Pretty much everthing red stitched in my car is getting very dark, the stuff is either stitched into Leatherlike material: (steering wheel <momo tuner>, shift **** <oem optional>, ebrake handle<JDM HOP>, and shift boot <CTR>) or Suedelike material: arm rest <custom made> and seats <EP3>. This is in a 5th gen Prelude.

I searched and the only advice I can find is "buy new ****" as helpful as that is, the shift **** and ebrake handle are both long out of production and impossible to find and when ya do they go for 15X what they cost new, the arm rest and shift boot are readily availble but the wheel and seats are not cheap (to me at least).

So im looking for tips and tricks that wont ruin the suedelike material or leatherlike material surrounding the items other than to buy them again.

Thank You, i believe alot of people will find it very helpful if anyone knows anything that really works.

 

what i used on my itr steering wheel and itr armrest was some paint from kragen auto parts.
it was to fill in paint scratches when keyyed..one side is a ballpoint and other side is brush..thats the side i used i also bought roma red...any red will do......

 

I had the same problem and I used Lexol leather cleaner on my shiftboot. Followed up with their leather conditioner. Chances are it's just dirty and it'll come off easily. Mine looked dark red and gross. Took the cleaner to it and it looked 100times better than it did before. Hope this helps.

 

Did the same thing with the same great results... Lexol is great stuff