[KevinM]

Looks great, how is the smell? Smell is an important part to leather care, in my opinion.

It is completely natural smelling. After a few days, you won't smell any difference (aside from what is due to the leather being clean).

 

[KevinM]

It looks great! Where did you buy your leatherique products? Do you do both the prestine clean and rejuvenator every 2-3 years? What kind of maintenance do you do in between those periods?

I buy them directly from Leatherique online. Yes, you need to use both - rejuvenator first to condition the leather and draw out impurities and the pristine clean after. Let the rejuvenator soak in as long as you are able. Since the M5 and Z4M coupe are not daily drivers, I let it sit for a week.

I have used a number of different leather products in between Leatherique treatments - Lexol, Maguire's, etc. Recently, I have consolidated a number of products with Griot's Garage. Thus, I use their Leather 3 in 1, because it works for all my cars, even those with coated leather (M2C and Telluride).

In full disclosure, the M5 Heritage leather is premium quality and thus a pain to maintain. The bottom seating surface of my M5's driver's seat has hairline cracks despite my best efforts. I'll probably have it redone at some point. When I bought the car in 2004 I had the driver's side bolster replaced because the previous owner (who had the car for 3 years/19K miles) was not careful with egress into/out of the car. Still, for 20 year old high-quality natural leather, overall I am happy!