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M109Rider
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My BMW has faux leather seats. Hate them.
They didn’t breath, and I had the drivers seat replaced 3 times because of splits.
Finally they refused to honour the warranty.
Not bashing BMW, I liked the car. They had crappy material though.
The material in this car “M3” is already holding up much better.
Almost 20,000 km’s on it, and not a wrinkle or mark.
BMW splits started much sooner.
They didn’t breath, and I had the drivers seat replaced 3 times because of splits.
Finally they refused to honour the warranty.
Not bashing BMW, I liked the car. They had crappy material though.
The material in this car “M3” is already holding up much better.
Almost 20,000 km’s on it, and not a wrinkle or mark.
BMW splits started much sooner.
WallyP
Member
How many miles do you have on her?
And I guess more importantly, what model year is she?
She's a model year 1965, unsure of miles. I just wipe her down with ONR and she's good to go.
super20g
Member
Sure she's factory finish and hasn't been to an OC body shop?
RayK
Active Member
RayK
Active Member
Well, if truth be told, my model has aged fairly well over the last 37 years. The suspension could use a little work but the engine and drivetrain is still going strong. What were we talking about again??
Oh yeah... my 2000 BMW 323i came with leather (not leatherette) seats. They have held up pretty good with absolutely no care on my part. Sure there's a couple of places where the side stitching has torn but the seating surfaces, while a little dirty, have held up without ripping. I can only hope that my 3 does as well.
Hi
I noticed that my rear seats had wrinkles in 3 different places. It is a new car and we just owned it for 8 days. We observed the wrinkles after a long drive of 500 miles round trip. The car has a total of 600 miles on it now. My son who is 8 and weighs 50lbs was the only person sitting in the rear. I would say these are not very durable and high quality seats. We have the white interior.
Never had any issue like this with Mercedes MBTex seats. I had beige interiors on C300 and did not see any wrinkles in 3 years of lease. Even the lease return inspector was amazed by the condition of the Mercedes seats.
Regards
S
I noticed that my rear seats had wrinkles in 3 different places. It is a new car and we just owned it for 8 days. We observed the wrinkles after a long drive of 500 miles round trip. The car has a total of 600 miles on it now. My son who is 8 and weighs 50lbs was the only person sitting in the rear. I would say these are not very durable and high quality seats. We have the white interior.
Never had any issue like this with Mercedes MBTex seats. I had beige interiors on C300 and did not see any wrinkles in 3 years of lease. Even the lease return inspector was amazed by the condition of the Mercedes seats.
Regards
S
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Those aren’t wrinkles; that’s “patina”
Seriously though, in detailing groups we always see people worried about wrinkles on the driver’s seat that aren’t matched on the passenger’s seat. It’s just life, really. Looks more like a natural material with the variations!
Maybe that’s why ‘ruched leather’ was a thing for a while - so it came with lots of wrinkles brand-new. BMW etc. were keen on it.
-Alex
There actually are some QC issues here. Before I got a perfect 3P, I had to reject one. Main reason was unfixable dents, but it also had very bad wrinkles in seats. Some 3s worse than others. @San1234 I don’t think these were caused by your child... I suspect they were there since new and you didn’t notice. And, fwiw they aren’t near as bad as the seats in the car I refused.
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