This will probably sound like an really stupid question:

What parts of the interior are leather? Just got my 2002 and I have never had leather interior before. I am getting ready to clean the interior and am not completely sure on certain parts.

Specifically:
center part of side doors (looks like leather)
consol top (does not look like leather)
dash (does not look like leather)
steering wheel is leather wrapped, right? use leather conditioner?


My real question is on which parts do you use McGwires #40, and which do I use the Lexol conditioner?

Self

 

The only parts that are 'real' leather are the parts of the seats that touch your body when you are sitting in them. Plus the stearing wheel.
The center console arm rest, the door inserts, the seats sides and backs of the seats are imitation leather.

 

personally i wouldnt reccomend conditioning the steering wheel because the oils might make your hands slippery which could lead to accident... i use turtle wax leather cleaner/conditioner and it made my steering wheel quite slick

just a few words of advice

 

I did the same. Put some liquid leather cleaner on the steering wheel and when I was turning, my hand slipped and I almost hit the car next to me.

 

The door inserts feel like real leather to me. They smell like real leather to me. HMmmmmmmm

 

I thought they were real leather as well. The only difference being that they are backed by something like cardboard.

 

I hope its no pleather.

 

JMax is absolutely 100% correct. If you still have doubts, even the brochure lists the option as: Leather-APPOINTED seats, and SIMULATED Leather door trim.

 

Double that. I did read in the brochure that the door trim is SIMULATED LEATHER. Oh well.

 

Well, simulated or not, it is a far cry from that vinyl feeling pleather! It fooled me!!

 

Me too! How sad.

 

It must be nice!!!Leather you have to love it..

 

guess the simulated "pleather" explains the static shocks in the winter

 

At least we don't have those half cloth , half leather combos that GM uses in some of their cars!

 

The only real way to tell which parts are leather, is to.... sleep on the leather seats NAKED.... I did this & let me tell you that all pieces that touch your NAKED body (or clothed, if you preffer) are REAL leather. It's kinda sick, really if you think about it. Being in the backseat all, naked... rubbing your body against a DEAD NAKED COW... *YUCK*

That's why I stopped doing it... cause it started to FREAK me out!

And now I've stopped eating burgers, too...

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I think you gave us a little too much detail in what you do in your private life...

 

 

Now I'm really gonna

 

As long as you dont on the leather, you're ok !

 

No, no.. that's fine too... leather can take the bean-breakfast-bombing! No problem... just don't do it when you're naked, cause you never know what could happen back there!

G

 

i had aftermarket leather installed that was "dealer approved" and they told me everything is 100% leather. it all feels the same but i dont believe them.