Interiors in Dubai age faster than bodywork: sun through the glass dries and cracks leather, heat loosens headliner glue, and the driver's seat bolster wears through long before the car does. Golden Horse in Al Quoz 3 repairs and re-trims car interiors — leather, Alcantara, fabric and plastic — starting with local repair where it makes sense and reupholstering only what cannot be saved.
What We Repair
- Leather seats — scuffs, cracks, colour wear, small tears and cigarette burns are filled, re-grained and re-dyed in the original colour. Larger tears get a matching leather panel; a bolster worn through is reupholstered. From 300 AED for local repair, from 800 AED per seat for reupholstery.
- Door panels, armrests and centre console — the parts that take elbows and bags every day. Scuffed leather and vinyl are repaired or re-trimmed; armrest from 400 AED, door panel from 500 AED.
- Dashboard — cracked, bubbled or scratched dashboards are repaired or re-trimmed in leather or vinyl, from 1,900 AED.
- Headliner — a sagging roof lining is the most common heat damage in the UAE. The panel is removed, old foam stripped and new fabric bonded; from 2,900 AED.
- Steering wheel — worn, shiny or peeling leather is re-trimmed; see steering wheel refurbishment. Quoted by model and material.
- Plastic trim — scratched or cracked plastics are filled, textured and repainted to match.
Repair or Reupholster?
Our rule is simple: repair while the material is still sound, reupholster when it is not. A crack in the leather, a scuff on a bolster, a tear up to a few centimetres — these are repaired in a few hours, and the result holds for years if the leather is conditioned afterwards. When the foam has collapsed, the leather is worn through across the seat or you want a different colour, reupholstering is the right answer: the seat is stripped, new foam added where needed and new leather or Alcantara cut and sewn to the original pattern. Seats that no longer move or heat are repaired together with our electric seat repair service.
Materials and Colour Matching
We work with automotive leather, Alcantara and suede, fabric and vinyl. Dye is mixed to the original colour and the grain is reproduced with a texture pad, so a repaired area blends with the surrounding panel. For a full re-trim you choose colour, stitching and perforation from samples in the workshop; original factory patterns are kept so the new cover fits as the old one did.
Interior Repair as Part of a Refresh
Interior work is often combined with car detailing — deep cleaning and leather conditioning — and with exterior work such as polishing before a car is sold or handed back at the end of a lease. Fresh seats and a clean, polished body change the price a buyer is willing to pay far more than the repair costs.
Prices and Timing
Leather repair from 300 AED, armrest from 400 AED, door panel from 500 AED, seat from 800 AED, dashboard from 1,900 AED, headliner from 2,900 AED; steering wheel re-trim on request. Prices exclude 5% VAT and depend on the material and the size of the damage. Local repairs are done while you wait; seats, dashboard and headliner take one to three days. Send photos of the damage on WhatsApp for a quote or drive in to Al Quoz 3 — the inspection is free.
