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Old 02-22-2009, 06:29 PM
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Interior leather?

This may be a stupid question but I'm a newbie. I have a 2009 MCS with punch carbon leather seats, rooster red color line, and leather multi-function. My question is, which interior items are leather? Such as the door panel/handles, dashboard, shift/brake boot? Are some things a fake leather-like vinyl? This is the first car I've owned that I have had any interest in keeping clean and nice looking so I want to know what products to get for maintaining my interior. Thanks.
 
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I believe it is the shifter boot, the ebrake boot, steering wheel.... I believe that is it, except for the seats. All else is vinyl. If everything was leather, this wouldn't be a 2x,000 car! Nero works well on all the other parts!
 
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Old 02-23-2009, 05:33 AM
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If you have the automatic, the shifter **** will also be leather. As for the Vinyl dash and rubber surfaces you cant get any better than "Aerospace Protectant 303" available from boating stores. It has a SP of 40 and is non streaking.
 
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+1 on the Aerospace 303

Awesome stuff.
 
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What does the Aerospace 303 look like after applied and removed? Have you tried Nero? Pros and cons? I guess I'll just search... I'd hate to be told that!
 
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The aerospace 303 looks like a mild shine on the plastics, no streaks. Think 10% or armorall shine.

I just like it because it protects. I have never used the Nero stuff, but I looked into it and it doesn't seem to offer the UV protection of the aerospace 303.

You can go to their website and they will mail you a free sample kit. It's worth checking out:
http://www.303products.com/tech/inde...ategory_ID=113
 

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Thanks, that is exactly why I like Nero. Heck, if it protects like sunscreen with the beauty of Nero, I'm all for it. Thanks for the response!
 
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Another vote for 303. That stuff is great. Once you use it, you'll never want to use anything else again.
 
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Ok, Thanks everyone! I guess I need to try 303.
 
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