hey, i was wondering what i could do to keep my leather in my stock 2001 cl in good shape. i see so many products on the market and wonder what is the best. i dont like the extra shinny look that some products give. so whats the best one that you have tried out?

 

There are a bunch of good products out there.

Lexol
303 Aerospace - my personal favorite
Zaino leather conditioner
Meguiars

 

www.pinnaclewax.com

 

eagle one two bottles...cleaner and conditioner...NO smell too

 

Any impressions on Zaino leather conditioner? How about Lexol? I was gonna run out to Pepboys when I find the time to give the Lexol a try.

 

Zaino is ok, I hated Lexol. I only used it once or twice.

I just bought 2 big ass 64oz jugs of the pinnacle stuff.

 

so what im getting is that zaino and pinnacle are the two top?

 

IMHO, yes, I've heard lots of good things about the 303, just haven't tried it yet.

Give them all a whirl and see which one you like best.

 

I take it the only place to get the Pinnacle is through their website, huh?

How about 303?

 

is 303 aerospace protectant considered a conditioner? I'm somewhat confused on the terminology. When I hear "protectant" I think a coating of protection. When I hear "conditioner" I think "restorer to new".

 

May I ask why you hated Lexol? I've only used it twice so far, but it was easy to use, cleaned up nice, and left a good finish (not too shiny and not very smelly).

 

I'm interested about the Lexol too... I have most of a bottle of leather conditioner left over from my last car, haven't used it yet on the CL due to the shitty weather. Has anyone has problems with it, especially clogging up the holes in the S-type seats?

Thanks...

 

I had no problems with clogging of the holes. Went on smooth, wiped off smooth. I used both the Lexol leather cleaner and the conditioner.

 

The cleaner left too much yellow residue, and the conditioner made my seats all sticky and balmy. I didn't care for the neutral smell they were going for either.

I just didnt have a pleasant experience with this product.

 

Lexol has been great for me, I use the cleaner maybe once a month and the conditioner about 2 times a month. Keeps the leather nice and new. Oh don't forget the steering wheel, you'd be amazed at how dirty that gets!

 

I just bought Meguiar's Gold Class Rich Leather Wipes. It worked pretty good. Its kinda hard to get outta the container, but it did a pretty good job. I don't think my 97's seats have ever been really taken care of, and the previous owner was a smoker. But this made it a little softer and smoother. Maybe a few more uses will make it better. I love leather seats!!

Hehe..sorry, first time leather seats for me. Heh.

 

I use the Meguiars stuff and I love it!!

 

Does zaino or pinnacle have UV protection? Smell?

 

pinnacle has a hint of citrus...zaino is fairly neutral.

 

i use lexol or meguiars. great protection from both

 

just bought some meguiars wipes for the first time too....how often should i apply it?

 

hey i use the meguiars
too

its the one of the best
product companies out there

 

Meguiars
ive been using this stuff for a while and it works pretty good

 

I just picked up some of the Meguiars leather wipes cause I'm pretty busy and don't have too much time to really do a separate cleaner/conditioner on my seats.

Doest anyone know if the wipes have a cleaner in them or are they just a conditioner?