[shadab.ashraf56]

This is 2 weeks old 40i msport with vernesca cognac leather with 500 miles on it. It has creases on the contours of the driver seat specifically at any corners and at thigh rest the perforated leather feels dry and rough Feels like it will start to break in near future.

Any one experienced this on their driver seat, rear seat has some wrinkles and i have stopped bothering about them but this driver seat was fine at delivery.

Any leather care product i should use to make leather soft and avoid breaks at crease, this is too early for thinking about these stuffs my 3 year old red dakota leather seats still looks like new.

[john1200c]

Originally Posted by shadab.ashraf56

This is 2 weeks old 40i msport with vernesca cognac leather with 500 miles on it. It has creases on the contours of the driver seat specifically at any corners and at thigh rest the perforated leather feels dry and rough Feels like it will start to break in near future.

Any one experienced this on their driver seat, rear seat has some wrinkles and i have stopped bothering about them but this driver seat was fine at delivery.

Any leather care product i should use to make leather soft and avoid breaks at crease, this is too early for thinking about these stuffs my 3 year old red dakota leather seats still looks like new.

Do you have a picture?

[shadab.ashraf56]

Originally Posted by john1200c

Do you have a picture?

There are creases on the left side of the seat and that perforated leather near thigh looks dry and brittle. Some crease on corners of back rest too.

[shadab.ashraf56]

Originally Posted by shadab.ashraf56

There are creases on the left side of the seat and that perforated leather near thigh looks dry and brittle. Some crease on corners of back rest too.

Pics

[shadab.ashraf56]

Originally Posted by shadab.ashraf56

Pics

First pic with the crease bothers me a lot is it normal any product to fix that.

[Auricom]

The last two creases are normal when you have 456 Multi-contour seating upper backrest adjusted fully forward. Leather is going to naturally crease when it's bent and held in that position in addition to becoming more prominent overtime when you sit or apply weight to it.












If your rear seats looked like mine when it was delivered I could image some table flipping meme occurring... so tempted to necroposting our forum's favorite thread.

[Busa Dave]

Every animal (breed) is different. In addition, the specific manner in which the hide was tanned and what specific part of the animal the hide that makes up up the part of the seating panel came from is important.

Just something to consider.

[stockli81]

not to mention how large you are... My father is quite pissed as my uncle seemingly deflated his outer passenger side thigh support to be near flat

[shadab.ashraf56]

Originally Posted by Auricom

The last two creases are normal when you have 456 Multi-contour seating upper backrest adjusted fully forward. Leather is going to naturally crease when it's bent and held in that position in addition to becoming more prominent overtime when you sit or apply weight to it.


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If your rear seats looked like mine when it was delivered I could image some table flipping meme occurring... so tempted to necroposting our forum's favorite thread.


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Rear seats have some creases but it is less than what you have here. I never see them anyways so I am good with that. Can i do something about the crease in the first pic any leather care product which might help.

[shadab.ashraf56]

Originally Posted by stockli81

not to mention how large you are... My father is quite pissed as my uncle seemingly deflated his outer passenger side thigh support to be near flat

I am not large enough to span the whole area with my butt, but i realized when i am exiting the vehicle i am rubbing that part. Can i do something to make it stretched as it was earlier ?

[Auricom]

Originally Posted by shadab.ashraf56

Rear seats have some creases but it is less than what you have here. I never see them anyways so I am good with that. Can i do something about the crease in the first pic any leather care product which might help.

Not sure if you can minimize the crease in the first pic except perhaps apply leather conditioner but since Vernasca has a synthetic polymer paint coat, using conditioners that are designed to "soak" into leather isn't much use.

I'm close to 7K miles on mine and have similar creases there. I'll remind myself to take pics.

For leather care, Sonax comes highly recommended:
https://www.autogeek.net/sonax-premium-leather-kit.html

Including BMW Pure Care for leather:
https://g05.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1745257

[luckylingy]

I have similar (very modest) creasing on Merino leather, albeit at 32,000 miles after 2+ years (and I’m 270 lbs). I use Leatherique products to keep the leather supple and matte.

[FCX5]

Originally Posted by luckylingy

I have similar (very modest) creasing on Merino leather, albeit at 32,000 miles after 2+ years (and I'm 270 lbs). I use Leatherique products to keep the leather supple and matte.

Mine is more pronounced in that it is similar creases but more towards the front of the seat. More than the weight, it might be how one gets in and out of the seat probably matters more.

I think creases on leather is normal.

[shadab.ashraf56]

Originally Posted by FCX5

Mine is more pronounced in that it is similar creases but more towards the front of the seat. More than the weight, it might be how one gets in and out of the seat probably matters more.

I think creases on leather is normal.

Yes i think i am sitting on the side bolster while coming out of vehicle. I tend to do that to avoid stepping on rockers . This is my first suv so it might be the height, i am 5 feet 11 inches though. My 2018 4 series here shows less age than this 3 weeks old x5 😫.
I should have gone with merino, only reason i went with vernesca because I thought it to be more durable. Will try sonax or lethreque conditioning as leather feels a bit dry to me.

[Chapel Hill]

Originally Posted by shadab.ashraf56

Yes i think i am sitting on the side bolster while coming out of vehicle. I tend to do that to avoid stepping on rockers . This is my first suv so it might be the height, i am 5 feet 11 inches though. My 2018 4 series here shows less age than this 3 weeks old x5 😫.
I should have gone with marino, only reason i went with vernesca because I thought it to be more durable. Will try sonax or lethreque conditioning as leather feels a bit dry to me.

I had the same exact problem on my new X5. I bought it with the side steps which absolutely sucked. The steps made it very difficult to get out of the vehicle. The bolsters were wrinkled pretty bad after the first 100 miles because I kind of had to roll and then launch myself out of the vehicle to avoid the side steps.

One of the reasons I told my wife that I had to sell our X5 after only owning it new for 8 months was that I couldn't stand the side steps anymore.

[shadab.ashraf56]

Originally Posted by Chapel Hill

I had the same exact problem on my new X5. I bought it with the side steps which absolutely sucked. The steps made it very difficult to get out of the vehicle. The bolsters were wrinkled pretty bad after the first 100 miles.

One of the reasons I told my wife that I had to sell our X5 after only owning it new for 8 months was that I couldn't stand the side steps anymore.

Wow is it that bad, i tend to keep my cars for 4 to 5 years. I am getting ppf done tomorrow so i will try not to step on it anymore rather step on door sills. so much for luxury 😂

[luckylingy]

Another product I applied to the seats when new was CarPro leather coating, which (on the face of it so far) appears to be preventing any discoloration and making clean-up much easier and more effective. Even though my interior is Coffee, it still exhibits dye transfer from blue/black jeans over time. Leather Masters dye transfer cleaner removes it immediately and with little effort.