Cigarette burn in seat.

Hey guys & girls. I have two tiny burn holes in the driver's side seat of my new Tacoma and it really eats at me. I like the occasional cigar, but I have opted to no longer smoke in my truck. It is the grey cloth fabric, I was wondering if there is a way to fix this without making it look like crap? My dad said seat covers but that just masks the problem. Thanks.

 

Get to a upholstery shop.
They can steal fabric from an unseen area and repair pretty well.
You shouldn't need to remove the seats. Our guy never asked us to.

 

Thanks Mike! Do you know roughly how much it will cost? Never smoking in my baby again :'(

 

Sorry Mark I don't. All depends on the severity of the burn and how deep it is in the foam.
I've seen him fix stuff from 50-200 us. Still better than the price of a seat cover. You really don't want to know that.

 

Fill the hole with clear silicone and stick the fabric on.

 

I once burnt a hole through both the seat cover and the seat. What a waste of money that was. Mikes advice is sound, but definitely stop smoking in your baby!

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I fixed these in my wife's car before we were married...it was lease and I took some clippings from the back and super glued them to the burn areas...looked great...as far as how long they would last...I don't know

 

Your carpet color is probably a really close match, take a twin blade razor for shaving and get some fuzz and glue it with Upholstry glue over the burn.

 

Those are great ideas Steve & Timmy. The burn didn't go very deep into the foam, I will give that a try. Jeff, I think my carpet is a darker grey than the seats, but thanks for the input. If I can't fix it myself I will bring it to an upholstry shop. You guys are so helpful

 

FYI
If you try to repair it yourself it will cost more to repair if the shop gets it second.
It's a lot easier to fix it the first time than the second. They have to repair what you did in the first place.

 

Good call.