I have had my MINI for about a week now and I have these scratch, scuff kinda things on the door side of both front seats from getting in and out, what are some things I could do to help this other than losing some weight. Its seems that it is very dry causing this, and Ideas of how to slow down the prossecess

Thought it would be best to put it here since yall seem to know how to take of your baby

 

Do you wear jeans with rivets often? I guess aside from buying other pants, you could try to do less sliding on the way out. It's kind of hard to "condition" leatherette like you can with leather to moisten it, but keeping it clean and protected with some good products will go a long way.

 

Use Vinylex by Lexol to clean, treat and restore your leatherette.

 

Losing weight helps too.

 

Prima Nero for leatherette.

 

I second the Vinylex, altough i use it on tires and trim outside the car. Inside I use the Pinnacle line.

As for the weight loss option, if I remember correctly, your "profession" isn't conducive to being too frail...

 

^^ this Sears mechandise pickup area guy loaded up my 100lbs+
rollaway tool case by himself into my Legacy like it was just some
groceries...

yes, i tipped him.

 

If it makes you feel any better I'm slim and have these exact same scratches on the driver's side of my 4-week old MINI. I thought it was the zipper on my jacket, but maybe it is the jeans rivets since I wear jeans most of the time. UGHH. wish I could get them out.


hey kenchan... is the nero slippery it all? Heather mentioned that it isn't as slippery as the 303, but a bit slippery. just curious from a user.

 

Wow that sucks My Mini is almost 2 years old & I wear jeans practically every day & my seat looks like new plus my 65LB dog rides in the passenger seat, claws-n-all, 4 days a week & his seat looks like new too. I use 303 Aerospace protectant to clean & protect every now & then & treat the seats with leather wipes a few times a year.

 

My jeans dont have rivets, so I dont know, my brother, mom, dad, and best friend have driven it, so it could be them, I hasnt gotten any worse since I got back to school , and I am the only ome driving it

 

sort of if you don't dry wipe it after application, but even if you don't
give it a few days and the squeakyness (not slipperyness) will go away.

 

Just a tip:

Jeans are out of style now for about 5 years.

 

huh.... well good thing i only wear cargo pants and dress slacks.

 

Rur-Roh ! I guess I'm behind the times.

Why did nobody here tell me about this earlier... huh ??

 

Uhhh maybe nobody told you because it's not true

 

El-Jefe was just pulling our collective legs ? Nahhhhh, he wouldn't do that.

Would he ??

Okay... gotta go to E-bay and retract some items I have for sale. Be back in a few minutes.

 

I dont drive a MINI to be cool, I drive it because it is who I am, I dont wear jeans because they are cool, I wear them because... well maybe because they are cool

 

One thing might be (I noticed this myself) if you are sort of short (I'm 5'4), and drive with the seat pulled up, it helps to release the seat all the way back before getting in and out. I was noticing a weird crease in my leatherette on the door side and I started doing this and the crease hasn't gotten any worse.

 

Glad you got the news in time

 

Umm.... ok..... have you seen the new Levi's specialy made for our mp3 players?