Hi all,
I just returned from a 3 month business trip in Mexico City and when I picked up my car from my parents house....I had an unexpected surprise in the backseat of my TL.
I asked my lil' bro to sell my old rims for me...only problem is the stupid azz put a wheel in the backseat for a week to show people around town. With the hot summer heat and tire rubber against the leather seat....the tire basically left a tatoo on the seat with the sidewall markings (i.e. Nankang NS2 225/40/18 tatood onto my backseat)!!!
I tried using leather cleaner and some soap but no luck. Any idea if there are any products that may be able to remove this from the leather? I'm scheduled for service apt with the dealership 2morrow so I'll ask them too.
Sorry no digicam on me so i don't have pics of this.

Thanks,
Matt

 

lmao same thing happened to me... I had Kumho Supra Ecsta imprinted on my leather...

simple solution: I went to pep boys and bought a simple leather cleaner. It didnt seem to work after the first few sprays, so i walked right back in and returned it (it was $9 or so). Then i bought a heavy duty degreaser... It remove some of the black rubber marks but it was still visible... So i went and returned that as well. I ended up buying the strongest degreaser ($4) and let me tell u.... ONE SWIPE W/ a CLOTH and the leather was left clean in just that spot.. it looked like a "bounty papertowel commercial" !!!! :p I barely used any of the degreaser and cleaned my whole interior! MAKE SURE U USE SOME LEATHER CONDITIONER AFTERWARDS because the degreaser is bad for ur leather.

 

I just got back from the dealer and the detailer tried everything but couldn't get it off. He suggested taking it to a leather specialist...but I don't know if that's going to work.

Edr0e, thanks! I'm going to find some strong degreaser and give it shot. I'll update this post with the results.

-Matt

 

Edr0e,
Ok...I tried 2 degreasers. The stronger one was a multi-purpose degreaser called Castrol Super Clean...this didn't help.

Should I be using engine degreaser? What brand did you use?

Thanks,
Matt