Here's both my pic of drivers seat in an 06 TL with 95K. I plan on getting mine recondition just the driver's seat since the other's look fine

 

yerp mine look like that. Just hit it with some lexol. Looks the same, but then again I didn't expect lexol to fix that.

 

So you're saying Lexol helped your issue with the seats?

 

Nope. I used the cleaner and conditioner. It cleaned it and conditioned it. It's not intended to repair. Only help prevent this from happening further.

 

Oh ok... What I meant to say is that I am going to get this repair in 2 weeks. This guy is mobile and he goes out to businesses and homes as well so he is going to take care of my driver seat

 

ask and you shall receive :wink:

 

still looks great!

 

Here is my 06 5AT.

US/Canada 65%
Major Parts Japan 15%

I've seen some Type-S with American Transmision tho

My transmission still works perfect and I'm at 101K
Friedn with a 08 Type-S had American tranny and sold it as it need to replace the trnasmission. That bad.
Was AT also



Last picture that could see the seats. I'll take pic today.

Owner since 06. and 101k miles

 

 

here is mine as promise.


current mileage 62k miles

 

Only pictures I have were taken for other purposes. Everything was taken for pictures of the system which is obvious but they're the only ones I have of the interior.

Here's the passenger seat. Looks just like the driver's seat despite having passengers about 5% of the time. 108,000 miles:


Part of the seat and kicks with my early Dyns. I don't know why the color math is so horrible with the flash on. They look factory even in the sunlight in person. You literally can't see a color difference.




Kicks with the new Dyns, better color match in this one but not finished installing, just mocked up.



Floormats are in terrible shape and this is the second set of factory floormats. They last about a year.



Rear seats are still nice:






Basically everything but the seats have held up well:



From 1984 and the seat leather is still 100% perfect like it's never been used. The center of the seats are deer skin leather. Not sure if deer skin is good or not but it's absolutely perfect after 28 years. Of course, the interior looks like it was designed by a 5yr old lol. I wish I had a better picture though:

 

I had a Japanese transmission on my 06 and it went out literally 2 days and > 300 miles after we bought the car brand new...

 

Is there some kind of prize for having the worst seat? If so, I demand a cookie.

 

I guess I will join in on the fun...







@ 57k I am the 2nd owner and yes they need to be cleaned.

 

I wonder why our butt imprint on the second segment of the seat. It happened to our TL lol.

 

'07 - 40,500 miles

 

Anyone looking to trade their like new seats for the dry rat leather they used on mine? I'll throw in a can of spam.

 

Exactly how mine looks except the left side has about an inch where it looks like the leather had been rubbed down by the previous owner dragging his ass when he got in.

 

saddle soap is awesome for leather car seats... I always used baby wipes to clean first since they have lanolin and then foloowed up with saddle soap...

 

mine look exactly like this too. just used some conditioner yesterday and def see a difference. wish i took a before and after. i guess the guy before me kept rubbing his ass on the side everytime he got in cause some of the leather kinda peeled off at the stitching. after conditioning it it's a lot less noticeable

 

Ill have to join this game once I get back from work...luckily I am getting all my seats repaired and redyed soon....total cost is like 170 for the entire car or something.....beats paying 1K per seat from Acura

 

04 owners hate you guys with the "redone" seats lol

 

^ nice pic

 

Mines looking worn after 80k miles.


Passenger side looks good tho.

Rear looks pretty good too.

 

I still haven't seen a seat that compares to mine.

 

I'll play. Took these this morning, 05 with 86k on the clock.

 

Here are mine:











I don't have any up close of the driver seat but they look pretty identical to OP's seat in terms of wear lines, mine just look cleaner and the color is not as worn/faded. OP's look like they need some cleaner & conditioner to brighten them up abit.

I had the ebony set which came with my '08 Type S which has 41,000 miles. I just swapped the seats for the taupe interior around 40,000 miles. Purchased them used on azine's blackmarket, great condition. The rear bench looks like brand new, the passenger and driver seat look to be about the same condition as my ebony set which withstood about 40,000 miles pretty well. l'm not sure how long I'll be keeping these seats but I'm sure eventually I'll return to the stock ebony and post these on the black market.

Either try to find a set on the black market or try a leather repair guy if you are unhappy with what you currently have. One thing I've been doing is putting a towel over the driver seat which absorbs all the rubbing and friction from my entry and exit. Driver seat door side of the seat picks up the most wear and tear from driver entry and exit. I always keep a few towels in the car for myself and the passenger seat + rear bench. Whenever I know I'm going somewhere that I may potentially get dirty or sweaty (in the summer after some basketball) I make sure to have towels handy to sit on. Then whenever I'm going out for something more formal, just toss the towel in the trunk and I'm good to go.

In the long run this will keep my seats looking better for longer but overall I'd have to agree with everyone, the leather on the 3G does not do well with wear and tear. Tints are not just a cosmetic thing for our cars, it will definitely increase the longevity of our leather

 

 

 

The sun can really do damage to leather if the leather is not properly cared for. From what I've read, from asking others and from personal experience, cars with tinted windows and leather seats tend to fare better than their counterparts without tints.

No idea what the 'optimal' % tint is but it makes sense to me, leather dries out like our skin. Conditioner and cleaner help but so does decreasing the amount of sunlight we expose the leather to, thus tinting the windows. I wish I had a garage

 

you don't get why he post that smiley.

 

2006 RBP w/ Quartz (56,6XX miles). Haha please disregard my dirty azz car; been using it a lot this summer to haul friends to the beach so my interior is still sandy and desperately in need of a detail.





The seats would probably look new if I washed them with some Zaino...

 

tits.

 

Oh man, those seats are begging for a cleaning.

 

wow guys those are some scary seats...i own a RL 07 w/ 85k miles ebony leather seats and they look like new!!I guess 100% Japan made has it's perks LOL Now i am slooowly putting on my flame jacket!!!

https://acurazine.com/forums/attachm...1&d=1341020867

 

 

I just had my front seats redone on Tuesday.. I will try see about posting picture hopefully today sometimes

 

 

https://acurazine.com/forums/album.p...ictureid=54362

 

^^^how much did the service cost you?