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Old 05-26-2010, 02:29 PM
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Hi there,

my s2000 red seats are quite warn and cracked, what can I do besides replace them? any way to recondition them of some sorts? using a red dye or whatnot to fill in the scratches?

and with the OEM soft top, mine s a bit discolored and brown- is there a black spray/paint/stainer/protector that I can use to get back that brand new black?

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kind of curious on the top my self but havn't gotten around to researching, just installed a fresh one and dont want it to look like my old one hehe.
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you can buy my brand new soft top and my seats with 70k on them.
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Default Re: How to recondition OEM seats and OEM softtop? Dye? cleaner? what?

Originally Posted by corcoran_chris
Hi there,

my s2000 red seats are quite warn and cracked, what can I do besides replace them? any way to recondition them of some sorts? using a red dye or whatnot to fill in the scratches?

and with the OEM soft top, mine s a bit discolored and brown- is there a black spray/paint/stainer/protector that I can use to get back that brand new black?

Chris
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http://leatherique.com/

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http://www.autogeek.net/ravicotopca.html
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i use lexol on my seats

and raggtop on my top.
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I've got some red dye rub in specially mixed for s2000 red leather seats. It worked great on my seats. PM me if you're interested in buying some.
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Leatherique works well for cleaning and conditioning. If the color is faded, it won't really get them back. You could always get some used seats or Sparcos, Recaros, etc. Another option is to reupholster them with some skins from leatherseats.com. I used them once before and it turned out great. GL
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you want to check this stuff out. One of the guys that works there is on S2ki and owns a s2000

http://www.leatherinstitute.com/products_consumer.cfm
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http://thedetailinghandbook.com/Conv..._Top_Care.aspx
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i would also reccomend raggtopp for the soft top ive been using it for a couple months and now my top is nice and black and shiny
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Default Re: How to recondition OEM seats and OEM softtop? Dye? cleaner? what?

The stuff that's popular over here is Duragloss 301 for the roof and then I use some stuff called Gliptone for the leather, makes it look like new again and has a nice real leather smell too!
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