Alcantara Steering Wheel, good idea or not?
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I picked up the car yesterday and it still had an Alcantara steering wheel installed as that is how this car came however, I agreed with the dealer to have them change it to a normal leather one with fine sticking and of course deduct the cost of the option. However the new wheel has not arrived yet, so as not to delay things they said take as it is and we’ll change it later when it comes in.
The reasoning I decided on not to have the Alcantara steering wheel was, I felt, over time it would look “worn” and as result bring the whole interior down with it.
Now the problem is that now I’ve driven the car and I REALLY like it. It feels so nice, good grip and goes ever so well with the headliner and rest of the interior.
The question is, does anyone have any experience with Alcantara steering wheels and are my concerns founded?
Even if they are founded should ignore them and see about getting some “spare” Alcantara from Aston Martin so that if it needs a re-trim later I’ve got the same stuff?
Thanks
The reasoning I decided on not to have the Alcantara steering wheel was, I felt, over time it would look “worn” and as result bring the whole interior down with it.
Now the problem is that now I’ve driven the car and I REALLY like it. It feels so nice, good grip and goes ever so well with the headliner and rest of the interior.
The question is, does anyone have any experience with Alcantara steering wheels and are my concerns founded?
Even if they are founded should ignore them and see about getting some “spare” Alcantara from Aston Martin so that if it needs a re-trim later I’ve got the same stuff?
Thanks
It's not for sale as I bought the car with a normal, but very nice, leather wheel however it came with the Alcantara one. So if I want the Alcantara one I'll have to pay for it, which makes the decision harder.
What I really need is a detailing guy that can say; it's going to look pretty bad in X period of time don’t do it OR "don't worry", if you do XYZ it will look great forever.
What I really need is a detailing guy that can say; it's going to look pretty bad in X period of time don’t do it OR "don't worry", if you do XYZ it will look great forever.
I've had a troll though some other car forums and one suggestion was to go to the Alcantara website (why didn't I think of that
).
The site is pretty good in that that if you go to "maintenance" they have a pdf to download (or scroll thru the site) on how to clean most things off (some quite unmentionable!)
http://www.alcantara.com
Within the site they have recommend products to use, though they give you generic things in case you don’t have the “products” to hand. In addition this site has good ideas as well for cleaning things, of course using their wonderful products, but good ideas in any case.
http://www.james.eu
OK, it’s the manufacture’s site so there may be a bit of bias there but the general impression is that if you carry out regular cleaning there shouldn’t be any issues. The only one I can think of is if you use the wrong process and rub the fibres off, then you’re stuck.
This starting to sound like the process of buying an Aston in the first place, yes I don’t need it but I WANT it, so lets find some supporting arguments to justify the purchase…….hmmmm it’s trickier than I thought…………. bugger it I’m buying it!
).The site is pretty good in that that if you go to "maintenance" they have a pdf to download (or scroll thru the site) on how to clean most things off (some quite unmentionable!)
http://www.alcantara.com
Within the site they have recommend products to use, though they give you generic things in case you don’t have the “products” to hand. In addition this site has good ideas as well for cleaning things, of course using their wonderful products, but good ideas in any case.
http://www.james.eu
OK, it’s the manufacture’s site so there may be a bit of bias there but the general impression is that if you carry out regular cleaning there shouldn’t be any issues. The only one I can think of is if you use the wrong process and rub the fibres off, then you’re stuck.
This starting to sound like the process of buying an Aston in the first place, yes I don’t need it but I WANT it, so lets find some supporting arguments to justify the purchase…….hmmmm it’s trickier than I thought…………. bugger it I’m buying it!
In the end I went for the Alcantara option.
The dealer did a good deal to keep it.
As well I've looked into care and clean which seems to be key to keeping it looked good. I also looked into the cost of retrimming if required, not cheap but not stupid.
Lastly, some times you just have to say what the hell, I want it! I think that was the same argument I used when I bought the car
The dealer did a good deal to keep it.
As well I've looked into care and clean which seems to be key to keeping it looked good. I also looked into the cost of retrimming if required, not cheap but not stupid.
Lastly, some times you just have to say what the hell, I want it! I think that was the same argument I used when I bought the car
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