferrari you can afford to buy a new seat. But it still looks great.

[@cardboardcrafts9834]

Wow someone didn't treat that car well/overused it

[@ImARealHumanPerson]

Easier to just buy another seat. 360 stuff is cheap

[@reuploads2535]

My dad does the same work and he immediately ask how he wanted to restore the seat without painting the stitches black. He would have taped them.

[@joeybaseball7352]

Yeah this was so cringe worthy. Hes not even worthy of fixing a Toyota.

[@colorglogta667]

Thank you all for watching our feature! To those commenting about the red stitching; there was no possible way to retain the red stitch due to the condition of leather surrounding it, in addition, the stitching was faded to white in many places. It only made sense to dye the stitching black. We refreshed both seats in the vehicle so the seats match each other perfectly and uniform.

[@colorglogta667]

@@joeybaseball7352 Thank you all for watching our feature! To those commenting about the red stitching; there was no possible way to retain the red stitch due to the condition of leather surrounding it, in addition, the stitching was faded to white in many places. It only made sense to dye the stitching black. We refreshed both seats in the vehicle so the seats match each other perfectly and uniform.

[@lilacscentedfushias1852]

That was really interesting, I’ve seen a few videos restoring leather, I didn’t know that was possible past cleaning, shining and softening stuff

[@ChiefGore429]

Really satisfying thanks! 👍

[@rahulravishankar3152]

I'm surprised Ferrari didn't sue you for "unauthorized modifications" to their car.

[@hermanmunchther3082]

The reveal didn't look as good as I was expecting.

[@AL-un1yr]

Ay Toronto based company 👏🏼

[@jasonmareno5394]

Better off replacing the leather & having fresh new red sticking

[@5150norcal]

Why hasn’t anyone mentioned the red stitching yet?!

[@colorglogta667]

Thank you all for watching our feature! To those commenting about the red stitching; there was no possible way to retain the red stitch due to the condition of leather surrounding it, in addition, the stitching was faded to white in many places. It only made sense to dye the stitching black. We refreshed both seats in the vehicle so the seats match each other perfectly and uniform.

[@MrDrivingFaster]

Would be better to get it reupholstered with new leather.

[@smokeyrobinson4918]

Lovely finish!

[@taurussho86]

I do t like the fact the red stitching has been painted over.

[@luxuryautomall3189]

With no red stitching looks like a Japanese car seat

[@Tapionski]

Why not remove the sewing, do this treatment on the leather pieces and upholster the seats back? That way the red thread will remain and it would have new cushions that will make the seats look better.

[@Enemji]

Beautiful. Good to know how my classic car seats looked pristine when. I got it after 15 years of use by somebody else

[@Swnsasy]

Wow.. I know this sounds crazy but I have wanted to learn and work in this field for so many years but nobody to apprentice with 😞 This was an amazing job!!

[@bondandng]

If my man made my red stitching into black. I rather had my old look seat than that clean black seat. It's make it "unoriginal"

[@victorzavala5028]

Now the chair is gonna be noticeably different then the passager

[@crazytimes9989]

Exactly.

[@ve12AB]

Maintaining expensive stuff is also expensive.

[@robertb2245]

On a 500 000$$ car this shouldn't happen !!!!....cmon Ferrari 🚘🚘

[@ryanfowler3285]

Yo, am I wrong thinking these seats should have lasted longer? My mom's 2002 avalanche has leather seats in better condition

[@musicworld7752]

Why afford a Ferrari if you can’t afford a seat

[@mushieslushie]

I have a cheap car with fabric seats with very likely significantly more miles on them and they still look geat.

[@omarabderrahmanalimam888]

Good work, but the red stetching is gone, it seems impossible to preserve it ...

[@Jim-of-Rohan]

Idk how much this service costs, and idk how much it would cost to buy a replacement driver's seat from Ferrari (probably a lot/infeasible for outdated models). However, if I had money for a Ferrari, I would probably just buy a factory-new seat and have it professionally installed as opposed to refurbishing if I was some Mary overly preoccupied with the red stitching.

[@AllenHanPR]

Turning the signature red stitching into black is either lazy or incompetent. I'm better off buying an Alcantara seating with red stitching if they are gonna restore my Ferarri Spider with no Red Stitching. That stitching is part of the uniqueness of the interior of the 360 Spider. The red Stitching represents the extra handy work put into the car. But I'm sure there is the reasoning behind it, couldn't you guys hire a department to slowly die the stitching with a very thin brush?

[@yannistennis]

To keep the stitching red is almost impossible and would hinder the spraying process. You might as well recover with new leather which would be 10 times the price.

[@petroskefallinos8735]

Very good job! But it makes me wonder why someone that owns a Ferrari would go with this kind of repair instead of replacing the leather and cushions with brand new...

[@safaa9654]

Shouldnt he use conditioner for the leather??

[@redgreen6436]

Lexol

[@chilmutrufio]

Looks awesome . How did you keep the red stitchting RED?

[@FoodKart]

😲 Ack ! *Where are the Red-Stiches ?* After the Restore......

[@leftestali]

Nice job except the red stitches are gone

[@The442nd]

How do you keep dye from the contrasting threads>

[@DjStiv3]

Can the filler stuff be used to patch up a hole or you have to have something underneath? Also is it essentially like a glue after it dries? Meaning you could.. sort of patch a hole or two as well?

[@fransthedon]

Should've kept tape on the red stitching mate

[@pankajsemalti7498]

You forgot to do the headrest bro!

[@anexiole]

It's a pain you cannot retain the red stitching :(

[@koboi350]

Please guys, no big deal losing those red stitches. To match the car with the new seats all the owner needs to do now is repaint the car black.

[@tiorafa3961]

Now i can do this on my Ferrari................ Oh wait, i don't have a Ferrari.....................

[@JohnWyck]

Now it looks like cheap synthetic leather

[@supremewhip]

What about the red contrast stitching that is mismatched now that he painted it black?

[@robdobson5056]

Needed to keep the red stitching

[@ZubairKhan-vs8fe]

Wow. Work of art

[@BKDDY]

These leather on the seats hardly can even be called leather. They're complete garbage and should have just been completely replaced. No point to even restore.

[@garynorman]

Very good, but this process appears to lose the red stitching as a result of not masking the seat during application of the dye.

[@alejandr0031]

Amazing work

[@leongayadeen7946]

Tbh this seems like a temporary solution

[@CorvusRemalius]

It is.

[@thee1403]

Ferrari owner: More than you can afford pal, Ferrari. Meanwhile the Supra guy can afford brand new seats

[@ivan.457]

You should wear a mask when painting imo And if you search and find a way to keep the factory stitching it would be amazing.

[@hectorrosario1415]

If you own a Ferrari...just buy new seats..