Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 308 Boot Zipper

[Matt Boyd (ferrari308driver]

I've had my trunk zipper slider replaced by a shoe repair shop.

-matt
'85 308

On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 6:11 PM, Paul Bennett <pbennett [at] macnet.com> wrote:
> At 09:56 PM 1/18/2009 +0000, you wrote:
>>guys- has anyone tried tighening the slider of zipper for 308gts trnk cover 
>>(boot) ? I removed mine to replace zipper or whole thing only to find no one 
>>in town to work with leather or vinyl. I staked back of slider as i've done 
>>on many kids jacket. Seems to zip but i'm wondering if only a temporary fix.
>
> While I had my zipper replaced by an auto upholstery shop, admittedly those 
> shops are disappearing.
> My leather coat zipper broke - it had to be shipped out of state to be 
> repaired - but mission accomplished...
> Drop by your dry cleaners and ask them to help - there's one you'd never 
> thought of.  I accidently
> wandered into that solution.