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Life expectancy of leather sits
I am looking at my driver sit leather and I see it
significantly wrinkled - not cracked yet, but... The car is 2004 with 48000 miles on it - how long before I should expect the leather sits to crack? What is the best way to extend their life expectancy? BTW - are the sits made from *real* leather? I have my doubts looking at the map pocket behind the sit, which looks like just black vinyl with white foam or cloth undercoating... |
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Life expectancy of leather sits
Pszemol wrote:
> I am looking at my driver sit leather and I see it > significantly wrinkled - not cracked yet, but... > The car is 2004 with 48000 miles on it - how long > before I should expect the leather sits to crack? > My leather seats are 18 years old and are like new. YMMV. dan |
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Life expectancy of leather sits
"dan" > wrote in message ...
> Pszemol wrote: >> I am looking at my driver sit leather and I see it >> significantly wrinkled - not cracked yet, but... >> The car is 2004 with 48000 miles on it - how long >> before I should expect the leather sits to crack? > > My leather seats are 18 years old and are like new. Cool, how much driving have you done during these 18yr? How do you take care for your leather? |
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Life expectancy of leather sits
68Pszemol wrote:
> "dan" > wrote in message > ... >> Pszemol wrote: >>> I am looking at my driver sit leather and I see it >>> significantly wrinkled - not cracked yet, but... >>> The car is 2004 with 48000 miles on it - how long >>> before I should expect the leather sits to crack? >> >> My leather seats are 18 years old and are like new. > > Cool, how much driving have you done during these 18yr? > How do you take care for your leather? I should have said the car has been garaged it's whole life, and has 68K miles. Usually only has a driver and no passengers. The back seat is like brand new and the fronts are real nice. I don't think that there has been anything done to the seats except the original owner had "perma-plate leatherguard" and "vinyl protectant" applied at the stealership that had a 5 year warranty. I think the wear and tear has a lot to do with the owner of the vehicle. I have not, and do not plan on using any chemicals on the seats whatsoever. dan |
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"dan" > wrote in message ...
> 68Pszemol wrote: >> "dan" > wrote in message >> ... >>> Pszemol wrote: >>>> I am looking at my driver sit leather and I see it >>>> significantly wrinkled - not cracked yet, but... >>>> The car is 2004 with 48000 miles on it - how long >>>> before I should expect the leather sits to crack? >>> >>> My leather seats are 18 years old and are like new. >> >> Cool, how much driving have you done during these 18yr? >> How do you take care for your leather? > > I should have said the car has been garaged it's whole life, and has > 68K miles. Usually only has a driver and no passengers. The back seat > is like brand new and the fronts are real nice. I don't think that > there has been anything done to the seats except the original owner had > "perma-plate leatherguard" and "vinyl protectant" applied at the > stealership that had a 5 year warranty. Well, you gave very missleading statement then... :-) Anybody reading your first post here about 18 years old car could have imagined a car with a normal driving schedule of 12k-15k miles per year, so it would mean a car with milleage of 216-270k ->>> Good luck finding such car with original leather sits in good condition... :-) Sits are not geting damage from being in the garage for years - they get damage from sitting on them :-) Getting in and out of vehicle, temperature changes, UV rays and humidity, etc... > I think the wear and tear has a lot to do with the owner of the vehicle. What exactly do you mean? > I have not, and do not plan on using any chemicals on the seats whatsoever. With that rate of driving I would not either... I got my '04 accord in May '07 with 38k miles - now in November it has 48k. Probably somewhere next year I will hit 68k and get equal wear with your 18 years old car :-) |
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Pszemol wrote:
>>> How do you take care for your leather? >> If it ain't broke... dan |
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"dan" > wrote in message ...
> Pszemol wrote: > >>>> How do you take care for your leather? >>> > If it ain't broke... I am not trying to fix something not broken. I want to PREVENT premature crack - can you see the difference? |
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"Pszemol" > wrote in message
... > "dan" > wrote in message > ... >> Pszemol wrote: >> >>>>> How do you take care for your leather? >>>> >> If it ain't broke... > > I am not trying to fix something not broken. > I want to PREVENT premature crack - can you see the difference? '01 Accord w/leather. 194,000 miles. No care taken, no rips or tears. |
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"Seth" > wrote in message ...
> '01 Accord w/leather. 194,000 miles. No care taken, no rips or tears. Thanks - much more convincing :-) |
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Life expectancy of leather sits
Pszemol wrote:
> "dan" > wrote in message > ... >> 68Pszemol wrote: >>> "dan" > wrote in message >>> ... >>>> Pszemol wrote: >>>>> I am looking at my driver sit leather and I see it >>>>> significantly wrinkled - not cracked yet, but... >>>>> The car is 2004 with 48000 miles on it - how long >>>>> before I should expect the leather sits to crack? >>>> >>>> My leather seats are 18 years old and are like new. >>> >>> Cool, how much driving have you done during these 18yr? >>> How do you take care for your leather? >> >> I should have said the car has been garaged it's whole life, and has >> 68K miles. Usually only has a driver and no passengers. The back seat >> is like brand new and the fronts are real nice. I don't think that >> there has been anything done to the seats except the original owner >> had "perma-plate leatherguard" and "vinyl protectant" applied at the >> stealership that had a 5 year warranty. > > Well, you gave very missleading statement then... :-) > > Anybody reading your first post here about 18 years > old car could have imagined a car with a normal driving > schedule of 12k-15k miles per year, so it would mean > a car with milleage of 216-270k ->>> Good luck > finding such car with original leather sits in good > condition... :-) > > Sits are not geting damage from being in the garage > for years Au contraire, I beg to differ here, time is certainly a factor in the service life of leather seats. True, no one's sliding in and out of them while the car's garaged, but they're aging nonetheless, e.g., drying out & splitting or cracking, being attacked by whatever air pollution flies around your neighborhood, dust (dirt) settling on them, etc. |
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