Alcantara Durability

[Sturtles]

Hi All,

 

Have anyone come across problems with alcantara leather in terms of long term durability and wear resistance compared to leather?

 

Cars that come with it includes Latio, Passat, TT/A8 and 911.

 

It seems there are genuine alcantara, and synthetic ones.

 

The genuine article seems to loose their "hairs", while nothing has been heard about synthetic ones.

Edited September 16, 2009 by Sturtles

[Familymanz]

never really clean it, let alone maintain it.... for the past 3 yrs.... still ok

[Sturtles]

Thanks bro, do you have fine "fur" sticking to your clothes, with business pants, or jeans?

 

 

[Speeddemon]

Mine's the Skoda Superb.....no problems so far on the Alcantara leather....definitely no "fine fur" dropping off......but then i've only been driving it for 6 months

[Konken]

I think genuine one should not "drop" hair. It is suppose to be high quality suede material.

My bottom is clean as well after siting on it in my Superb as well. Only hair I find is my dog's hair, kekeke....

[Kxbc]

Driving a Latio with the alcantara seats for the past 3 years.

 

Love it!

 

Never really maintain it. Just pat pat it to get rid of whatever dust/loose hair every month or so. Wipe with a white damp cloth every time I wash the car, which is getting less and less frequent.

 

My seats are beige and the alcantara looks even cleaner than the leather trims.

 

No loose alcantara hair sticking to my work pants. Only hair is mine or my cats'.

 

Best thing about these seats: They don't become burning hot and will not sear your bums, even when parked under the hot sun. I don't have tinted windows at all btw.

[Weiming]

No shedding on my alcantara seats either. The only maintenance I do is vacuum the seats once a month and give it a wipe down with diluted Woolite once a year.

 

Really love the material, nice and grippy compared to leather and does not scald your behind if entering the vehicle after parking under a hot sun.

[Terenc3]

Latio 1.5yrs. Alcantara looks like 1 day old.

[Icyfreakass]

Wow. Sounds good. Have yet to try it in person. See alot of luxury and supercars have alcantara options.

[Elfenstar]

Hi All,

 

Have anyone come across problems with alcantara leather in terms of long term durability and wear resistance compared to leather?

 

Cars that come with it includes Latio, Passat, TT/A8 and 911.

 

It seems there are genuine alcantara, and synthetic ones.

 

The genuine article seems to loose their "hairs", while nothing has been heard about synthetic ones.

 

My old Megane came with Suede and Alcantra combo. All I did was apply Suede protector every 3 months and everything else was just a wipe-down with a damp cloth. Both were fine after 3 years, and then quite a few years after when my friend bought the car off me and kept it till he scrapped it for another Megane.

Edited September 17, 2009 by Elfenstar

[Ender]

I use the normal upholstry cleaner in my latio.. No prob 2yrs liao..