Leather Seat Wear

Ah that would make sense. I clean mine with a leather cleaner and conditioner every 3 mos. I use a leather quick detailer every couple of weeks.
My dog rides in the back seats often, and I am a bit OCD on the interior of the truck. I don't like the drool, slobber, and boogers he leaves as gifts.

 

I clean mine with Mothers VLR or 303 Leather 3 in 1 regularly and they look almost new, but I only have 18k miles on my '18.

I also don't slide in or out of the seat.

I hate when passengers slide their asses out of the truck....

 

I work for a professional cleaning/restoration company so I know all those things

The cloth interior in my 2007 ranger looked brand new when I sold her at 165k miles. Hot water extraction and scotch guard every 3-4 months.

 

Haha! I thought I was the only one that hates it. My wife is allowed but nobody else, ha!

When I get out of my truck, I put my hand on the door sill, that way I don’t slide my ass on the seat/bolster at all.

 

I do every other week. Its been raining all day so its probably the lighting with the flash. Once again, this thing is barely 2 months old. .

 

What?

I was trying to help, but whatever.

It just does not look like you clean every other week, or ever. If you use a proper cleaner and apply conditioner then protector you won’t have these issues.

 

Sorry man, shouldn't have bitten back. I took that as "you look like you are mistreating it". Ill change the last post. I baby this truck since it is the first new car I ever have had. (my only other car was the ford exploder that I have had since I was in high school) Me and my girl clean it every other weekend. Using the conditioner her parents use for their Mercedes black interior. Annoyed that I have had the same black fake leather chair for 8 years with no signs of wear and I have a taco for two months and it is already showing signs of significat wear on the seats. For reference, I work in an office and literally have only used the truck as a commuter thus far since covid and the weather mean I havent been able to do much else with it since I got it.

 

No worries man.

Which cleaner are you using to clean? It definitely should not look like that after 2 months, something is wrong here. The leather in the taco is very forgiving, it’s stained and sealed leather.

 

Ill have to look at it when I am back home. I use a cleaner then a conditioner. The conditioner is called gold class I think. It comes in a black spray bottle. To clean any dirt off I use an Armor All leather cleaner first then the conditioner.

 

I will never understand why leather is considered a premium seating surface other than price.

 

Vinyl or Naugahyde.
No Naugas are harmed in the manufacture of Tacoma seats.

 

Easier to clean im guessing? The cloth is more comfortable though IMO. I had no choice because I wanted manual and DCSB.

 

Strange, you are doing all the right things, hm...

 

I try to take care of my stuff too and my last truck (2014 GMC Sierra) had leather and at 50K miles the drivers side bolster had a 1.5 inch hole . I loved the leather but that pissed me off so I wanted cloth this time and that's what I got .

 

You're not alone on this. My 2020 Sport has 6500 miles on her and those little squares are all but gone. I use mothers leather cleaner and conditioner once a month.

Those that said theirs is like new are neither lying or don't have leather.

 

So I am a liar then? Haha!

Im picking up my truck tomorrow, I’ll take a pic of my drivers seat just for you.

 

Yeah... if I had a choice, I would’ve went with cloth. I still like my leather interior though, looks awesome still and I don’t have to wet clean my seats.

 

Haha OK thanks. All I'm saying is we all have the same leather why is yours still looking like new and ours is all worn out?

 

I haven't noticed any wear on mine but I switch cars often and often clean the interiors every other weekend. Like what others stated; I'd use leather cleaner and conditioner (after drying off the cleaner with a clean microfiber towel of course) to keep it soft and plush.

 

Great question. I’m not sure man. I do use commercial cleaners on it, maybe that’s why? Cleaning the right way is extremely important, gotta get all that soil off before conditioning/protecting.

Try your cleaner and a white rag, does your rag stay white or is it dark gray? If it’s dark gray still, need to keep cleaning.