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Old 03-31-2013, 08:08 PM
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I have a few small wear areas on my leather, what is the best way to touch these small areas up? Here is a picture of the area the leather is Ivory.
 
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I redid my seats with the kit from Leather Repair Kits - Do it yourself leather repair products for furniture auto just about anything leather or vinyl and it matched perfectly. They have the Jag colors already laid out so its easy to pick. Mine was "4367 - Oatmeal" and that looks like what yours is too. Just put in your Vin number and they will confirm your colors.
 
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Mine is '98 and is Ivory too. As per last posts. Easy and cheap fix. (available on eBay too)
 
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I had the same problem juste a litte thing to repair.
I used this thing : JAGUAR CAR LEATHER SEAT DYE ALL COLOURS AVAILABLE 65ml bottles | eBay
It is cheap and do a good job.
 
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Old 04-01-2013, 10:34 AM
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Can some one please post a link to the products you used? Someone said EBay
 
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I did it in my last post follow the link
 
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Wonder if this is availiable in the US?
 
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Wonder if this is availiable in the US?
There's been a few threads on this topic with a variety of leather dye products from both US and Europe mentioned. Whatever members have used, the results have been good and I haven't read a bad product review for any leather dye on the forum.

Many in the US have used Leatherique kits.

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I bought dye from Leatherique for my XK8. It was no where near the right color, so I sent a sample of the leather and bought another batch, which also is not a match. The crack filler and other materials they sent were excellent, but the dye was just wrong. A friend also bought their dye, and his match is also poor.

I'm going to try some pigments from ColorWorld and see if I can doctor it up.
 
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Yes Lear, I'm going to order some pigments from them and try to correct the dye I have.
 
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