Seat Wear - GTO-3R

[flatfour]

Is it normal to have wear on the drives seat where people have climbed in and out?
The kind of wear that I have seen is where the coloured leather is worn through over a 2 inch section. The seats in the car that I was looking at had soem little flaps fitted to cover the wear marks.

Is this normal?

2005 car with ony 6K on the clock.

J

[alex s]

yep....alcantara is the better choice...

[sjc]

Very commmon,can be repaired easily. Approx £100 by memory, Alcantara is harder wearing but not many 3Rs have it.

[T&T]

this is very normal , all the cars I looked at when buying mine had this. The one I went for was recoloured by the dealer , but within a couple of months it wears off.
as sjc said , Auto interiors can replace that section for about £100 but I suspect within a few months it will go the same way again.. . i'd get some leather dye, and recolour it regularly...

[AMG Merc]

Yes, normal, mine did it when quite new. I find its mostly your belt that does it. As suggested earlier Alcantara is better and would be my next choice.

FYI, Auto Interiors (Martyn) next to the factory do a custom protective piece to match your seat colour.

[honestbob]

AMG Merc said:

Yes, normal, mine did it when quite new. I find its mostly your belt that does it. As suggested earlier Alcantara is better and would be my next choice.

FYI, Auto Interiors (Martyn) next to the factory do a custom protective piece to match your seat colour.

Actually Alcantara was the original chosen seat covering. Better grip and cooler.

[V6GTO]

sjc said:

Alcantara is harder wearing but not many 3Rs have it.

Warning...smug Bastard alert! I've got it in mine

honestbob said:

Actually Alcantara was the original chosen seat covering. Better grip and cooler.

Not on 3Rs.

Martin.

[NobleGuy]

26K mile GTO3 and my alcantara is starting to wear a little bit, but not enough to bother me. Definitely better than the leather in that respect.