Had my front seats done this week. They look good. But not amazing. Guy was recommended and told me he did work for main LR dealers (which sold me). Charged £200, will post pics.

But there was a bad nick in the top corner of the drivers door card. So he charged me £35 extra to do that at the same time.

Here is before and after:

Looks alright for £35, TBH

While it may look different in person, from the photos, it looks as though you probably wouldn't see it unless it was pointed out to you...

Sure - thanks - I know £35 is not much. But I can get a kit on amazon for £8
What I wanted to pay for was the skill, craft and experience.... That I'm not seeing!

. Cheers, Greg
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2011 Vogue SE 4.4 with lots of toys in Stornaway

Well it's gone from blindingly obvious to fairly hard to see.

I think I'd be ok with it - not sure it's realistic to expect much better TBH

£35 as an extra to a £200 seat refurb seems a bit steep but saying that the nick has all but gone and i don't think you would notice it unless pointed out

it is a reasonable repair and alot cheaper than £8 !

you buy the kit for £8 to attempt repair yourself, not happy with it or not familiar with the process it gets ballsed up then you take it the same guy who charges you £50 plus to fix your attempt then do his own repair

you know exactly where it is, take a photo of the whole door card I bet it's not easily visible it looks like a good colour match

Think your expextations are excessive,yes you can see a repair if pointed out but unless his name was jesus christ for £35 you are being unreasonable ,if perfection is your aim I would sugest replacing the interior door panel at £££££ . Full fat 4.2 Sc
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Ok thanks guys. Also should have said that the £35 was a "I'm there doing the seat" price, not a "I'll come and do the door card only" price - which would have been £75. So if you paid full whack, is it still unrealistic?

Anyone from the OCD camp to balance the scales? What about all you guys that clay bar on a Sunday?

. Cheers, Greg
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2011 Vogue SE 4.4 with lots of toys in Stornaway

The OCD guys would replace the door card

There was a show a few years back called Lead Balloon with Jack Dee. He took a jacket back because the he could see the "invisible mending" ... Omid Djalili was the dry cleaner saying well nothing's invisible, what did you expect? Hilarious exchange. I'm on Jack Dee's side!  Cheers, Greg
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My guy has a texture spray can that adds the texture before spraying the Almond or Jet etc. Clever stuff but you fix is definitely a better than nothing job at £35.

If the job was £75 I would look for a door card then it would be perfect

Now it's done if your not happy look for a replacement door card sell the old one