Please help ... OE PART NUMBER FOR LEATHER DIE

[kevin]

Good morning to all!!

Does anyone know the factory color part number for the grey leather die in the Kia Stinger? Have a small spot on my driver side kidney bolster that needs attention. Don’t know if it’s a flaw, or someone at the dealer wiped it with improper cleaning agent. Thanks in advance guys and gals. Love this car still!! I just want to keep it looking mint all the time! I doubt anyone would even notice what I am seeing, but I have extreme!!!! OCD. LOL

 

[westcoastGT]

Good morning to all!!

Does anyone know the factory color part number for the grey leather die in the Kia Stinger? Have a small spot on my driver side kidney bolster that needs attention. Don’t know if it’s a flaw, or someone at the dealer wiped it with improper cleaning agent. Thanks in advance guys and gals. Love this car still!! I just want to keep it looking mint all the time! I doubt anyone would even notice what I am seeing, but I have extreme!!!! OCD. LOL

Kia will replace it , mines on order . There was a whole thread on this issue early last year .

 

[MerlintheMad]

From a fellow OC (not to the point of disorder, I trust), I share the desire to keep the car looking mint. Of course, everything slowly dies. So this quest is doomed if your definition of mint is "perfection". I keep the five to six feet away rule: if it looks good that far away it is good enough. Interiors are a different matter. Up close and personal inspections will reveal encroaching flaws. It's okay, just make them look better. The dye color has a name, not a "part number". I doubt that Kia supplies leather dye. But they also do not create interiors that are unique. That grey has to be common, just like the black is common. I bet you can find a shoe dye that matches and daub it on the spot. Go slow, be certain. (A picture is worth a thousand words.)

 

[kevin]

Thanks guys. And yea, I hear ya. There is nothing wrong with the seat other then that. And I know how dealers are. Filled with little young guys that want to go down the street in your car while smoking the tires!! No thanks, not going there with it! Cause if I take it to them, and learn that someone has taken it for a joy ride... we are gonna have major issues with Kia!!!

 

[MerlintheMad]

we are gonna have major issues with Kia!!!

Kia isn't responsible for who dealerships hire. They can admonish a dealership and pass on complaints received. What else?

 

[westcoastGT]

Thanks guys. And yea, I hear ya. There is nothing wrong with the seat other then that. And I know how dealers are. Filled with little young guys that want to go down the street in your car while smoking the tires!! No thanks, not going there with it! Cause if I take it to them, and learn that someone has taken it for a joy ride... we are gonna have major issues with Kia!!!

you just have to tell them no driving , note your milege , ensure they know you have the mileage ..................I've got the T shirt on this one , dealer dinged the wheel , tore the tire and ripped the steering wheel ....................costly for them as I demanded all be replaced with NEW .