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Old 06-26-2007, 03:25 AM
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Default Griots Garage all the way. As BD said "After the treatment your car smells like a Coach store"

<ul><li><a href="http://www.griotsgarage.com">http://www.griotsgarage.com</a</li></ul>
Old 06-26-2007, 03:50 AM
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Default Be aware of UV protection

I use and recommend Lexol but alternate it with Meguiar's Gold Class because Lexol does not have a UV component. Leather is skin, and needs "sunscreen" the same way your own hide does when you are out on a sunny Cape Cod day. Look for a conditioner with a UV agent.
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Definitey much more important for those of us with ragtops. Sell the Miata yet?
Old 06-26-2007, 05:27 AM
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Default Nope, not yet. And the Boxster is getting an alternator today.

Battery light came on coming home from cruise night in Somers Thursday. I called my neighbor to rescue me as rain was fast approaching and with no battery, there's no windows or top. Got back just in time and wifey and I stood in the rain holding a plastic tarp over the interior waiting for AAA to tow me to Hoffman. FTL.
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I like Lexol too
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sweet...............
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the friendly detailing forum has teh answers. 8 ^)
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Sorry to hear, but that definitely is a funny mental picture. That alternator can't be cheap :-(
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Default BMW does partial leather and has for some time - some Mercedes and Porsche do it now too.

Just look for the key words, "leather seating surfaces" to tell you a car has only partial leather. A big lawsuit against Mazda about wording, caused the auto industry to change the description. Even the M6.

http://bimmer.roadfly.com/bmw/forums/e60/4819890-1.html

http://bimmer.roadfly.com/bmw/forums/e60/4091383-1.html<ul><li><a href="http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=8588">Even the M5 had partial leather standard in '01</a></li></ul>
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Default lexol here. others like Leatherique or

something called (i think) Spinnybeck (sp? STFA for Robert Gedeon's post a few months back--he was raving about it)
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