My upholstery looks great! Except for a 2-3" tear on the drivers side under the steering wheel (where my leg rubs the seat when squeezing my leg under the wheel when getting in. Wished I had tilt wheel). Anyway, I tried to sew it but the thread pull threw the material at the seam.

How do I fix this before it gets worse???

It is a tear and you can never really fix it.

I would just take it to an Upholstery shop and have them look at it.
They would know they best way to fix it.

My upholstery looks great! Except for a 2-3" tear on the drivers side under the steering wheel (where my leg rubs the seat when squeezing my leg under the wheel when getting in. Wished I had tilt wheel). Anyway, I tried to sew it but the thread pull threw the material at the seam.

How do I fix this before it gets worse???


If it is at the seem,most of the time I take the cover off and take it up to get into a stronger part of the materal.But if it is not at the seem,you will have to replace the panel that is tearing.

Thanks for the advice guys. I think I will take to a local shop and have them look at it. I can have them look at recovering my padded dash too. Thanks,