Originally Posted by MPLexus301

Big thanks to Chris from Glimmer Glass for the leatherique, and our own detailing forum for the help and technique! I was really surprised at just how much of a difference the leatherique makes because about half way through I started to have my doubts. I think the best two things about the product are 1) how soft it leaves your leather (feels like new, honestly) and 2) how well it pulls dirt and impurities off the surface. I thought that I kept my leather quite clean with the Lexus brand leather products, but I was truly shocked at how much "stuff" came off my leather.

These were the towels when I was finished:





Misc. "after" pics. Hard to tell the difference in the leather in some of them, but I think the best indicator is the even color of the leather. It's brighter, softer, and has a more even tone now.















Overall I was very, very happy with the leatherique and highly recommend it. The best thing is how even the color of the leather is afterwards. I guess you wouldn't notice the difference as much with black leather, but even on saddle which isn't as light as some others, I didn't notice how there were certain parts of my seats which were more gray than others from dirt, dust, perspiration, etc over time. Another thing is that almost nobody has ever sat in my back seats and I have always noticed that they just have a better color to them than the front ones, but after using leatherique and pulling all the impurities off my front seats, everything is the same, even, rich saddle color. The leather on my front seats had also hardened somewhat moreso than the rear seats, due to the fact that they get more UV exposure because the windshield isn't tinted. Now they are just as soft as the back ones.

Originally Posted by Kyle Harty

Looks great, do you know if your Sport Design leather is semi-aniline (coated) like "normal" GS leather? I've never been able to get a solid answer on whether the leatherique works well on coated leather like the GS has, it theoretically wouldn't penetrate well. I'd love to do mine if I was confident that it would work.

Originally Posted by MPLexus301

I did the entire process over about two days. The first day I put on three different coats of the Rejuvenator Oil because my seats were absorbing it so quickly.

The second day I used as much Pristine Clean as it took to get all of the dirt off my seats...probably about 2-3 coats for each front seat, and only one for the rear.

I don't know if the Sport Design has a different leather than other GSs, but to my knowledge it does not. I have always used the Lexus branded leather products and have been pretty happy. I used Lexol on some of my other cars and wasn't really that pleased with the long term results.

Leatherique blows them both away. It picks up more dirt and leaves the leather looking and feeling like brand new.