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      12-21-2012, 04:59 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by skalberti View Post
I'm just curious as to how the leather on the dash holds up with the sun beating on it? I live in the south so our summers are 90's low 100's. I didn't get the full leather because my SA told me he's seen fading and cracking with it. I just didn't want to spend the extra cash and have to forever soak my dash with conditioner and hope that the sun doesn't dry it out. I do love my multi contour seats. They're are a lot larger than the sport seats. I'm sure that's why they're not offered for the X3. The underneath of my seats are loaded with motors and wires. Plus its seems to be a little wider than the sports.
After 52,000 miles and only 30 months the leather dash on my M5 was shrinking to the point that you could see the backing material around the defrost vents and the HUD. BMW covered the replacement of the entire dash($7000 just for parts). For this reason I opted not to get the full leather in my X5. I do wish that I had the Alcantera head liner in the X5 though.
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