Long Time Admirer, First Time Owner

Hello everyone, I recently puchased a '07 Z51 coupe and am like a pig in ****. Its like living a dreaming owning a car that was been on your desktop background for 3 years.
Overall the car is amazing, have yet to really push it yet becuase i am still under 500 miles, but there is one aspect I wanted to ask others about that i am not very pleased with.
Does anyone else notice wear already on the side lower portion of their leather seat from getting in and out of the car. I have maybe gotten in and out a bakers dozen times and i am already noticing alittle wear right on the outisde half of the lateral support  of the seat. I am by no means a big guy so its not like i am squeezing it to this car. Its quite the oposite.
So if anyone else has notice the same thing and/or has a remedy please reply back.
Thanks
Rich



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I too have a '07 Z-51 with 3500 miles on it and have the same "wear" on the seats that you describe.  I am a little bigger guy (than you it seems), but I don't think that's the issue here. The lateral support is at an angle that naturally absorbs the initial force whenever one gets in and out of the car regardless of ones size.  I have programmed the seat to move to the highest and farthest position when I turn off the car to try and remedy this, but i'm not sure it helps much and I worry about wearing out the seat motor quicker, but that was my solution.  You could also try and set the lateral support to the widest setting, but I found that to be less comfortable for the way I drive. Look on the bright side, I figure the sooner I wear out the seat covers the easier it is to justify getting custom "jazzed up seats" from an after market specialist. Good Luck. 

Yes i guess my problem would be solved if I sprung for the 3LT but I only got the 1LT. I wasnt spending my money so i wanted to keep it as low as possible but still with everythign i wanted. The car was a law school graduation gift.
What are some good leather conditioners you recomend?
-Rich

Well, the seat wear is a really well know problem, all the more frustrating because the C5s had it and Gm did not correct it.  See what the future holds for you in this thread.
http://www.corvetteforums.com/m_33629/tm.htm