Leather quality

[familymangreg]

Originally Posted by Mallony2k

Cheers guys for the responses. The leather is the standard perfaracted type for the momentum and is beige colour. On closer inspecting the areas it looks like like scratches which makes me think that the quality is not there.

I have been looking on the detailing world forum and see that the company and product in the link has got really good reviews. http://lttleathercare.com/product/au...ther-care-kit/

I have placed an order and waiting for it to arrive to put some sort of coating on them whilst it is still fresh.

Hopefully this should help!!

I have the Inscription with nappa leather. It was one of the things I was particularly concerned about when we purchased the car, the leather feels and looks lovely, but it seemed very soft and scratchable. I'd also seen a couple of used XC90's with Blonde leather which were in quite a state, one vehicle was 6 months old and the dealer told me Volvo UK were replacing the seats before the dealer sold it.

We went for the charcoal, and after only 4 months I'm actually very impressed. The leather looks great still and seems a lot more durable than I feared it might be. I even dropped the first row onto a plastic bowl the kids had left on the seat and didn't realise for a week, when I lifted the seat I was pretty gutty by a very obvious ring imprint in the leather... But to my surprise after a few days it seemed to be loosing the imprint and now it has completely gone.

I am using the official Volvo leather care kit. While I appreciate there are many cheaper (and possibly better) creams and cleaners out there, knowing the issues I'd seen, I didn't want Volvo to blame another product I'd used should I have to complain about the leather at all.

I haven't used the cleaner yet, but have conditioned with the cream about 3 - 4 weeks after delivery.

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