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Old 20th December 2013, 06:27 PM
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Default Comfort Seats question

My D3 has comfort seats, and they are all in good condition except the drivers seat.

How can I sort the following.

1) dirt, the seat is very grubby and could do with a decent clean. Any good products that can get this grime out of creases in the leather. I've tried leather wipes, they cleaned the surface and made the dirt more obvious.

2) whats the point of the horizontal strip towards the top of the backrest. I have discovered that mine has obviously become dislodged at some point, and is only just held in place. Behind it appear to be some small holes. Any thoughts on how I can re-attach this properly.

3) Any tips for the armrest and other general dirt on interior trim panels.
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Old 20th December 2013, 07:10 PM
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A number of us have used Woollies for leather cleaning and renovation.
http://www.woolies-trim.co.uk/ What colour is your leather?
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Old 20th December 2013, 07:32 PM
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Not sure of the colour, Data sticker has the car colour as LY7W and the trim as N5D/LF
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Old 20th December 2013, 07:41 PM
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LY7W is the paint colour (some sort of silver metallic) I think N5D is the type of leather (Nappa?), not colour. What does it actually look like? LF is the colour code, hopefully someone knows the D3 ones, I don't.
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2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!

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Old 20th December 2013, 07:44 PM
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Grey, perhaps its platinum.
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Old 27th December 2013, 08:31 AM
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A horse hair brush for getting in the creases, if you use wipes or a cloth you'll put to much pressure on the surface and you may damage it, depending how aggressive the cleaner is. Take it back off with a mircofiber cloth or old towel.

I've used Gliptone with good results, but i do have blue leather so does hide the filth better.
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