Where's the actuall leather?
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Where's the actual leather?
I have a 2016 Base model without the full leather package. I'm trying to determine exactly which parts of the interior are leather besides the leather surrounding the suede/felt center of the seats. It appears to me that the dash in front of the passenger side, the armrests both sides, the strip along the top of the door below the windows both sides and the hand grip thing separating the driver and passenger area are leather. The rest seems to be padded leather-like vinyl? Can someone please let me know? I don't want to apply leather cleaner/conditioner on the vinyl as the instructions don't mention any other surface that is OK to use it on. Thanks all.
Last edited by Mfiles; 04-11-2019 at 01:10 PM. Reason: misspelled word
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That’s pretty much it besides the steering wheel and center armrest if you have the base.
If you’re looking for something to use on literally every other surface inside, pick up some Griots Garage Interior Detailer. Works perfectly even on those sticky plastic bits (buttons, steering wheel trim, seat control/door handle trim, nav screen, rear cowel, dash etc). I use it liberally with their blue glass cleaning double-sided towels (there’s no fiber lint when using the high pile side). It won’t leave the trim shiny or sticky, looks factory new. Only thing i could find for those sticky parts until I just recently paid thousands at the dealer to have them all replaced.
If you’re looking for something to use on literally every other surface inside, pick up some Griots Garage Interior Detailer. Works perfectly even on those sticky plastic bits (buttons, steering wheel trim, seat control/door handle trim, nav screen, rear cowel, dash etc). I use it liberally with their blue glass cleaning double-sided towels (there’s no fiber lint when using the high pile side). It won’t leave the trim shiny or sticky, looks factory new. Only thing i could find for those sticky parts until I just recently paid thousands at the dealer to have them all replaced.
#4
That’s pretty much it besides the steering wheel and center armrest if you have the base.
If you’re looking for something to use on literally every other surface inside, pick up some Griots Garage Interior Detailer. Works perfectly even on those sticky plastic bits (buttons, steering wheel trim, seat control/door handle trim, nav screen, rear cowel, dash etc). I use it liberally with their blue glass cleaning double-sided towels (there’s no fiber lint when using the high pile side). It won’t leave the trim shiny or sticky, looks factory new. Only thing i could find for those sticky parts until I just recently paid thousands at the dealer to have them all replaced.
If you’re looking for something to use on literally every other surface inside, pick up some Griots Garage Interior Detailer. Works perfectly even on those sticky plastic bits (buttons, steering wheel trim, seat control/door handle trim, nav screen, rear cowel, dash etc). I use it liberally with their blue glass cleaning double-sided towels (there’s no fiber lint when using the high pile side). It won’t leave the trim shiny or sticky, looks factory new. Only thing i could find for those sticky parts until I just recently paid thousands at the dealer to have them all replaced.
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Most of my buttons came out OK. My steering wheel buttons were too far gone, so I remove most of the paint from them and then installed button caps designed for the Jaguar button packs which you can find on eBay or AliExpress. This is much less expensive than replacing the button packs and mine came out pretty good. I used the silver finished ones and I'm happy with the appearance. If doing this, you need to scrape the paint off the buttons first so that the backlighting will look good through the caps, then heat the 3M tape in the button cap with a heat gun or hair dryer, and then install and press firmly. This should ensure that the caps don't come loose in the future. Of course, the other option is buying new button packs or find used ones on eBay or at a salvage yard. That will cost much more, though.
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