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Seans Mr Anal about car cleaning, a good wet vac should get them clean, mine looked fantastic after going over with a Vax but the gunge coming out was like gravy yuk!

Gliptone leather cleaner & conditioner (2 products) worked on mine. It was so bad that they didn't think anything would clean it.
Used a friend whos a valeter to do my carpets.

Another vote for Liquid Leather. I took my seats out and cleaned them in the lounge over an evening each and the difference was amazing. It's supposed to smell like leather as well but it doesn't. It's leather-esque but just weird, but fortunately not that offensive and it fades after a couple of weeks.

They also do a scuff repair kit in various colours including linen which is worth having, and their prices are very reasonable. Don't be put off by the terrible website.

Carpet is just carpet and you know how to clean that I presume? It's easier when the seats are out.

Last thing; if your driver's backrest bolster is starting to wear but isn't too far gone then swap the seat backs over between the seats. Because they have tip-up levers on both sides they are a straight swap so you get the virtually unworn bolster in the high-wear area and the most worn gets virtually no further wear. This is especially useful if you tidy it up with the scuff repair kit as it stops the dye from getting worn off again.

If the bolster is quite bad I had good experience with a vinyl and leather repair kit from Frosts fixing a hole, although that was on a Cobalt blue seat. They include a linen type colour in the kit as well, and again it wasn't dear.

Boot carpet comes out, most of the rest are glued in to some degree. I'd just whip out the front seats (5 socket head screws each seat) and do it like that as yuo then have pretty good access.

I have the same stain in mine and never had a leak. I wonder if it is the glue in fact.

Yup all glued bar the boot. Do not over wet them as the dye in the backing will run & they'll look worse after they dry than they ever did!
Also make sure you flip the rear seats forward as loads of detrious ends up down there!

Gliptone is the stuff to use and works a treat.

Agree with JJ, whilst the seats are out get someone round to deep clean the carpets.

I would remove the carpets and steam clean them. It brings them up like new.