PSA: Use Vinyl protectants on your Lariat seat bolsters ASAP

[MichaelCA]

ford use cheap vinyl so for Lariat people take note. Clean and use vinyl protectants like Chemical Guys VRP or Carpro Perl on the grey parts on our seats. It’s vinyl, unlike the leather part in the black part on the sides and seat backs. The plasticizer in vinyl will dry out/age from the sun/flexing with us sitting in it. I was a bit neglectful on my Mustang (2016) and the bolsters started to crack. Feel the grey vinyl area around the bolsters/upper part of the seat with your hands and give it a press, it may feel harder/stiffer than say the back seats which don’t get used as much. The stiffening is the plasticizer leaving the material. VRP will keep the plasticizer in and act as a barrier/moisturizer.

I believe in 2024, Ford as an “eco” move changed out the Lariats seats to full “ActiveX” vinyl too…

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[CD4TNF]

Timely. I was just thinking my side arm rest material was starting to get old and stiff feeling. Would the Chemical Guys VRP work for softening and protecting that?

 

[MichaelCA]

Timely. I was just thinking my side arm rest material was starting to get old and stiff feeling. Would the Chemical Guys VRP work for softening and protecting that?

It softened mine a bit. It’s needed regardless to keep it from further degrading. I see that people recommend 303 aerospace protectant as that’s more durable. I just had VRP around. There’s also Koch Top star that I’m also looking at as well.
My Tesla model 3 is older than the lightning but its vinyl is superior and still as soft as new. I hate that ford cheaped out on this

 

[CD4TNF]

Thank you for the confirmation and recommendation! That's the fun of car detailing. There's so many products! Time to buy something new to try out.

 

[MichaelCA]

Thank you for the confirmation and recommendation! That's the fun of car detailing. There's so many products! Time to buy something new to try out.

Koch seems to be the most nourishing so I’ll be getting that.
Also, I did two applications, second one after like a day it seemed to help more.

 

[P-38]

Just making sure I read this right. The black parts of my seat are leather but the gray parts are vinyl?

I have "leather" seats not active x on my 24, part way thru they switched over

 

[MichaelCA]

Just making sure I read this right. The black parts of my seat are leather but the gray parts are vinyl?

I have "leather" seats not active x on my 24, part way thru they switched over

Yep. Black parts of the seat is real leather. rest is vinyl. the center armrest is also vinyl.

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