aslanchow

Hi Everyone!
Just wandering if anyone has any advise on a leather cleaning agent that also offer protection. My company does not have cover parking. And I am so afraid for my leather interior. Please help!

I just wanted to say that I have finally know the joy all of you have experienced by owning a Mercedes. It is the best. I love my Coupe so much that I really wanted to live in it. I will bring it to my dealer to have my CD changer install Thanks


2003 C230, Brillant Silver, ch leather, auto, C2, C7 and CD.

Anita:p

Boo2

Leatherique

aslanchow

BOO2,

Where can you get this Leatherique? Thank you

Anita

Wheens

Anyone know what is leather and what is vinyl in the C5 option? On the seats, is it leather on the whole seat, insert only, insert+bolsters? What about the backs of the seats?

I assume dash and side panels are vinyl.

Reason for asking is I'm not sure the same protectant should be used on both leather & vinyl. A detailer once told me that each material has a different absorption factor and a different "need" for protection.

I use Lexol on the leather and Vinylex(Lexol product) on the vinyl in my 911. Vinylex can also be used on rubber components.

Matt230K

How does not being in covered parking affect your leather? Do you leave the sunroof all the way open?

For the C5, it should be all leather, except I don't know about the backs of the seats.

BTW, tifosiv122, I asked some salesmen at my dealer and they all say that the coupe's leather is full leather, and I still have not seen anything that says differently. But didn't you say you had several dealers tell you that it was not. I don't know what to believe anymore. I guess I could compare it to a sedan without leather and try to feel the difference.

adamrs80

I've used Lexol for a long time and I really like it. There is usually an ad for it in the back of Road & Track magazine. It has two parts, one to clean the leather, and the other to moisturize it. www.lexol.com You can buy it at most auto parts stores and I've used it on my mercedes leather a number of times. Don't use the stuff Mercedes sells at the dealership or any leather condition made by Armor-All. There is also alot of great car care products at www.griotsgarage.com I believe they have some good leather care products, among other things. hope this helps you out.

aslanchow

There is not that many trees in my parking lot, so different parts of my car is expose to the sun for a long period throughout the day, so I wanted to use some protection.

As for the C5, I was told by my dealer the part where you actually sit on is not leather, but everything else is. Hope that help.

MarkL

Don't park under trees anyway !

I think your dealer is full of BS. On the sedans, the standard interior is leather inserts where you sit, MB-Tex bolsters, headrests and door inserts. On the coupe, the only leather option is "premium leather" which is like the full leather option on the sedans. The whole front seat and bolsters are leather, and I think the map pockets on the seat backs. Also headrests and door trim. There is no combo where the insert is vinyl and the bolsters are leather.

BTW, I use MB Leather Care (for the leather!) and MB Interior Care for the MB-Tex. Works very well and doesn't add unwanted (at least for me) sheen!

Lynn

For the coupe, the seating surfaces are leather, but the lower part of the seat is probably MB-Tex. The faces, if not all, of the headrests are leather. The panels in the doors and the sides of the backseat area with the SRS badges are leather. The shift boot is leather.

lars

Lynn do you mean that the mostly vertical part of the front bench covering, between the seating surface above and the cloth below, is probably MB-Tex? It does look different from the seating surfaces but I'm having a hard time judging how it looks different from, say, the outer side of the front bolster and the top covering of the front seatback that rolls over to the plastic panel behind. I see you did not mention these other areas and wonder if you think they are probably Tex too.

C230 Sport Coup

Get a car cover for protection from the sun.
I got mine at Costco for $50.
Yeh, you could spend 200 for the one from MBZ, but why?
I bought the extra large one so it would cover all the way to the bottom of the car. It doesn't fit perfect, but it covers the whole car.

Use the MBZ leather cleaner from the parts dept.
It's not anymore expensive (10 bucks) than any other product on the market, and if there's a problem, they can't blame the cleaner.
And it really works good.

I remember how Armorall used to make dashes crack....

BTW The MBZ plastic cleaner, conditioner....
Geez that **** smells like toxic waste!
Don't buy it. Damp cloth on the plastic maybe with some very mild soap. Avoid Armorall like the plague.