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Talk to me Goose: Alcantara vs Leather. Pros, Cons, which you prefer and why. Thanks.

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Old 02-25-2009, 06:13 PM
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Default Talk to me Goose: Alcantara vs Leather. Pros, Cons, which you prefer and why. Thanks.
Been thinking about swapping interiors for awhile. I already have the AL trim and I love it... wondering if the pros to alcantara are worth the cons.

I won't bias the sample by stating what I think the pros and cons are.
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Default Silver alcantara gets dirty easy...
not good if you sit in them naked and don't wipe good.
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Default Alcantara looks nice....
but will give you a bat wing in the summer...
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Default you stick in your seat better in alcantara (track events)
and it doesn't get hot as **** in the summer
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Default Agreed. Furthermore, your grooming habits may dictate whether your seat
starts to look like it has a beard or not.
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Default like alcantara, just wish we had vented seats for hot FL summer
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Default wow, those seats look brand new!
I wish mine looked like that
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nice shift boot. where did you get it?
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Yeah I though my old seats look nice. These make my seats look old.
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got it from previous owner, have a spare black alcantara boot
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