Roger350
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I found a very reliable source close to Ford that answered some questions I had about the King Ranch Interior, so here is what I've got:
The Leather does have a light topcoat on it like most automotive grade leather, so it should not be as big of a chore to maintain as the original early model King Ranch trucks that used aniline died uncoated leather that required frequent cleaning and conditioning. Any automotive grade leather cleaning and conditioning products will work well on the King Ranch seats. I believe this type of leather has been used in the KR trucks since about 2012, or so, so someone like Bob can probably confirm how well the current leather holds up, and what products if any they used to keep them looking good.
The real Sapelle wood trim also has a matte / semi-gloss topcoat as well, so no oil needs to be applied to keep it looking good. It really looked like an oil finish in person, so I wondered if we needed to keep it oiled so it wouldn't dry out.
Finally, I got confirmation that the Max Recline Seats come both with and without the massage function. So for people like me that ordered a 600A Base King Ranch with the Max Recline Seats, our seats will not have the multi-contour massage function. Kind of bummed, but not that surprised.
The KR 601A and up will have the massage function in their Max Recline Seats.
Most of these things are questions no one else probably would have cared much to ask, so I know they are not particularly useful to the forum, but I thought I'd pass them along anyway.
Cheers!
The Leather does have a light topcoat on it like most automotive grade leather, so it should not be as big of a chore to maintain as the original early model King Ranch trucks that used aniline died uncoated leather that required frequent cleaning and conditioning. Any automotive grade leather cleaning and conditioning products will work well on the King Ranch seats. I believe this type of leather has been used in the KR trucks since about 2012, or so, so someone like Bob can probably confirm how well the current leather holds up, and what products if any they used to keep them looking good.
The real Sapelle wood trim also has a matte / semi-gloss topcoat as well, so no oil needs to be applied to keep it looking good. It really looked like an oil finish in person, so I wondered if we needed to keep it oiled so it wouldn't dry out.
Finally, I got confirmation that the Max Recline Seats come both with and without the massage function. So for people like me that ordered a 600A Base King Ranch with the Max Recline Seats, our seats will not have the multi-contour massage function. Kind of bummed, but not that surprised.
The KR 601A and up will have the massage function in their Max Recline Seats.
Most of these things are questions no one else probably would have cared much to ask, so I know they are not particularly useful to the forum, but I thought I'd pass them along anyway.
Cheers!
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