those of you with leather seats

[Turbogst]

Any problems with cracks or rips? My 04 looks like doo doo just the drivers seat. And I take great care of it. I have only seen American vehicles go to crap this fast.

[Innovazn]

Any problems with cracks or rips? My 04 looks like doo doo just the drivers seat. And I take great care of it. I have only seen American vehicles go to crap this fast.

mines kind of cracked and stuff but it doesnt really bother me seeing as ill be reupholstering my interior with new leather and suede or some other material. hopefully next year.

[asnorton44]

My '01 has some rips in it.

[QX4ME]

One crack line on left side of driver seat. That area is not leather but vinyl or something else. Crack is 1" long. I know there is vinyl repair liquid but never bother to repair it.

[01silvapathy]

I have a few cracks just starting now, but mines an 01 and its been in texas with the heat and the sun for 4 almost 5 years now. With that into consideration id say it has held up pretty well. Just try and clean it with a good leather cleaner and conditioner atleast once every other month.

[Turbogst]

I'm a detailer that's what I don't get I use very high end products on my cars.. Only thing is I bought it used and i'm starting to think the owner had a repair by the seat controls done. I noticed today by one of the rips you can peel what looks a cheap repair.. just venting i guess. I own a 76 porsche 930 turbo that the seats look mint in.

[Empty V]

210,000+ miles later and my seats still look perfect and I have definitely abused them. About once to twice a month I clean all seats, dash and door panels with Lexol Leather Cleaner and then use the Lexol Leather Conditioner. It lasts for a while, smells pretty good, and doesn't have that fake super glossy armorall look.

[Turbogst]

Yea I think the owner before me did a cheap fix to sell it now its coming off. Under the coating it looks like straight cuts like with a knife. Back seat and passenger seat look brand new

[bmlawless]

The leather in my 99 looks brand new except on the edge of the driver's seat from sliding in and out.

[Andrew224]

I have a few of those cuts that had something like thin black leather looking tape over them on the driver's seat above the controls. They were there when I got my truck 4 years ago. Since then I've used Leatherique products to keep my seats soft and conditioned. Leatherique is expensive but well worth it. My next project is to repair those little rips (but in 4 years they haven't gotten any bigger because the leather isn't dried out anymore).

The driver side seat in my '06 Maserati looked pretty bad when I got it. I patched it up and spot redyed it using Leatherique products and it looks great now. My '04 Maserati had the same issue before I had it redyed. So it's not just American or Japanese or whatever. All leather seats will get trashed if you don't care for them properly. But the plus side is that leather is pretty durable, unless your seat is completely shredded, the leather can be reconditioned to look pretty darn good without the expense of a total reupholstering of the seat.

I'll post up pics of my project when I get around to it.

[naladude911]

my seats look like they are brand new. I condition them every week and they are soft as hell with no cracks or dirt.

[lino]

Ask the guys in my signature if they have what you're looking for. They have tons of interior parts. For example take a look at this search I did:

http://stores.ebay.com/emgeeparts__W0QQ ... itleDesc=1

[Turbogst]

I emailed him to see if he has my color. What is my color by the way, taupe? I have the tanish brown color

[D13_R50]

Yeah.. the driver's seat in my 04 is really cracked on the side.
but its already 6 years old and with all the sliding in and out of the seat over time its not too surprising.

[Chuck Tribolet]

Any problems with cracks or rips? My 04 looks like doo doo just the drivers seat. And I take great care of it. I have only seen American vehicles go to crap this fast.

My PF has cloth seats (leather is not compatible with SCUBA), but my '87 'vette has leather, and it's NOT gone to crap in 23+ years.

[fueler]

my drivers seat starting to look like crap

i saw a perfect one in a qx4 at the junkyard but was too cheap to grab it (they probably would have wanted $100+ per seat)

[bettingsumo]

My 96 Pathfinder has this same problem on the side of the drivers seat. In some places it looks like the leather is almost pealing in tiny bits.

That side bolster takes a lot of abuse every time I get in or out, but it still seems worse than it should be. I have regularly cleaned and conditioned the leather all 14 years of its life and that is the only spot that looks like crap. Annoys the hell out of me because all my other leather looks brand new.

[QX4ME]

I don't think the side is leather but vinyl or other non-leather material. It is the same as my RX300. The surface that normally touches us directly is leather. I can feel the difference with my hand. Vinyl is less slippery.