Attention soft leather seat owners

"Arben72" (arben72) 10/05/2014 at 17:54 • Filed to: None

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For the love of God buy a steam cleaner and clean your seats. I always cleaned and conditioned my interior every 3 months but this made an amazing difference.

It turned my leather seats from that one night stand you want to forget, into the night you always try to live up to again.

AM3R > Arben72 10/05/2014 at 18:05

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Wow! Looks amazing. All I need to do is locate a steam cleaner..

Arben72 > AM3R 10/05/2014 at 18:12

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$50 at any big box store.

 V8 Rustler > Arben72 10/05/2014 at 18:15

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I need that. Any tips or how to?

AM3R > Arben72 10/05/2014 at 18:16

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Thanks, what did the process consist of? Just steam and wipe?

Manuél Ferrari > Arben72 10/05/2014 at 18:17

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laziness level: soft leather dirt retaining

Arben72 > AM3R 10/05/2014 at 18:23

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I ziptied the microfiber to the head of the steamer. I plan to condition later. Just keep the steamer moving.

Arben72 >  V8 Rustler 10/05/2014 at 18:25

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Ziptie towel to head of steamer. Turn on steamer. Wipe seats with ziptied steamer head. I plan to use leather conditioner later. It's really that simple to use.

Arben72 > Manuél Ferrari 10/05/2014 at 18:26

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Just do your steering wheel, it feels so damn good once it's so clean, and the tri-color stitching really pops.

 V8 Rustler > Arben72 10/05/2014 at 18:33

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Do you think it will get rid of wrinkles? My car only has 1,200 miles and the seats look like this:

(not my photo)

Arben72 >  V8 Rustler 10/05/2014 at 18:37

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Yes, about 80% of my wrinkles got removed 100%, the other 20% are barely noticeable. They look so much better in real life than pics. Wrinkles was the main reason I tried it.

CAcoalminer > Arben72 10/05/2014 at 18:49

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Probably the biggest pain in the ass is keeping white seats clean. They look cool though.

Arben72 > CAcoalminer 10/05/2014 at 18:52

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But they look so damn good clean. Reminds me, I should try this method on the saabaru.

CAcoalminer > Arben72 10/05/2014 at 18:55

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Thanks. I'd clean the interior every three months like you and have her fully detailed inside and out twice a year.

I'm sure it would work just as well.

desertdog5051 > Arben72 10/05/2014 at 18:56

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"OK, you. Pay attention".

jkm7680 > Arben72 10/05/2014 at 19:04

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Think Harbor Freight will have them?

Looks pretty nice though!

Arben72 > jkm7680 10/05/2014 at 19:17

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Not sure but I got it at ace hardware for $50.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Arben72 10/05/2014 at 19:22

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L..Leath-er?

Arben72 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 10/05/2014 at 19:28

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Yes leather, don't use this on your wives/girlfriends.

Manuél Ferrari > Arben72 10/05/2014 at 19:29

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That's a good idea!

My bmw emblem in the steering wheel is dented. It was like that when I bought the E90. Nothing can be done about it

Arben72 > Manuél Ferrari 10/05/2014 at 19:42

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You could buy a new airbag, but that's not worth it unless you can find one at a scrapper for >100. It made the stretched leather on the seats look like new again. Your 911 and m3 would love it.

Mosqvich > Arben72 10/05/2014 at 20:05

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Do you use it to keep your engine spiffy too?

Manuél Ferrari > Arben72 10/05/2014 at 20:11

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very true. Not worth it unless cheap.

You know what's interesting? The leather in the M3 is a lot nicer than the 911's leather. But the 911's leather takes abuse better without showing lines

Arben72 > Mosqvich 10/05/2014 at 20:15

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I heard it works really good for that too. I usually use a bit of simple green on a towel or a pressure washer on my older cars, but I'll make sure to try it.

Arben72 > Manuél Ferrari 10/05/2014 at 20:25

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Same with my s550. I'm pretty sure Napa leather is used in both the s class and 911 (compared to novillio in the m), so that would explain it. It only took about 30 mins for me clean both interiors though, compared to 3 hours+ using a horse hair brush to agitate the leather cleaner and drying. Both interiors look great though, but it was much harder to get the light stretching out of the s550 due to the Napa leather.

Manuél Ferrari > Arben72 10/06/2014 at 00:57

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Dat Napa leather is so nice and soft. But it does get the stretching issue.

I didn't know you have an S550 too. Nice!

Arben72 > Manuél Ferrari 10/06/2014 at 01:06

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Thanks, this is what's usually in the garage.

Napa doesn't stretch near as bad as novillio, but it's still comfy.

Manuél Ferrari > Arben72 10/06/2014 at 01:08

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MOTHEROFGOD

Such a nice combo!

Classy as fuck