Half or full leather ?

[Skateboard]

Just been looking thru my owners handbook and realised my car is listed as half-hide interior.
This is interior of mine but not sure what else could be leather.
Can someone advise ??

[SILICONEKID340HP]

Skateboard said:

Just been looking thru my owners handbook and realised my car is listed as half-hide interior.
This is interior of mine but not sure what else could be leather.
Can someone advise ??

Your just showing off ! puts mine to shame

[Tri2Tri]

I stripped mine out lately and found the seats, steering wheel,gear stick and handbrake gaitersto be the only parts that were leather. Door cards, centre console, pillar trims were all leatherette/vynil

[Harrytsg]

From what I generally understand, it was an option to choose from full leather or half leather/vinyl as mentioned.

[threespins]

Half leather usually meant front of seats were leather all else vynil.

[Quietlybonkers]

Don't be too disappointed. Very few were full leather, and the leathette is much more hard wearing and less likely to crackon places like the dash top etc.

[Pete Mac]

Hi Skateboard, I have two Griffs both full leather (by chance more than choice).

Half leather means just the seats and possibly the facing to the central tunnel are leather, the reast is matching leatherette.

Full leather is basically everything you see that should be leather, is leather.

From what I can see, a full leather TVR doesn't seem to command a greater price, in fact not many people seem to know about it.

[Skateboard]

Pete Mac said:

Hi Skateboard, I have two Griffs both full leather (by chance more than choice).

Half leather means just the seats and possibly the facing to the central tunnel are leather, the reast is matching leatherette.

Full leather is basically everything you see that should be leather, is leather.

From what I can see, a full leather TVR doesn't seem to command a greater price, in fact not many people seem to know about it.

Oh right, then it's probably only my seats that are leather and the rest vinyl/leatherette !!

[Quietlybonkers]

If you look closely, the seats look sublty different to the rest. And it all looks good.

[Pete Mac]

I agree. I'm very happy that my Griffs are full leather but I would be very happy if they were only half leather.

[Hoofa]

I ripped out all the leatherette crap and went full leather. Hated that plastic leather stuff ! Not many were full leather from the factory, however mine had wool carpets from new

[JonathanT]

As mentioned already, half-hide was the standard from the factory. For my '99 450, that meant ONLY the seat facings (the bits you sit on or touch) are leather. The backs are vinyl as is everything else in the cockpit (central tunnel and dash).

If you look very closely, you should see a subtle change in grain around the seat. The easiest place to see this is around the headrest.

[dumbfunk]

Yup, correct.

Had two griffs, one full leather and one half, and apart from a slightly nicer smell on the cabin most people would be hard pressed to tell the difference.

Hence it hardly affects price at all.

[B17NNS]

Just to confuse matters wasn't there a 3/4 leather option too?

[Hoofa]

No just full or half leather from the order sheet

[B17NNS]

http://www.griffith500se.co.uk/car40ac.html?id=35

http://www.tvr-webmart.co.uk/tvr_full_advert.asp?a...

[Skateboard]

Thanks guys. Been to check her out and can now see what you mean about the leather/vinyl differences.

[SwanJack]

Mine has leather seat facings,leather dash top and leather door tops,which I have always assumed to be a 3/4 hide option.

[Quietlybonkers]

Saw an early one advertised with 3/4 leather. It perhaps was an early option, discontinued later?

[Quietlybonkers]

anonymous said:

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Mine's a half leather - and the gaiters were definitely leatherette, i know as I have just had to replace them. I assume they were original, but they might not have been as the interior of my car is remarkably good for a 13 year old car.