I hit my car's interior with Leatherique leather conditioner today and I noticed a couple of things that sure seemed to be leather but were not listed in the leather section of the FAQ.
1) If the covers on the center console compartment/cup holder aren't leather, then whatever vinyl they used sure does like to soak up leather conditioner.
2) The interior door handles (not the latches) appear to use leather in the grip section. I could be wrong here, sure felt like it though.
3) More of a question, since I couldn't tell for sure: Is the door armrest considered part of the leather "insert" mentioned in the FAQ? It appeared to be leather to me, so I hit it with the leather conditioner and it seemed to respond appropriately. If it is, maybe it ought to be mentioned specifically in the FAQ.
4) More of a clarification: What exactly is a seat bolster? I worked out which bits of the seat are leather anyway, but I'd like to know what the term means, if only for future reference.
Can anyone confirm/disprove the above items?
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So far the Leatherique seems to be performing well. With only an hour on the rather hard leather of passenger seat (grr, lazy previous owner, grr) they're already quite tangibly softer. I guess I'll know more tomorrow when I do the Prestine Clean step. I'm feeling good about it.
(As an aside, man, can that shifter knob soak up the conditioner. It was like a sponge!)
[This message has been edited by Aiken Drum (edited 18 January 2003).]
1) If the covers on the center console compartment/cup holder aren't leather, then whatever vinyl they used sure does like to soak up leather conditioner.
2) The interior door handles (not the latches) appear to use leather in the grip section. I could be wrong here, sure felt like it though.
3) More of a question, since I couldn't tell for sure: Is the door armrest considered part of the leather "insert" mentioned in the FAQ? It appeared to be leather to me, so I hit it with the leather conditioner and it seemed to respond appropriately. If it is, maybe it ought to be mentioned specifically in the FAQ.
4) More of a clarification: What exactly is a seat bolster? I worked out which bits of the seat are leather anyway, but I'd like to know what the term means, if only for future reference.
Can anyone confirm/disprove the above items?
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So far the Leatherique seems to be performing well. With only an hour on the rather hard leather of passenger seat (grr, lazy previous owner, grr) they're already quite tangibly softer. I guess I'll know more tomorrow when I do the Prestine Clean step. I'm feeling good about it.
(As an aside, man, can that shifter knob soak up the conditioner. It was like a sponge!)
[This message has been edited by Aiken Drum (edited 18 January 2003).]