When plastics were invented, it changed whole industries. Automotive manufacturers today use all types of plastics extensively in the building of their cars. From engine components to interior and exterior trims, soon there will be more plastic in a vehicle than steel!

Plastics however do have a limited lifespan and plastic disintegration and plastic repair is common. If you put a piece of metal and a piece of plastic side by side out in the weather, the plastic will fall apart more rapidly due to the effects of temperature and sunlight. Plastic repair and recolouring is an ideal alternative to an expensive replacement and can deliver impressive results.

Vinyl has been around for many years and is an excellent upholstery material that is inexpensive, reasonably hard wearing and easy to clean. It doesn’t like heavy cleaners and solvents and will harden quickly if these are used on them. To avoid needing vinyl repair, always clean your vinyl with warm soapy water and try to avoid exposure to direct sunlight to prevent fading and heat.

However, if your vinyl has hardened New Life Repairs provides a comprehensive vinyl repair and recolouring service to professionally repair and restore your vinyl.

From spilling soft drinks, to leaving a crayon on it on a hot day, everybody soils or damages their carpet at some time. General carpet soiling will come clean with a professional detail. Heavily soiled carpet however, even after a professional detail, may need to be redyed to bring back its original colour. New Life can redye carpets in the vehicle, making the like new again.

Car seats with cigarette burns can be repaired as well as faded fabrics can be redyed. Splits in seams caused by thread deterioration can be invisibly resewn by hand avoiding costly re-trimming without removing seats from the car. We also specialize in removing stains such as paint, grease and ink from fabrics that detailers can’t get out.

Some odours in cars cannot be eliminated by a detail. Whether it is pet odour, cigarette smoke, spilled foodstuffs or pet smells, our odour neutralising process first treats the cause of the odour and then we apply a full fragrance fumigation of the car to give it that fresh smell.