diy leather seat restore, oem finish?

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bmw9818
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Post Mon May 19, 2014 10:49 pm

looking to diy restore my cracked and faded leatherz,

however what was the Oem finish... and has anyone got any reviews on gloss/semi gloss finishes...

Other options are matt and satin, and semi matt
pacerpete
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Post Tue May 20, 2014 12:20 pm

Factory finish was matt. 25 years of wear /product application/ recolouring mean that most E30 interiors, no matter how 'nice' look nothing like how they left the factory .
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Post Wed May 21, 2014 10:29 pm

I'd go with matt, gloss will look too shiny IMO
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