I have had my M3 with white seats for about 20 months now - still look great and we wish we had them on our MX - had to get one tough stain out and the Chlorox wipes did the trick.
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Bad white model 3 seat stains
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Birdman325
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Mine also look great except for that minor cracking on side - which is hard to see unless you look very closely.
Do you have that on yours ?
Do you have that on yours ?
Rippin1Gear
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I swear by my Kirkland Brand Baby Wipes from Costco. It's non-abrasive yet strong enough to get my black jean stains out. The trick is to give each wipe at most two firm wipes on the seat surface. If you do more wipes you are just spreading the stains around.
Alternatively, you can do this to match your faux leather jacket--
Alternatively, you can do this to match your faux leather jacket--
Rippin1Gear
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I don’t have any issues with stains or discoloring any more... I switched to white jeans...
I’m actually not joking. I have some black jeans that didn’t seem to do anything... then got new dark blue and even after washing them like four times I noticed some slight color transfer and immediately stopped wearing them. So now I mostly wear white... I’m surprised suits are doing it!
I thought it might be something about natural fibers and specifically the blue dye they use...
super20g
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Uhm... the friggin seatbelts stained my white seats - noticed at 1k miles, might have already been there, and i cant get it off no matter what. Been 'under investigation' with tesla service since sept...
jvmoore1
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same here. rear seats. not sure how long it has been there. nothing i have tried has worked.
I put a bench seat protector under my kids car seats. When I took the seats out to clean I realized the seat protector had stained the white seats from the dye in it. I have tried:
Mothers VLR
Griots Leather care
Diluted bleach
Magic Eraser
Folex Stain Remover
3M Marine Vinyl Cleaner
Meguiars M5716SP Marine Cleaner
By far the most effective was the 3M. However none completely removed the stains. They remain a very light purplish shadow on the seats (the protector was black with a high traction vinyl/rubber backing to prevent slipping.
How is that for annoying, your seat protector stains your seats
Mothers VLR
Griots Leather care
Diluted bleach
Magic Eraser
Folex Stain Remover
3M Marine Vinyl Cleaner
Meguiars M5716SP Marine Cleaner
By far the most effective was the 3M. However none completely removed the stains. They remain a very light purplish shadow on the seats (the protector was black with a high traction vinyl/rubber backing to prevent slipping.
How is that for annoying, your seat protector stains your seats
plusonechoi
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limited data as I've only had the car for about 6 weeks. Just did my first maintenance clean of the white interior with Folex and felt it did a great job.
The look of the white seats is fantastic, but seriously, white seats in a car? Absolutely no chance that I'd be able to keep them clean. It would drive me insane.
When all else fails, call in a professional leather repair specialist to airbrush the stains over. They can work on any material, custom mix colors in the field, and the results are durable and amazing.
I think it's clear, it's a mixed review of those who get stains that come off and those with situations that get stains which are hard or impossible to remove.
It only reassures me that I am not one who would have been happy with white seats. Every little flaw annoys me and seeing stains that I can't get out would drive me nuts.
It only reassures me that I am not one who would have been happy with white seats. Every little flaw annoys me and seeing stains that I can't get out would drive me nuts.
For the most part the seats are hard to stain and easy to maintain. There are however certain things that stain the white seats and become impossible to completely get out. I love the look of the white seats and my stains are currently under my kids car seats.
My Cybertruck wont have white seats.....
My Cybertruck wont have white seats.....
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