s2ka

You can touch up leather cracks with water based acrylic paint from a craft store. Buy a bottle of black and wipe it on with your finger, let it dry for a couple of minutes, then wipe it with a damp microfiber until the only paint left is in the scratched area. I've tried this on black seats and red seats with good success.




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The perfect match for the OEM red seats is Barn Red by Apple Barrel, available at Walmart for $1. Their black also works great.

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512S2k

Great stuff guys thanks for the info.

On the barn red is that for all years or just AP1 Vs Ap2?

s2ka

I've used it on AP1 and I'm pretty sure the leather color is the same for AP1 and AP2. They sell 2 or 3 shades of red, it's easy to mix if the AP2 color is a little different.

Post some Before & After pics so we can see your results.

phillipfrankreid

I read all the posts on S2KI about this before asking the owner of my upholstery and soft-top shop (Classic Vinyl Repairs, Wilmington NC) today. The owner of this highly-regarded shop, who looks to be around 60, confirmed that all the stuff we wondered about is leather--seat fronts, all of it (not the backs), center console elbow rest, steering wheel, shift boot, door card inserts. Another staffer said most shift boots are leather because vinyl doesn't work as well for that application. This is good info because of course it tells me what maintenance is proper for what.

The parking brake handle is rubber or something similar, with a pattern stamped in it. The door grab handles are some kind of plastic, same thing.