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I have to disagree here. I have had cars for up to ten years with no cracks in the leather. The last five cars I have owned had leather. No Cracks. My Wife's 14 year old avalon, no cracks. You do have to wipe them down with a good cleaner/conditioner once a week to keep in good condition. Once a month is not enough especially if you use the seat heaters. It takes all of 5 minutes to do it... And it makes them shine...
I had an Audi TT with NAPA leather seats. Despite babying the seats, and using a high quality conditioner once a month, the bolster still cracked within 10000 miles. Leather conditioners don't usually work, because the leather has a vinyl coating to protect it (try putting a few drops of water on the seats and see what happens!). I got the cloth, because I don't think the performance seats are worth the money. This was one of the hardest option choices for me.
I have to disagree here. I have had cars for up to ten years with no cracks in the leather. The last five cars I have owned had leather. No Cracks. My Wife's 14 year old avalon, no cracks. You do have to wipe them down with a good cleaner/conditioner once a week to keep in good condition. Once a month is not enough especially if you use the seat heaters. It takes all of 5 minutes to do it... And it makes them shine...
I use Meguires leather wipe.... Works good on plastics as well...
Old cars are a different story. Take a drop of water and put it on the seat. In new leather (like that of my 2012 Audi or Tesla's leather), the coating will prevent it being absorbed. Now think of the goopy leather conditioner you are smearing over it. No way it does anything to the leather underneath.
By all means, post pictures of your leather. I would be impressed if it isn't cracked after 15-20k miles. I live in Seattle, which is not by any means "dry" either.
My 2012 BMW has light beige leather and I'm really struggling to clean it. Basically cannot get the dirt out and seems to have attracted more dirt after I tried cleaning it with Meguiars Gold Class Rich Leather Cleaner / Conditioner. Ironically the directions say "for best results, apply to clean... surface".
So what does one use to get the clean surface for the cleaner ?
That's probably why most leather is black.
@DITB
One thing to consider if you’re thinking about some sort of “custom made covers made, or maybe there are some after-market made-to-fit covers”, are the side air bags in the front seats… In an accident, where they would deploy, would they still function correctly if the seats are covered by something else than the OEM seat upholstery?
I thought side airbags were in the doors?
@DITB
One thing to consider if you’re thinking about some sort of “custom made covers made, or maybe there are some after-market made-to-fit covers”, are the side air bags in the front seats… In an accident, where they would deploy, would they still function correctly if the seats are covered by something else than the OEM seat upholstery?
I am still not certain about memory - I heard both that cloth only comes with heat, and also that cloth comes with heat AND memory.
Can someone with cloth please confirm - do the seats have memory or not?
Thanks, Brianman, I imagine this would have been thought of already.
Seems that Hawaiian company has the right product for me.
I am still not certain about memory - I heard both that cloth only comes with heat, and also that cloth comes with heat AND memory.
Can someone with cloth please confirm - do the seats have memory or not?
How good it must be for the seat to remember all those farts and sweating ...
> I have textile seats and love them. They are heated [GDH]
How do you heat textile seats in an MS (without tech package)? Thanx.
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