cocoa after one year
 

my cocoa interior has gone thru an Ohio year, temps from under 0 to over 100 and has held up beautifully

cocoa is so nice

Beautiful :thumbup:

Looks great! Are you using a leather conditioner on it?

Zaino, easy to use, smells like leather, not greasy

Looks great! Glad to hear holding up - I just got my cocoa. I'm in Texas, so some heat extremes but not much cold. Mine is a cab, so hoping will hold up to open air exposure as well. How often with the Zaino?

It looks like you're doing the right thing. How often do you treat it?

Cocoa would be my #1 choice. Glad to hear it holds up well!

Cocoa looks nice - how often do you treat the leather?

Looks great.

Is cocoa one of Porsche's "natural" leathers?

Cocoa is still not one of their "natural" leathers. I believe only the Brown, Carrerra Red and Grey are naturals at this point in time.

Mine's 2 now and looks as good as new - love the colour.

I treat the roofliner, rear seats, sunvisors and other "non contact" areas about every 3 months, the seats, doors and dash about every 2 months. Zaino is so easy to use, --just pour on and spread, no rubbing, no buffing, no wiping dry,-- that it is never a hassle to use

Thanks.

I asked because I had read that Zaino isn't the best product for the natural leather and the OP's interior looks to be in excellent shape.

That headliner is absolutely beautiful. Whatever it cost was worth it. I will specify that on my next 911.

make sure you also get the sunvisors and dome light surround in leather to match

looks great

Take it from someone responsible (indirectly) for sending countless cattle to their deaths...a lot of leather can really MAKE a Porsche that more special. I've owned the stripped Porsches (911s as well) with no leather whatsoever,--and I happen to appreciate the leather craftsmen that they have in Zuffenhausen. I wish I could have afforded even more leather. For a coupe, having it in the headliner is great!

(What I ordered for mine)

997 S Cabriolet 6-speed
98 Non-Metallic Paint to Sample (3AS Blue Turquoise)
06 Natural Leather Brown
CDZ Gear Lever Trim Leather
CUC Painted Model Desig Rear Lid
CUV Storage Cmpt Lid W/Model Logo
CZD Interior Light Cover Leather
M6H Brown Floor Mats
P01L Adaptive Sports Sts Lthr Int
V9 Black Top
XCZ Sport Shifter
XLF Sport Exhaust System
XMP Lthr Sun Visors Lighted Mirror
XMZ Rear Center Console - Leather
XRR 19" Carrera Sport wheel
XSB Sport Seat Backs in Leather
XTV Door Finishers Lthr
267 Self Dimming Mirrors
342 Heated Front Seats
451 Makassar Str Whl Multifctn
446 Wheel Caps w/Colored Crest
450 Ceramic Composite Brakes-PCCB
482 TPMS
498 Delete Model Designation
509 Fire Extinguisher
550 Hard Top
640 Sport Chrono Package Plus
672 Extended Nav Module
680 Bose High End Sound Package
692 Remote CD Changer
801 Makassar Package
TD5 Tourist Delivery

I'm surprised you like the Zaino conditioner. I have it but feel it ads shine. These days i prefer the Sonus leather conditioner (no shine) - has anyone tried it?

interesting, I find no shine at all after it dries, what color interior do you have?

In the past I used Zaino Z-10 on my Porsche, but after trying the Sonus I switched. There are a few differences, but mostly I find the smell to more closely resemble the new Porsche leather scent. I still like Zaino, but only use it on my non-Porsche vehicles.

Black, but I do not think that color matters. The Sonus adds no shine whatsoever.

I use Sonus and love it. I have cashmere supple leather interior in my '98 993.

I have used Zaino on my BMW and it did smell good and went on smooth. However, it made my seats sort of slippery and with a "squeaky clean" sound when you shifted in your seat. I read the recommendations of Sonus on this forum a year ago and tried it - doesn't smell as nice but provides an absoutely supple feel with a matte appearance.

Does Zaino feel slippery or make squeaky clean sounds for you? Maybe it is just BMW leather?

Cocoa is a great Porsche leather. I too like the Zaino Z10 product. Very easy and great results. The leather care products from www.colorplus.com are top notch too.

My Cocoa is 3+ years old now and is holding up very well. Gotta love Cocoa. I wish my center console/arm rest was full leather like yours, it looks great!.

UPDATE: Porsche offers a Natural Leather Cocoa now. it's significantly different that the previous Cocoa.

Looks like you ticked every box on the full leather options!

If you would, I'd appreciate a couple of photos of the backs of the seats. I have Cocoa in a cab and the only concern is the leather on the seat backs is a bit looser than I've seen on other cars.

I use and love the Sonus for feel, look and smell. Can't go wrong.

Looks great. Nice job on maintenance. Cocoa is the nicest in my view but I'm biased as I have it as well.

I use Soffener on several cars, one is a '96. Great stuff. I think I should start using it as face cream ... my car seats are certainly aging better than my mug ... : )

ps. no jokes about what's getting sat on more often ...