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05-01-2018, 03:52 PM | #1 |
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Discoloration in Alcantara Leather Stripe
I have an E93 M3, and the Alcantara steering wheel that I installed has the blue leather stripe. It is changing color (can post a pic next week if need be). Had anyone else had this happen? Is there a way I can rejuvenate the blue stripe? Maybe a dye?
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If the cleaner doesn't work, I would take it to an auto upholstery shop and have a pro fix it.
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05-02-2018, 09:01 AM | #5 |
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Might sound a little ghetto, but if cleaner doesn't work try a sharpie. Hahaha, not sure what else will bring the color back.
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06-11-2018, 05:25 PM | #6 |
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I've really been thinking about this leather paint because my blue stripe is pretty bad as well.
https://angelusdirect.com/collections/paint It looks like its between blue and light blue tho so may have to experiment. |
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06-11-2018, 06:22 PM | #7 |
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Not ghetto at all.....I did this to mine back in the day and it worked well.....Phil
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06-12-2018, 12:40 AM | #8 |
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Same problem here with my blue strip + subscribed.
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I actually came up with an awesome solution for this. I found light blue acrylic leather paint and painstakingly painted this with a q-tip. Link to the paint below. The color match is perfect; I can post pictures if anyone is interested.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 |
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SC30317 - you da real MVP. Thank's for the tag bud!
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06-17-2018, 10:26 PM | #13 |
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The stripe is basically the thickness of electrical tape, I know you can buy some tape that size in different colors.
Could try just a small strip of tape in the same color or a new one. |
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I use Sonax and love it.
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10-01-2018, 08:33 PM | #17 |
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I'm thinking of ordering the red paint to change the color of my yellow striped steering wheel. It should work since red is a darker color, right?
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10-02-2018, 07:54 AM | #18 |
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Post up pictures when you are done. How does everyone prevent the paint from bleeding onto the alcantara?
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Ordered the leather paint listed below and the girlfriend meticulously repainted the entire stripe with a fine nail brush. Came out great . I will say that it is a little bit darker than the original color.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 |
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