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Is your leather starting to peel off too?

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Old 05-10-10, 09:45 AM
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Thumbs down Is your leather starting to peel off too?

Two year old car and this happening? and I bet this isnt covered by the warranty
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Old 05-10-10, 09:46 AM
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Nopes, mine's 06 ;[.
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Hasn't happened in my car but it's a GS and I guess they probably put slightly better leather in those.

It looks like dirt/sand was accumulating in the seams and abrading it off, you can probably prevent it from getting worse by cleaning the seats more often.
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Same thing in my 08" granted I'm in my car alot I've got a little over 65k miles in two years.....It sucks but it is what it is.
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yeah, and thank God it's not that noticeable; i quess ill get over it some day
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do you condition your leather?
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yeah but not too often, did it yesterday, and i believe like a little over a month before that. so if i must say like once every a month and a half or two/ other than that i use a wet towel
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Yes... but very slowly very little... because my jeans scratch them... my friend's cars are even worse than pictures... its like almost white on some parts of leather..
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Mine is still perfect condition and the will be 3 years old in August.
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My passenger seat is peeling. lol
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mine looks nothing like that.

2007 and coming up to 40k
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Mine looks nothing like that either. Then again I work in an office so my car only sees jeans on the weekends and it's also in a covered parking garage getting no sun 5 out of 7 days in the week so that's probably also helping the leather.
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Default Its an easy fix

Just get some black shoe polish. Dab it on and wipe off the excess. It dyes the leather and makes any wear much less noticeable.

The availability of this kind of a fix is one of the great things about black leather. If you have tan, when the finish starts to wear off instead of looking lighter the wear spots look dark and dirty and there is nothing you can do short of paying someone to come airbrush it (which wears off after about 6 months).
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what is recommended for a leather cleaner / conditioner?
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Originally Posted by pocky
My passenger seat is peeling. lol
Pocky's back seat is worn out and peeling.


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