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Leather Seat Preservation Techniques

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67gtasanjose:

--- Quote from: J_Speegle on June 23, 2017, 04:53:57 PM ---Nice job.  Think you have found a subject that many of the member have not had to face or deal with giver the different years and material used.

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Thanks Jeff. As many of you know, I work on cars for a living and see the newer cars falling apart faster than most people do. I feared the seats would be the hardest to keep nice because I see 50K mile cars all of the time and leather seats rarely look very good.

A 12-year-old car Classic Stang, driven as most were, also rarely had "perfect" or even "good" interior parts at 12-years old as I recall. The goal with our '05 GT Vert, when I bought it with 12K miles in extra-nice condition, was to drive it to around 40-50K and enjoy it on Sunny Summer days. Easy to keep the mileage down over here in Ohio but sliding in and out of the car, I could see an issue developing a few years back with that drivers seat. I had been looking for a pair of front seats since about '09 or '10...but what I found then was about $850, plus the ride on up to $1200. I had too many irons in the fire to pay that price.

Now, the set I found have been out of the other car for a few years and in fairly good shape. If anyone else reading along has one of these (newer) cars, it might be wise to pony up the dough and get a set for yours too. (if you plan to preserve or show it later). It's just my opinion but I doub you can find a huge surplus of good seats that are already up to 12 years old.

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