Does anyone else have persistent 'ripples' in their leather seats, particularly in the driver seat? Is it the leather starting to wear or the underlying cushioning or something?

 

, it's quite common.

Just keep trying to condition it. It's like putting lipstick on a pig. At the end of the day, it will still be a pig.

 

Haha ok thanks. It seems like it's from driving with my wallet in my back pocket and it sort of 'stretches' out the leather underneath it

 

I have worked as a Quality Eng in automotive seating for 8 years. All the OEMs use a steamer to smooth out wrinkles on leather seats. Just run a hand steamer over it and try to pull the wrinkles out of it by pushing away from the center of it. It is likely that the seat did not fit perfect when they put it into the car, and they had to steam it to get it to fit.

 

I have an 04, so I don't get "ripples".

I get huge ass prints instead =(

 

i hate these ripples ... does anyone have any ideas how this can be resolved? adding a ton of cushion under the seat skin?

 

That's good to know. I'm going to try it tomorrow. Thanks.

 

IHC, did it work?

 

does it have to be vapor steam for it to shrink back to normal? cheapest vapor steamer i could find was this; would it work?

http://www.vapor-systems.com/product...re-mr-100.html

 

Bump, has anyone tried the steam treatment yet?

 

That was the first thing I saw when I bought an 04 TL

 

Im curious about this as well

 

i really think the way to temporarily fix it is get more cushioning added, because the leather is stretching everytime u sit on it