Alcantara

[GTS Jeff]

What's Alcantara like for seats/steering wheels?

From what I understand, it's a synthetic suede, right? Is it grippy? Feels nice? Does it wear out like regular suede?

[GTS Jeff]

And is it easy to clean?

[jdmsource]

its easy to clean and doesnt wear out very easily , i have a set of recaros in my car and they are awesome man

[20incheyes]

alcantra is very good product for the $$ you spend, it lasts long, looks good and grips your ass to the seat.

[redx2nv]

The only problem is with the lighter colored alacantra(ex red), it wrinkles after time and an be a PITA to remove the wrinkles. Otherwise its great, i love my alacantra seats:thumbsup:

[GTS Jeff]

hm, i hope an alcantara wrapped steering wheel wouldnt wrinkle :(

[hjr]

are there any steering wheels that are wrapped in this magical fabric?

[GTS Jeff]

Originally posted by hjr
are there any steering wheels that are wrapped in this magical fabric? some sparco ones, and i think a couple rally wheels from momo. thats all i know for now.

[buh_buh]

how much is it to buy the fabric?

[Altezza]

You can wrap anything with the material. Alcantara is also used to line/wrap the dash on rally cars to eliminate glare.

[GTS Jeff]

Originally posted by Altezza
You can wrap anything with the material. Alcantara is also used to line/wrap the dash on rally cars to eliminate glare. :eek: teh ricer in me wants to do that :eek:

[A2VR6]

I love Alcantara it's such a beautiful material... heres an example of it used on Project X which was a Jetta coupe... it's on the seats, door panels, dash, steering wheel, pillars, handbrake boot, and shift boot... Really nice IMHO.

http://www.vwvortex.com/artman/uploads/int1.jpeg
http://www.vwvortex.com/artman/uploads/int2.jpeg

[hjr]

where might one find this 'alcantra' and for how much?

[Seanith]

Originally posted by hjr
where might one find this 'alcantra' and for how much?

Yeah can you just go into fabric land for this? :dunno:

[gpomp]

Dude, my seats used to be alcantara.

[Seanith]

Originally posted by gpomp
Dude, my seats used to be alcantara.

Yeah ITR seats :)

[cappachihngo]

fabric land?? :rofl: :rofl:

[Seanith]

Originally posted by cappachihngo
fabric land?? :rofl: :rofl:

You know.. the place your mom works?

[finboy]

^^^

having some seats recovered, does fabric land have it?

[Seanith]

Originally posted by finboy
^^^

having some seats recovered, does fabric land have it?

My Aunt is very high up in fabricland, and i asked her about it and they don't have it. They have something that is very similar, so shes going to bring it over sometime for me to take a look at :)

[cipher]

^^^^^^^^^^^^
get me a job there!!! l:rofl: :rofl:

[Seanith]

Why so you can drape yourself in velvet? I don't think so! :rofl:

[finboy]

sweet, that would be great for my steering wheel and recaro's

[Seanith]

The stuff isn't cheap though, its something like $30 a meter. not bad though. i'm getting a meter of it in black, i'll let you guys know my impressions. :thumbsup:

[finboy]

for the center sections of seats and a steering wheel i wouldn't think more than 3 meters would be needed

[Seanith]

yeah you won't need a ton of it. a meter should be enough to do my armrest and door arm rests..

[Inthered]

tell us how it works out for you!

[bart]

Originally posted by Seanith
The stuff isn't cheap though, its something like $30 a meter. not bad though. i'm getting a meter of it in black, i'll let you guys know my impressions. :thumbsup:

ahah thats expensive?

real alcantara is $130US a yard. (upholstery grade)

[GTS Jeff]

Originally posted by Seanith
The stuff isn't cheap though, its something like $30 a meter. not bad though. i'm getting a meter of it in black, i'll let you guys know my impressions. :thumbsup: where did u get this? and how is it?

[bart]

no no, you want made in italia, not china. :D

[FlySi]

88si preludes have alcantara seats (on the sides)

[RickDaTuner]

ther uesd to be some replica bride brix II seats on ebay that were made out of Alcantra, every one that bought them said they were really nice..

IIRC they were about 300 us for a set

will trya nd find the link

[RickDaTuner]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7945963639&category=33701&sspagename=WDVW

not the seller i was looking for but that is the seat that is being sold...

[Mad$ella]

I got two alcantara seats from www.tommotorsport.com for $500/pair from AutoDream, go see Marvin! The seats feel soooooooooooooooooooo soft, like a babies butt!:thumbsup:

[finboy]

Originally posted by RickDaTuner
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7945963639&category=33701&sspagename=WDVW

not the seller i was looking for but that is the seat that is being sold...

that is a suprisingly cheap seat, makes me wonder how it would hold up after a couple years use

[maximus]

Are you guys sure those seats tat are $300-$500 a set are real Alcantra?? When I was looking for seats last summer they were over $600 each. Professional upholsters in Calgary wanted $400-$500 just for the material to recover my Recaros. :dunno:

[thinmyster]

sorry to bump this but does anyone have more info. looking to get a couple things done. thanks!