Interior Wear

[BadApple]

Just wondered overall, how well cerbera interior's seem to wear? The interior's look stunning, but does the leather deteriarate that much? Especially talking about the older cars?

[GCerbera]

I guess that all depends on the owners over the years.

Mine is an early car and really only seems to have one
small mark on the leather where the stitching has separated but not torn.

If you think about the angle you have to get in and out,
it does of course put far more strain on the seams than in most cars,
so in my view they are quite hardy, although others
might disagree.

Go create some weather...
Graham
TCR The Cerbera Register

www.TVR-Cerbera.com

[K1 CERB]

Mine's a 1997, with 25k under it's belt & the leather is still in generally V good nick. When I was looking to buy a Cerb, I noticed some with worn printing on the Steering wheel buttons and also the padding in the central 'reservation' was going soft. I think like all leather, it needs treating/cleaining regularly & since I've had mine, I have used Auto glym 2 or 3 times, which gives it back a lot of lustre.
K1 CERB

[beemer]

On my '99 4.5 with 26,000 miles, the seats are all fine, but the central arm rest has sunk considerably (guess it wouldn't be too hard to get this re-stuffed). I have lost the paint off the steering wheel buttons (not bothered by this though), and have all the usual problems with glue not gluing (round the gear shift gaiter hole, lower edge of the "flying buttress" centre console...

...and the most annoying squeak in the universe, emanating from somewhere behind one of the rear seats!

cheers
sean

[rocket]

I have a 1998 with 30k miles on it. The interior is still in beautiful condition, the leather is clean and unscuffed, and the carpets come up a treat after an annual scrub with Autoglym stuff. I have seen some cars with a lot less miles which look awful.

Neil

[p7ulg]

Had a 1998 Cerbera which had a scuffed driver seat when I got it. After about a year a small slit appeared in the seat and I had it sent back to the factory,cost about £90 to repair to remedy both.The centre console was also developing an indent.I think the scufffed seat was purely down to the positioning of the seat by the previous owner.

[yg649]

I'm with Rocket and K1_CERB re: the Autoglym. I've gone through the process of twisting in and around the back seats a couple of times to clean and polish all the "leather". Definitely seems to do the trick - no obvious signs of drying out etc.

Regarding re-stuffing the arm rest above the transmission tunnel - has anyone done this ? Advisable, or merely as a cosmetic ?

[j_s_g]

When I got mine, the previous owner had scuffed the side of the driver's seat, and had got a couple of small cigarette scorch marks on it too.

While it was just in for its service, I got them to call a leather specialist out to take a look at it. £75 to get both the burns and scuffing out of the seat. You can't tell a cigarette ever even went near it, and you've got to get REALLY close to tell there was scuffing. Really pleased with the job done. Wouldn't mind a bit more stuffing in the arm-rest, though... If anyone's tried this, some feedback would be great.

Incidentally, my car has no ashtray - beneath the cigarette lighter is just smooth leather. Anyone elses the same?