Cracking leather on drivers seat advise

[hewittinspain]

Hi. My Leon FR 2015 has half leather seats, it's the sides of the seat and headrest that is leather and the main part is like a suede type material. I think they were an upgrade when the car was new.
Anyway the drivers part where I sit on the right strip of leather (next to the upper part of my leg) has started to crack but as yet has not split.
What can I do inexpensively to try and not make this worse? Is there a special wax or something that can maybe soften the leather and preserve it? If I don't do anything then in a few months it will start to split then get worse

 

[bruceR]

Loads of leather care creams and polishes on the market - depends on your budget.
Watch a few YouTube videos of car detainees tackling this sort of thing and give it a bash.
Sounds like your leather is drying out which will only get worse with time.


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[SRGTD]

@hewittinspain; Page 29 of brochure at the link below is from 2015 (same year as your car) suggests the seat side bolsters on the optional alcanata seats in the mk3 Leon FR are simulated leather (i.e. vinyl) and not real leather. I don’t think applying a leather care cream to vinyl would help to prevent it splitting. It might be worth speaking to a car upholstery re-trimmer who could replace the cracked section of the bolster with new vinyl, matched to the existing vinyl. An upholstery trimmer would also be able to advise if it would be possible to patch the cracked area - glueing a vinyl patch on the reverse side of the crack so it can’t be seen, which would strengthen the damaged area and close up the edges of the crack together. My preference would be to replace the damaged section.

https://seatmedia.co.uk/assets/documents/original/30020-20324817354e220f31db34.pdf

Screenshot below of the relevant page from the brochure;

 

[Mr Pig]

Yeah, it's not real leather. The cloth backing is probably quite tough though so I'd be tempted to leave it, could be a long time before it actually cracks.

Or what you could do is take the cover off and glue a strengthening piece on the back?