Interior leather reconditioning - Is this beyond repair?

[Bahnbrenner]

Hi everyone,

I recently took delivery of an E46 M3 with an Imola red interior. The interior of the car doesn't seem to have ever been abused, but it also doesn't seem to have been property cared for. As a result, the leather is cardboard stiff and faded. Here are a couple of photos....

http://s21.postimg.org/ih7iwugk7/IMG_4344.jpg
http://s13.postimg.org/dfp931own/image1.jpg

Is this beyond what leatherique can recondition? Even if leatherique would work, I'd have a hard time parking it in the hot sun since I live in Seattle. Any advice on how I can bring this interior back to life?

Thank you!

[Beanstock]

Hi,

I would suggest you use a leather cleaner to first clean the leather seats and then condition them with a leather conditioner. This for sure would bring back the original glow. If you need some help finding a good leather conditioner this website: Best Leather Conditioners (http://bestleatherconditioner.net) contains some great reviews. It also contains a great article on how to clean and condition leather car seats that might be helpful.

I hope this helps!

[Texchappy]

I've had great luck with the leather doctor stuff sold by Roger Koh.