blade74
Member Since: 15 Feb 2010
Location: Sydney
Posts: 57
  
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I was offered alot of treatments and protections when i ordered my new car and believe most of them to be way to expensive and probably not worth it.
What is the best way to care for the leather in the Disco 4 especially the dash leather that will cop alot of sun and may fade/crack.
What do other people use and recommend?
Cheers
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 14th Mar 2010 11:55 am |
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mzplcg
Member Since: 23 Jun 2009
Location: Gone
Posts: 1087
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Gliptone or Zymol for me. Poorboys also make a nice smelling one.
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| 14th Mar 2010 12:22 pm |
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Supercharged
Member Since: 07 Oct 2006
Location: Northants
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Live in England - no problem with the sun cracking the dash here  Paul
D4 HSE Zermatt Silver / Ebony
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| 14th Mar 2010 12:22 pm |
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The Transformer
Member Since: 22 Jan 2010
Location: Leicestershire
Posts: 1791
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Zaino or Swissvax 
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| 14th Mar 2010 12:24 pm |
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mik
Member Since: 08 Feb 2010
Location: Skoatland
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Gliptone for me too. Nice & cheap. Kept the leather on our old 944S2 looking perfect.
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| 14th Mar 2010 3:25 pm |
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chrisc
Member Since: 18 Oct 2009
Location: Staffordshire
Posts: 362
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I have a bottle of leather polish that I buy from Saab,(when I had one with leather) unfortunately my s d3 model doesn't have leather but works on the plastic and smells nice too
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| 26th Mar 2010 6:12 pm |
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blade74
Member Since: 15 Feb 2010
Location: Sydney
Posts: 57
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Thanks guys.
I will have a look at the local shop and see which ones are available.
Now it's time to wait till July until my new girl arrives. I hope it doesn't blow out into August 
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| 27th Mar 2010 12:11 am |
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addicted to nurburgring
Member Since: 30 Sep 2009
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 139
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Many detailers etc in the UK are moving the this companies products http://www.lttsolutions.net/
These guys dismiss all the talk from other so called leather car product manufacturers that you need to "feed" leather! Current:
2014 RRS 3.0 HSE
Porsche 997 GT3
BMW 118d SE
Past:
D4 HSE 3.0 TDV6 Auto
D3 HSE 2.7 TDV6 Auto
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| 31st Mar 2010 8:45 pm |
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koen_dr
Member Since: 23 Mar 2010
Location: Zoersel
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I use products from Chemical Guys, they smell and work nice and they keep going for a longer time than most other stuff I tried before... And I'm quite the OCD detailer... (GF goes nuts when she sees me walking up to my boxes with all the stuff... Here he goes for a couple of hours  )
The products from Chemical Guys get the from me!
For the exterior as well, if you want some good advice on what to get, buy some Jetseal 109 and you'll never stop  ing in the summer... Moves on and off with ease and it last for ages, never came across something so good and easy before... And if you want to take it all out like me, you should first use a washmitt + cirtuswash, then vertua bond and then Jetseal 109 and if your as nuts as me then some 50/50 wax to go over the top and have the nicest car wherever you park 2015 Discovery SDV6 HSE Fuji White with Black pack
Old:2010 LR4 Discovery 3.0TDV6 HSE Full Spec
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| 1st Apr 2010 1:06 pm |
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GlosBoy
Member Since: 16 Oct 2009
Location: Chandlers Ford
Posts: 2444
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I use Renapar Leather Balsam.
Its horse tack stuff.
Good to keep seats soft
As its meant for saddles etc it keeps water and mud at bay. Stops cracking.
It even hides small scratches after a few applicaitons. D4 HSE - Aintree Green
D4 Orkney my13 - gone
Stornaway D4. Gone, Didn't like it at all
D3 silver manual. Loved my first LR
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| 1st Apr 2010 1:18 pm |
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The Transformer
Member Since: 22 Jan 2010
Location: Leicestershire
Posts: 1791
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addicted to nurburgring wrote:Many detailers etc in the UK are moving the this companies products http://www.lttsolutions.net/
Have seen there stuff in action and is very good, their leather re colouring is excellent too
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| 1st Apr 2010 1:18 pm |
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jkp
Member Since: 16 Sep 2005
Location: Living among Bawbags
Posts: 4528
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I only use LTT products now. Foam cleaner and protect or easy leather for all in one wipe down and protect.
Non greasy like some creams mentioned
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| 1st Apr 2010 1:19 pm |
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marvelaugusts
Member Since: 02 Apr 2010
Location: uk
Posts: 4
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I know something that, Block the sunlight. Whenever you are not driving, or your car is going to be in direct sunlight, place a sun blocker in your windshield.
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