Gonzo911

What does everyone use to freshen up the worn leather on the shift ****, e- brake, etc?

achtung911

I use griots. Griotsgarage.com i have never had a bad product form them. I did professional detailing for BMW.

jordanturbo

Leatherique bar none, Lexol is good for maintenance but for leather that needs serious car or restoration of leather, leatherique is where it is at, look anywhere and the reviews for it are awesome, very popular with many professional detailers, and really the only leather product I use.

SubzeroX

so what's that material that the dash is made out of? it's not as soft as the seat leather, and its obviously not plastic hard.

pongobaz

If you have full leather (was standard on TT and C4S) the dash is leather too, but it is glued on. If you soften it up too much with leather conditioners, it will eventually come unglued and lift. If you don't have the full leather option, your dash, doors and trim are plastic/vinyl.

Gator996

If the leather is worn to the point that you are seeing bare spots there are very few options. The materials in most cars nowadays are coated leather or coated vinyls. It is like a clear coat for leather. Once you wear through the clear layer and the color layer you really cant "condition" or treat it back to black.

There is a product on the market that I have used in the past with great results. It is essentially a paint that is specifically designed for leathers. They have the Porsche colors. I will check my files and get the name for you guys. It is a ton cheaper than replacing parts.

frisbee91

Awesome, I'd love to hear more about it. I've got some worn spots on the door handle.

Gator996

Here is the link to the Colorplus products. It simply paints on with a brush. I reconditioned an entire 928 dash with it and it looked marvelous.

http://www.colorplus.com/products/su...tandard-colors

Gonzo911

Looks good. Thanks for the tip!

AndyK

So, on the leather dash and door trim - Lexol bad, 303 OK to use??

hpuck

Color-plus also make a leather restorer called Soffener. it has worked really well in all of my cars to keep the leather soft and supple. My shift boot was as hard as cardboard and it is now like new.

Great point about the dash and over-zealous leather treatment - never occurred to me that the leather would lift.

Bill

pongobaz

Yup.

SubzeroX

how do i know if i have full leather option? I have a MY03 carrera 2

Gonzo911

Look for stitching on your dash surrounding your instrument cluster, leather on your door panels over airbag cover. There were many options available.

Thundertub

Meguires also makes a one-step wipe, both a cleaner and a conditioner, called Gold Class. Comes in a tall black plastic oval tube with 25 moist wipes. I used it for the first time this past Tuesday. So far, so good, but it is too soon to delare it a winner. It gave a very mild gloss to the leather, did not rub off on my clothes today, nor feel slippery while sitting on the seats. I have a full leather interior plus many leather options. I only needed 3 wipes to do the complete interior from dash, to seats/backs, to door panels, to console, to rear seats and side panels (all stitched leather). It did not discolor the plastic bits that it touched, and left no cake residue in the dash speakers.

I'll check back here if I have any further comments, pro or con. I do not do leather treatments very often (lazy) so this will be an obvious change (or not) to the health of the leather in my car. The leather was not dried out or cracked to begin with. The front seats have a few patina marks in the expected places (lower side bolsters) from normal use over the past 13 years, and the stress and strain from my fat *** being in them daily.