Is this Cardinal Red interior?

[KIRIEIW]

I just found this post ,I bought a mid 86 325es and have wondered about the color being so far off to my eye from Cardinal red ,but I had somewhat excepted the theory that the interior had just faded over time but the rear seat has hardly ever been used and even under the edges it is the same darker color,a darker more brownish color make more sense...I just looked at the site with all of the interior samples ,what I noticed is the samples for Cardinal red seem to vary from year to year it may be possible that Cardinal red color varied .

Like posted earlier, just punch in the last 7 on your VIN and see what color interior is posted under the specs for your car. If it comes up with any other color then red however, then your interior was swapped out at one point.

[Mr. Tasty]

This is for sure Taurusrot/Ox. Cardinal red is more of any eye sore and looks artificial. Taurusrot is much more classy and toned down.

[1843lamp]

I completely agree ,very glad it is not bright red .I just checked the vin site my car is listed as having cardinalrot interior code 0256 the interior is original and very similar in color to the earlier posted photos the seat stitching is red as well.also it is listed as an "IS" model not ES.I took out the rear seat to check it for fading it is a consistent brown ish darker red even on the undersides it seems to be a mix of cardinalrot and oxblood ,very confusing but the vin check says cardinalrot.i just noticed that there are two different numbers for Cardinal red listed in the upholstery color chart ,maybe two different versions of Cardinal red.

[Kershaw]

Spray your interior down with Lexol Leather Cleaner and then Conditioner. It'll change the faded look and brings back quite a bit of the original color.

You should be doing that every few weeks unless you want huge rips and cracks in your interior 4 years down the road. :-(

[Das Delfin]

my car was originally cardinal but the door panels and seats were painted black. When I redid the upholstery I noticed the underside of the original leather was a dark red, but when I took off the door armrest, the part of the door panel which hadn't been painted was bright red. It seems the color fades over time

[1843lamp]

I am planning to restore my seats in the summer,including reconditioning using one of several redye ones available ,I hear lexol is not one of the better conditioners to use ,one can spend several hours on the internet just investigating how to restore and preserve leather seats.

[Kershaw]

And find a lot of conflicting opinions. I found there were 5-6 leather conditioners being talked about a lot and when I went to advance auto, lexol was on sale. Bam, decision made. Hah.

[15Michaeljoseph]

Lexol has served my car pretty well... Maybe Griots has a 'higher quality' product?

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