Leather

[planman350i]

How much leather have you got in your wedge?

I think my seat are leather/velour but I'm not so sure about dash, cental tunnel and doors. These areas have got stitching but suspect it could be vinyl. I have to say though its very difficult to tell as its black.

[Frenchtvr]

A friends wife re-trimmed a lot of my interior and confirmed that with the exception of the seats, all the rest was indeed vinyl. Some clown before had painted the light grey stuff dark blue to try and match the bodywork, it looked bloody awful.
I've just got to get the seats refurbished at some stage as the rest looks good.

Mick

[350matt]

I fancy re-trimming mine in alacantra / suede anybody got any expierience with this?

[richa]

Seat and headrest facings are leather, and sides / back are vinyl. Come to think of it, everything else is vinyl too!

No wonder it smells like an Allegro inside

Richa.

[Nacnud]

Leather seats and the rest is vinyl....

[plewis66]

Mines as it seems many others are - leather seat and headrest faces and the rest is vinyl.
Was full leather a factory option?
Does anyone have a (recentish) quote for a full leather retrim?

[richa]

I think that full leather was a option, just as it was on Chimaeras and Griffiths (not sure about current models?).

I would imagine a full interior leather retrim to be somewhere between £1K and £2K (I know that's a bit vauge!!). I have heard recently of just seat re-trims costing about £500.

Richa.

[Nacnud]

richa said: No wonder it smells like an Allegro inside

Last major service I had they left a can of "Smells like Leather" in the glove box. Hey, it works!

[jmorgan]

Half and half here, and mainly it smells of burnt 95 ron

[montegogt]

I had alacantra suedey stuff in a Lancia Thema a few years ago. I had no problems with it at all, but it was inside a tin box....

[richa]

Nacnud said: Last major service I had they left a can of "Smells like Leather" in the glove box. Hey, it works!

I'll have to get a crate of that to get mine smelling nice

Was it Peninsula who got that for you?

Rich.

[mikal83]

everything is black new leather. Seats/tunnel/doors/dash. And surprisangly hasnt got too hot in the Floriduh heat...

[seamus]

Planman,

Just recently had a quote of £2.5K for a "full" leather retrim (dash inc) and complete carpet replacement (wilton spec) with the company doing all the work (far to lazy to do it myself). This also included replacing all the sound proofing. Still shopping around just to be sure. Currently umming and arring as would like to get her resprayed first (overdraft permitting)

As I recall the full factory leather was an option on the cars at around £1500.

Seamus