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2008 IS F Leather - Looks gray?

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Old 04-15-12, 01:20 PM
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Default 2008 IS F Leather - Looks gray?

I bought my car back in January - the exterior is Smokey Granite Mica and they said the interior was black. I take great care of the car and when I've been cleaning and conditioning the leather it appears blueish-gray. Has anyone experienced issues with leather color fading? It's uniform from front to back - should I take this up with the dealer or does anyone have any advice on a cleaner/conditioner that might help? Thanks.
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It's more like a charcoal black, not a midnight black. Enjoy the car.
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It's not black and never will be. It's very dark blue. Scratch it deeply and you'll see what I mean.
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So you are saying that the color is a dark blue?
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Not just saying, I know it for fact.
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Originally Posted by lobuxracer
Not just saying, I know it for fact.
Lol, it's true. You can even see it in the perforation holes.
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I can confirm that its dark blue... if you open up your door on a sunny day, the interior has a shady of dark blue... well there's that and I have scratches on both my driver and passenger seats that are blue from the previous owner :/
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Dark blue it is. Friend just did the door panel scratch repair by a professional fibre guy and I saw they mixed the dark blue for paint
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Thanks for the input, I thought I was going crazy!
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