BMW: Interior Care

I recently purchased my first BMW (2000 323CI 5 speed manual). It is
everything I had imagined since first riding in a BMW 25 years ago. If I'm
asking newbie questions and there is a better place for me to post, just
let me know.

What, if anything, should I clean and treat the leather interior with? I
have grey leather interior with a black dashboard. I'm mostly concerned
with the suns effect on the black - I don't want it to fade. I'm reluctant
to try something like ArmourAll without confirmation from someone. I've
worked at a leather handbag company in the past and we always instructed
customers to use a leather conditioner on the products once a month. Does
this hold true with a leather car interior?

Thanks in advance.

Bill

I third that for Lexol cleaner/conditioner. You can buy at Pep-Boys, a
little under $20.00 for both. What everybody else left out in their
replies, is that you let the seats heat up before/while/after cleaning
and conditioning. You can even keep adding conditioner (not a ton)
when their hot. This opens up the leather's pores and you give it a
real good deep "feeding". If you do this three/four times a year the
seats will never crack.



On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 17:10:32 -0500, William Quinlan
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