Experience with various leather colors?
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I have the Macadamia interior and in 8 months and nearly 8,000 miles it still looks great. I haven't done any cleaning other than vacuuming twice during this time. Quite frankly, I really don't know which parts of the seats are actual leather and which parts are UltraSuede, so I have not used any leather cleaner/conditioner yet. I also don't know what the "semi-aniline" leather is and where exactly it is used in the vehicle. Any clarification on these points would be greatly appreciated!
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Had very light parchment in four previous Lexus's Now polomino and macadamia and never had a dirt problem. About every four weeks clean with either leather cleaner or interior cleaner. Takes four minutes a vehicle. I do it this often not for cleaning but cleaning it the most important thing we can do to keep our seats looking new not cracking or buckling.
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Freds430 (05-11-24)
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Yup, color is always very personal... but the last 20 years, all but one of my vehicles have been silver (almost always looks clean), and all but one of my vehicles (same one) have had neutral interiors. Black shows every spec of dust, dirt, and scuffs. It's clean for about 2.5 Airborne Seconds, then it's immediately nasty.
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Freds430 (05-11-24)
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Yup, color is always very personal... but the last 20 years, all but one of my vehicles have been silver (almost always looks clean), and all but one of my vehicles (same one) have had neutral interiors. Black shows every spec of dust, dirt, and scuffs. It's clean for about 2.5 Airborne Seconds, then it's immediately nasty.
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kry226 (05-12-24)
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I think having ventilated seats helps. When I had my 4 series convertible, BMW was treating the black leather in verts with a reflective coating which prevented the seats from getting hot. To my surprise it worked quite well. I am not sure if they still do that, but wonder why all cars leather are not treated with the coating. It can't be that expensive.
Last edited by chuckNX; 05-13-24 at 07:41 AM.
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I think having ventilated seats helps. When I had my 4 series convertible, BMW was treating the black leather in verts with a reflective coating which prevented the seats from getting hot. To my surprise it worked quite well. I am not sure if they still do that, but wonder why all cars leather are not treated with the coating. It can't be that expensive.