Question on interior wear versus colors and materials
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Burning Brakes
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Racer
Kalahari with napa leather inserts. Seems to hold up great. I have no issues what so ever. I believe the insert is actually micro fiber and it cleans extremely easy with a damp rag.
#23
I have a 2014 kalahari nappa interior, still looks like new. I wear a carbon fiber brace on my left leg which has left some scratches on the front of the seat when I wear shorts. Blue jeans all winter and no staining on the seat. It is my daily driver.
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St. Jude Donor '12
I had an 09 Corvette with the red interior and the driver seat had to be replaced with 2000 miles on it due to premature wear along the bead area next to the door.
I also had a 2013 427 Corvette convertible with the light tan interior. It was stunning in appearance however it showed so much dirt and the dye from my blue jeans was beginning to show up on the upholstery. Same issue with the tan convertible top. It was beautiful but showed every speck of dirt. So....
I have vowed all interior shall be black and any other vert tops shall also be black. My 14 Z51 LRG was black interior and black vert top. My 17 Z06 has black interior. I keep my cars clean but the lighter colors just showed everything dirt/spot wise.
I also had a 2013 427 Corvette convertible with the light tan interior. It was stunning in appearance however it showed so much dirt and the dye from my blue jeans was beginning to show up on the upholstery. Same issue with the tan convertible top. It was beautiful but showed every speck of dirt. So....
I have vowed all interior shall be black and any other vert tops shall also be black. My 14 Z51 LRG was black interior and black vert top. My 17 Z06 has black interior. I keep my cars clean but the lighter colors just showed everything dirt/spot wise.
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Very happy with my light grey interior. 20 months and 9500 miles, no issues. I use 303 Leather Treatment.
Last edited by rmorin1249; 03-15-2017 at 07:18 PM.
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Stains on headrest, seats, 3LT dash, etc.
Did you not see the 12 page and 200+ response thread I started on this last week?
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-warranty.html
So uummm.... yes
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-warranty.html
So uummm.... yes
You guys are killing me! I have my 3LT, Kalahari interior,2015 coupe, since 2014. I never thought to check the tops of my headrests for stains until today. Sure enough the top of the passenger side headrest is rubbing against the headliner. The good news is that in a coupe I can't see the top of the headrest to see if there are black stains, but now in my mind there probably are. Yes I occasionally have to wash the light blue stains from my (dry) jeans from the driver's seat. Thanks to this forum every time i get into my car, I glance at the top of the dash to see if the leather is pulling away. So far it is perfect, but in my mind catastrophe is waiting. Stop giving me things to worry about and let me enjoy driving this beautiful car.
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Avoiding four year-old threads may help.