Is this a problem in all M3/M4's? (Seat Wearing out)

[M4LAKA]

I'm getting it Too!
I have SO interior aswell

[italy3541]

So I guess that confirms it. The SO interior shows wear much faster than the other colors.

[dclowd9901]

4k miles and not a smidge of wear.

[Brady1984]

Originally Posted by 0-100 real quick

I'm scared of this as well since I have a lot of True Religion jeans. I try to be carful every time I get in and out of the car.

I wear a-lot of JNCO, Pure Playaz and Jupe jeans. My girl is always rocking her Apple Bottom and Baby Phat's. Should I take precautions?

[NorCal f80]

Originally Posted by Brady1984

I wear a-lot of JNCO, Pure Playaz and Jupe jeans. My girl is always rocking her Apple Bottom and Baby Phat's. Should I take precautions?

Ahhhhhhhhh JNCO. Middle school days!

[Wei718]

Originally Posted by dclowd9901

4k miles and not a smidge of wear.

Does it look anything like mines? Pictures on previous page

[dclowd9901]

Originally Posted by Wei718

Does it look anything like mines? Pictures on previous page

Yeah a little bit. But that's not bad. Leather gets creased. It's like wrinkles in your face: it only looks bad when you don't moisturize

[dmk08]

Originally Posted by MFNATIK

I'd like to see/know the weight of this owner. That is more telling than anything else IMO.

Im 6'7" 275 and my SO seats are fine. Big people hater!

[BD SM3RF]

Originally Posted by 3er

Wait, so you're telling me that I can't wear my pants in this car?!



I hope that I can at least wear my driving shoes...

Yea your gonna have to give those up. Maybe BMW can just issue a latex body suit to all SO Leather owners with matching driving gloves. Problem solved?

[Mik3ymomo]

Originally Posted by gblansten

Did all of the other people happen to also have teething Jack Russell terriers?

It happens...

[JoeFromPA]

For those who are saying this is a leather care issue:

These cars haven't been out long enough for the leather to dry out. These are people reporting wear at 3000-4000 miles and maybe 3-4 months of total use.

This is not a leather care issue, it's a leather manufacturing issue in some cases.

I have personally seen SO wear much faster than any leather I've ever seen, including the famous caramel interior of the e39 m5 which would fade and crack unless you hosed it down with conditioner every day and unless you used a forklift to lift your ass into and out of the seat.

SO, with the occasional rare extra unique person, is going to have significant wear at 50,000 miles on 90% of models.

[brianeck]

Originally Posted by JoeFromPA

For those who are saying this is a leather care issue:

These cars haven't been out long enough for the leather to dry out. These are people reporting wear at 3000-4000 miles and maybe 3-4 months of total use.

This is not a leather care issue, it's a leather manufacturing issue in some cases.

I have personally seen SO wear much faster than any leather I've ever seen, including the famous caramel interior of the e39 m5 which would fade and crack unless you hosed it down with conditioner every day and unless you used a forklift to lift your ass into and out of the seat.

SO, with the occasional rare extra unique person, is going to have significant wear at 50,000 miles on 90% of models.

After seeing the wear and fade of the center of the seat in some of the pictures added in before I do agree that the dye/leather paint may be a bit weak. I still stand by my initial statement that the first set of pics in the thread are misuse/abuse though!

1500 miles and my Amaro Brown has held up perfectly. . . I think I'm definitely one of very few who can comment on its wear over time so I'll be happy to weigh in as it continues to experience my butt on top of it.

[italy3541]

Originally Posted by brianeck

After seeing the wear and fade of the center of the seat in some of the pictures added in before I do agree that the dye/leather paint may be a bit weak. I still stand by my initial statement that the first set of pics in the thread are misuse/abuse though!

1500 miles and my Amaro Brown has held up perfectly. . . I think I'm definitely one of very few who can comment on its wear over time so I'll be happy to weigh in as it continues to experience my butt on top of it.

From what I have seen/read from others is just seems to be the SO interior that shows the most wear. The other colors seem to hold up much better.

I agree that whoevers car is in the first pics there is some abuse going on in some form. But there have been a lot of other people with the SO that have said they have similar wear as that. Not as bad but similar.

[Damasconian]

Originally Posted by ChesterM2

Steve Sutcliffe test car leather maybe?
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Seriously though no, it will take some bad misuse to make the seat that worn after 4000k. I'm on my 7th BMW currently pretty much all leather recently and taken some to 90,000 with very tidy looking seats.

Even IF mine did look like that at anything under 30,000 I'd asking for a replacement from the dealer under warranty.

That is a stout and beefy picture of ole SS.

[MFNATIK]

Originally Posted by dmk08

Im 6'7" 275 and my SO seats are fine. Big people hater!

LOL! Not hating on big people but you know weight is very telling in seat bolster wear. You sound more like you're very tall and not that wide so that is different. Imagine a 5'9" 275lb person in those sport seats and you know what I'm talking about hahah.

[GlobalScientist]

I have similar leather on another car and I use Meguiar or Mothers leather conditioner. Leather still looks like new after 5 years. If the leather gets too brittle, the color will start coming off, especially in the area where you enter the car. I add extra conditioner on that side of the seat.

[rutiger]

that's user error. i have 3k miles on mine seats look perfect. i see cars with worn seats, door/interior fixtures, etc. some people are just rough as shit on things. or big fatties crushing the seat on ingress/egress.

[Wei718]

I better go lose some weight before I tear a hole on my seat. Lol

[MFNATIK]

Many years ago I learned how to properly ingress/egress out of a friend's Ferrari Testarosa and ever since then, none of my BMW seats have had major wear on the side bolsters due to using proper technique.

1. face out towards the outside
2. butt leading into the car, slightly bending
3. plop down, turn body towards front of car and pull legs over the door sill and into the car

[JoeFromPA]

I'll just throw out there that in my case, the way I position it, I always have the steering wheel ALL the way out (i.e. closest to seat) when I drive. So unless I put my steering wheel all the way in, or put the seat all the way back, there's not alot of room to get in/out without rubbing the bolster.

Which is fine. I enjoy some good bolster rubbing. Mmm.

[Kidscollege$]

The bedazzled asses are not the only thing that will hurt the leather! I have messed mine up with my leather belt on the back of the seat!

I had to lift my butt off the seat one time because a french fry or cell phone or something fell between my legs...upon coming back down onto the seat, I felt/heard this weird "rub". Upon getting out, the seat leather was roughed up from my leather belt as the two leathers did not want to slid on each other... just messed the seat leather up... similar to lesser distressed area in OP's pics.

[Drizz]

Originally Posted by Brady1984

I wear a-lot of JNCO, Pure Playaz and Jupe jeans. My girl is always rocking her Apple Bottom and Baby Phat's. Should I take precautions?

Hahahaha