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Old 04-22-2000, 12:47 PM
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Default sport seats in cloth vs. regular seats in leatherette?

it sucks that you can only get the sport seat option in leather or cloth. since the leather is only in the 2.8, i would have to get cloth interior to get the sport seats in my 1.8. i would rather have the leatherette but i like the sport seats. what should i do?
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Default Same issue for me last year.

I ended up finding a leatherette car on a lot so I bought it. Leatherette is nice but I really wish I had heated sport seats.

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Default Re: sport seats in cloth vs. regular seats in leatherette?

Get the regular seats or have cloth. It should be mentioned, that cloth equipped A4s are harder to find than the leatherette ones however, the cloth used on A4s is of a very fine quality and sports seats are "KICK @$$" Seats, stock seats are sometimes to grippy or uncomfortable
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Default Easy...just get cloth sport seats and buy aftermarket leather ($1200)

<p><a href="http://robert.wunderlich.com"><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/AudiWorldPics/2000/sigrpw.jpg"></a>
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Get black -- easier to get Recaro's or Sparco's later !
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Default Ditto

Recently bought onyx leatherette because I just can't stand cloth. I've been trying to figure out why I've been driving like a granny after break-in. I finally figured it out...if I push it too much, I start to slide around in the seat. 90% of the time the standard seats are fine for me, but I won't push the car if I can't stay strapped in place, so you could say I'm missing some of the fun now.
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Check the archives before getting stock seats. They're OK for some, but many claim back pains.
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i love my sport seats even though it's cloth
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Aftermarket leather?
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Default Yes..Classic Soft Trim makes leather trim and seat covers for the A4

...seats retain the side airbag function. Last I heard it was about $1200 installed.<p><a href="http://robert.wunderlich.com"><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/AudiWorldPics/2000/sigrpw.jpg"></a>
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