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Anyone get this knobby, lint-like wear on alcantara seats?

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Old 02-21-2008, 09:44 AM
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Default Anyone get this knobby, lint-like wear on alcantara seats?

like it's being work away into little clumps of fabric on the surface? If so, what do you suppose I should do about this situation?
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stop farting so much.
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Pilling is normal on Alcantara. Search the B5 forum for "shaving" it.
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there's a write-up on it posted here in the tech section.
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which is one of a couple reasons why I didn't choose it
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Nope.
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Normal. As below, just use sweater shaver. Will look like new.
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