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Posted: 6/23/2018 9:17:36 AM EDT
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My grandpa spec 2004 Crown Victoria had the tan/beige "leather" seats and they held up very well (bought the car in 2008, sold it to my dad in 2015, he's still driving it). Some wear and tear but no holes. I made sure to keep it clean and conditioned as best I could.
As for burning my legs, window tint, Ventvisors, and windshield sun shads helped a lot. I also kept a towel for days that I was getting in the car filthy from the range or when I was wearing shorts. My replacement for the CV was a 2011 Explorer that spent its entire life (before I owned it) in Merritt Island. It's got black leather and has the A/C seats and remote start . . . that very nice for the warm weather down here. I still do everything I did with the CV as far as taking care of the leather and other items (ventvisors, sunshade, window tint, etc) and at 7 years old and 108k miles the interior still looks good even after 2 years toting a wee one and a dog around. L |
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Posted: 6/23/2018 10:48:52 AM EDT
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I have black leather in my Silverado Crew and don’t have any issues. I wear shorts probably 90% of the time and never burn my legs but I do ha e window tint which helps a lot.
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Posted: 6/23/2018 11:15:20 AM EDT
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Do you find the seats retain heat making it take longer to cool down during the summer?
What about your CCW, is it indenting the leather? |
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Posted: 6/23/2018 2:07:14 PM EDT
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Leather SUCKS!
Or maybe I never had decent leather. All the cars I had with leather wore fast, hot in the sun, & yeah the butt of my gun indents the bolster. No conditioning I ever did prevented it. I'm never getting leather again if I have that option. My current Infiniti leather is worn bad on the bottom of the back bolster & outside driver door bolster. |
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Posted: 6/23/2018 2:11:49 PM EDT
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I had a black on black Integra a few years back and I dont ever rember the leather getting too terribly hot. Even in just board shorts it didnt seem too bad and I had as dark as legal tint. It was definitely warmer in summer but fairly normal for a black car in florida. I cant speak to the CCW issue since I didnt back then. Proper leather maintenance goes a long way in preserving the look and longevity. Id think jamming something hard into the leather and agitating it would wear it out faster though, but that all depends on how extreme and sharp it is.
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Posted: 6/24/2018 7:34:19 AM EDT
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I just bought a truck with leather and it’s not bad. Like others have said, the vent visors and good windshield sun shade does wonders.
Plus, I can turn on the cooled/ventilated seats if it’s too warm. |
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Posted: 6/24/2018 7:50:57 AM EDT
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Plus, I can turn on the cooled/ventilated seats if it’s too warm. |
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Posted: 6/24/2018 9:40:53 AM EDT
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I have a 2017 Ford F 150 Supercrew cab 4x4 with leather.
I love it. It does not get hot and it looks as good as the day I bought the truck. I of coarse wipe on leather conditioner once a month. I'd had cloth seats in all my vehicles before this. I have to say, I like the leather best. I've had 7 new vehicles in my life time. I just like the look, smell and feel of the Katzkin leather that came in the truck. If I go hunting ect... I use weather tech seat covers. Even if you had cloth seats I'd expect you'd use some kind of covers to protect them the same as leather if you went hunting or camping. After all cloth or leather does not mix well with hog blood or guts. Trust me on that lol |
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Posted: 6/24/2018 7:50:15 PM EDT
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I have had a DD with black leather seats for the last 3 years. I have not had any problems. They are better than plastic fake leather.
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Posted: 6/24/2018 8:28:53 PM EDT
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I have a Honda Pilot with leather and never thought about this until I read your post. Never noticed anything.
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Posted: 6/25/2018 10:21:32 AM EDT
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My RX8 had leather seats. I was never uncomfortable on them.
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Posted: 6/25/2018 4:34:12 PM EDT
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I had a Black car/black leather interior/trim. Essentially everything black with no tint. It was HOT, but the seats were not lava hot like you might expect. The hottest thing in the car was the stick (manual trans). It had a silver shifter head/ball. Now that would get dangerously hot. Think Home Alone burnt palm hot.
I now have a white exterior with black leather everything interior and I've never had an instance of hot hot hot ass. A/C cools off the interior within a minute or so. Changing from black exterior to white made a huge difference. |
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Posted: 6/25/2018 4:53:31 PM EDT
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Even if you had cloth seats I'd expect you'd use some kind of covers to protect them the same as leather if you went hunting or camping. |
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Posted: 6/25/2018 4:54:24 PM EDT
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Lots of favorable replies for leather.
May have to check the next model up. Usually I get the model just under the leather package. |
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Posted: 6/25/2018 4:57:56 PM EDT
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Leather or ‘pleather’ all the way, when you spill something on cloth seats it’s over.
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Posted: 7/5/2018 6:01:03 AM EDT
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I have black leather interior with heavily tinted windows. No problems here. Yeah, the interior air is hot when I get in, but rolling the windows down and blasting the fan blows that heat out fairly quickly. Never burned my skin in shorts.
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Posted: 7/5/2018 7:42:05 AM EDT
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Leather or ‘pleather’ all the way, when you spill something on cloth seats it’s over. |
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Posted: 7/5/2018 10:17:54 AM EDT
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My truck has ventilated leather seats, no problems at all. I'd never buy cloth seats, to hard to keep clean.
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Posted: 7/16/2018 12:49:40 AM EDT
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I have black leather in my Silverado Crew and don’t have any issues. I wear shorts probably 90% of the time and never burn my legs but I do ha e window tint which helps a lot. No problems. 
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Posted: 7/16/2018 5:48:03 PM EDT
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IDK, I guess my body is too big or my seats are too small
I just did a road trip & those seats were hot & uncomfortable & my left thigh kept sliding off the bolster. Then after 3 hours I got out of the seat & there was a big crease on the bolster. |
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Posted: 7/18/2018 6:24:29 AM EDT
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I have leather seats in the Infiniti. I do the classic Florida move of starting the car before I leave to cool it down.
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Posted: 7/21/2018 11:01:16 PM EDT
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Black leather. My car is almost 14 years old. Interior looks almost new.
I wipe the interiors with Ballistol 2-3 times a year, with neatsfoot oil preservative every few years. Does not get hot. Leave sun roof cracked open, religiously use sun visor. Car is parked indoors at night, but is under the sun M-F all day. Doesn't get that hot. Wear shorts all the time, never burn myself. I run the aircon sparingly. On the highway, yes, in stop and go traffic, very little. |
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Posted: 7/23/2018 6:17:06 AM EDT
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Just tint your windows. It’ll be fine. I have black leather.
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