Originally Posted by mirvine (Post 390145)

I have a very hard time distinguishing what is leather and what is not in the interior of the vehicle.

Please elaborate on your description, so I can maintain it properly. Sorry for the difficulty of a stupid question. ^_^

Originally Posted by D1cker (Post 390187)

steering wheel and shift knob, everything else is vinyl or plastic.

Originally Posted by Hamza7 (Post 390767)

Caring for leather is easy and only requires once a year shampoo'ing if you do this regularly.

Get a microfiber cloth and moisten it with warm water, wipe the leather/vinyl/plastics areas and you should see the dirt transfer onto the MF towel.

One thing to note is, the leather on most cars today isn't really hide. Atleast the part your touching, they get a whole bunch of hides, primer them grey and then colour them to which ever colour is available in the catalog or what the customer chooses and then basically clear coat them. Something like a clear coat, basically it laminates the colour in.

Don't worry about "feeding" them with nutrients to keep them from fading and what not to keep them looking good. Regular cleaning will do.

Originally Posted by 911fanatic (Post 390962)

As Hamza said, the "leather" in most new cars is now protected with a urethane coating to make it easier for owners to maintain. Regular vacuuming ( get the crud out of the stitching as well ) and a wipe down with a MF towel and water or a light cleaner is all it needs. A couple times a year, use a quality leather cleaner. Conditioning these coated leathers is not necessary.