Leather fading question.

[PJF]

I have a 99' with the grey interior. The wheel leather coloring has faded where you would typically place your hands. Has anyone had any luck re-dying this. The wheel leather is in great shape other than the fading. It just looks bad with the color mostly gone in a couple places. Any suggestions would be geatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Pat

[Danyol]

Have you tried using a good leather cleaner as a 1st step? I use a products by Lexol on the leather, the cleaner first then conditioner after drying. The oils and sweat from the skin affect the leather and the dye, cleaning may make the color much more acceptable.

My sister-inlaw owns a restoration business I've seen her make a wheel look new using spray on dyes. It will likely cost less than a couple of hundred bucks to have the color matched and restored on the the few areas looking discolored. Lexol is one of the products she uses for cleaning and conditioning.

I would definately try cleaning it first.