Yeah l do, damp cloth spray some on the cloth and give the velvet parts a good wipe down vacuum the seats firstJassyo06, due you use it also for the velvet part of the seat?
Yeah l do, damp cloth spray some on the cloth and give the velvet parts a good wipe down vacuum the seats firstJassyo06, due you use it also for the velvet part of the seat?
Right i need help! I need to know if my seats are wearing to quick or am i just been picky?
I'm going to Audi in the new year and see what they say, Because im not too happy with the quality.
My car is a 15 plate picked it up in march and covered 12000 miles
P.S im not fat at all so its not down to wight
Bull..... they are coated with what from the factory,??????eather seats in a car are no different from the leather on a sofa.......l have no creases as to report l am 13 stone or more and l clean my seat's weekly and condition them monthly,yeah cheap foam soft leather badly fitted he's right about that the products l use are all water based manufactured by a company that's been around for decadesNow at 3,000km and the bolsters (leg and shoulder) have started to develop creases in them, creases on the mid height bolsters and a few in other places. My wife is under 60kg and I'm 80kg so not heavyweights.
Spoke to an auto upholsterer and he said it is common with Audi Nappa - low quality foam and thin leather not stretched enough when manufactured.
He also said not to use conditioner as they are coated from new. Would not reduce creasing and could actually lead to premature breakdown of the leather.
Ok girls let's have a nice clean fight.........ding ding .......round 2 lol
To be honest l knew about the seat problems in Audi's long before l got my car,l have lunatic silver so yeah it shows up dirt easier,but it doesn't seem to emphasise any creases as such like the darker leather does,from what l was told by a top car care detailer a few year's ago,is shiny/oily leather is dirty contaminated leather,movement on such a leather in this state, produces a lot more friction between **** and seat,this friction will increase wear/creases causing the leather to prematurely age/ look gash.a quality leather cleaning product will reduce the wear/creases keeping you're seat's looking better for longer, although in the case of Audi seat's a little more care on entering and exiting the car is needed
Off me leather soap box now mate, to be honest l beginning not to bother as much, as Audi can sell on any problems my car has/gets from on.....but then again??? lol once my SADS has diminished.....l may think differently but doubt it...............that all sounds reasonable to me mate but I must confess I nodded off half way through.........!! lol
I am in agreement with most of what your saying WarwickL..... Bar how you look after the leather, the shoulder bolsters face part is not leather or do you refer to the side of the seatMmmmm, first punch. Makes no sense. Crease on rear of shoulder bolster that has never been touched by a sweaty body - compression. So, conditioning does squat and certainly not on pu coated leather. Poor quality foam and thin leather. Sheesh pro detailers talk ***** sometimes
The ss seat's maybe somewhat more delicate, l don't have these issues on my standard seats,matter a fact l get a kick out looking at me seat's everytime l open the car door they still look great mateRear of side - pu coated leather. Same compression issues on side bolsters and seat upright - all showing compression damage after 3,000 km on ours. I'm a detail addict and look after my cars.
Standard seats have the same issue. Actually worse as they use lower density foam
As fantastic as your seats are I can still see traces of a couple of creases in pretty much the exact same place as mine but as you said before mate it looks like Lunar does a terrific job of hiding them compared to black
As l said l don't have the same issue taken
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This is mine (standard seats) on collection day :-
and 11k later :-
Not too bad but I use Gliptone Liquid Leather Conditioner every month the leather remains a nice black matt apearance. Getting out I tend to jam my elbow into the side bolster of the back rest and straighten my leg to get my butt off the seat and then pull on the steering wheel to gain full elevation so not very elegant but very deliberate to avoid squashing the bolster. Shouldn't need to really !! Audi sell a repair kit so must be aware of the issue.
How the hell did ye manage to take that second photo through the pano-roof???
Lol
I don't have any of these problems. Oh - wait a minute, they're cloth seats - look like new
Well actually they don't go downhill because they just look the same for years as long as you give them a hoover occasionally. I had mine Scotchguarded as well.Trouble is cloth seats look 2nd grade before you even get the keys from the dealer and just go downhill from there
Leather seats are heated
Heat is instant in ours. Had it down skiing. Plus you can crank it up whereas the cloth seats, well, requires body warmth.