What to use to protect Tesla White seats?

[MStarmer]

Wife's impatiently waiting for the arrival of her Tesla Model 3 with WHITE seats. Looking for a product to immediately treat/seal/protect these before staining happens!

Anyone feel free to chime in!

[Mike Phillips]

Really nice seat covers.

Seriously.


Really nice seat covers.


Unless you're UBER CAREFUL - there probably is not a 100% fail-safe "liquid" you can apply ONTO the leather that will prevent all accidents.


I have lowly, simply cloth seats in my HRV and I wanted to protect them simply for future re-sale or trade-in value and I put nice seat covers on them.

[Rsurfer]

I agree with you to some degree, Mike. Yes, seat covers will protect and help with resale, but I want the looks and feel of real leather seats that I paid for and want to enjoy.

I have an expensive leather recliner that I would never consider covering with a seat cover.

To the OP. Just tried Car Pro's new leather protectant and so far so good.

Darkens slightly, but it should not show on white. Can't vouch for the durability, but I hope at a 100 bucks a bottle it won't fail.

[dwaleke]

Tesla does not use real leather for their seats. They moved to a leather-free vegan interior a couple years ago.

Not sure how much that matters as it relates to protection. And you do not get the same "feel" out of these seats as leather (or plastic coated leather).

I wipe mine down with Meguiar's QID.

[bob m]

I agree with you to some degree, Mike. Yes, seat covers will protect and help with resale, but I want the looks and feel of real leather seats that I paid for and want to enjoy.

I have an expensive leather recliner that I would never consider covering with a seat cover.

To the OP. Just tried Car Pro's new leather protectant and so far so good.

Darkens slightly, but it should not show on white. Can't vouch for the durability, but I hope at a 100 bucks a bottle it won't fail.

I'm with you on the seat covers. Just takes away the look and feel of the car. Now, if it's true as @dwalake mentioned (and no reason not to believe that) it makes caring for them even easier. I would use a "leather" coating and call it a day.

[PaulMys]

Funny that this thread was posted today......

I work at a Ford dealer as a driver/lot maintenance guy. I was putting new arrivals into stock today as a salesman was showing a young couple a new '21 Explorer. The woman was really excited about this blue XLT until she opened the door and saw that it had very light-colored seats. (Not pure white, but close.) Her exact words were: "Nope. Those seats will look dirty in a week."

[Bruno Soares]

I’ve heard that those white Tesla seats actually hold up pretty well. People say they clean up easily.

[The Guz]

These are not sold here but colourlock is the way to go. Mild Leather Cleaner and Leather Shield since it is new.

[dgage]

These are not sold here but colourlock is the way to go. Mild Leather Cleaner and Leather Shield since it is new.

The Guz, correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t you also test CQuartz Leather 2.0?

[PearTree]

Tesla doesn’t use real leather, it’s a TPU aka soft plastic material. I would treat it like you would your dash or any other plastic. Someone mentioned colourlock, they have specific cleaners and protection for artificial leather as they call it if you want to go that route.