Does anyone know the pro and cons of each type of seats? I find fabric find, no need leather seats. Not sure suitable for long distance driving

i hate leather... so hot and sweaty..

plus...pity those cow..

Leather is hot but luxury looks and easy to clean.

both got pros and cons...
the major issues are the heat of the seat and cleanliness...
unless u get white leather seat then different story...

there are fake leather which is softer to the feel and dissipate heat faster then genuine leather. IMHO when coming to upholstery it's personal preference.

leather is easy to clean.. fabric trap dusts.. i like alcantara.. da one in recond harrier.. cooling and it looks luxurious esp in beige..

leather:
easy to clean.
hot when it's sunny day.
keep you warm when it's raining day.
expensive.
look very prestige. depend wat car you are using too.
some ppl like the smell of it.

fabric:
cooling.
cannot clean that easy. but nowadays got many high tech cleaner also got many high tech fabric that might have an easy way to clean.
not that expensive.
lots of choice compare to leather.

leather is really easy clean and 1 thing i like is help to reduce dust in the car. get quality leather, u will not feel sweaty and so hot.
nobody want fabric anymore if have budget.

suade the best

before pity the cow, ask yourself first are you a vegetarian ?

leather not nice to me. when doing sharp turns and high speed corners, my butt always kinda slippery to the left and to the right haha. not enough friction to hold u firmly

This post has been edited by eddyann: Oct 13 2008, 01:53 PM

IMO
pros :
leather can easily clean up.
looks more executive
cons:
harder than fabric.
very hot in sunny days.
if u're seat's not at least semi bucket,it's uncomfortable bcoz ur ass will be moving around when taking corners..

I think members have already put in the main pros and cons. But I prefer fabric mainly coz it dun burn your backside.

I saw ppl wrapping their recaro N-joy with leather ... lolz..

Still prefer fabric..
Leather when it gets old .. it will look cracked ... UGLY!! ..

with little amount of $$ .. u can just rewarp the fabric...

we..if u wan more executive look u can mix fabric and leather together..

it tot the fake leather is the pvc one,and it's worse than the leather in terms of heat.or there's other material of fake leather edi?

Leather all the way for me. I find it more comfortable, luxurious, smells better and easier to clean.

As for concerns about heat: that's what V-Kool/3M/Llumar/etc tinting + sunshade (if necessary) + air-cond is for.

I have parked my car (V-Kool tint) under the hot mid-day sun for hours without a sunshade, and while it was hot, with the aircond, it cooled down quite fast. And it wasn't as hot as one of my previous rides which was very very hot (no tinting, sunshades fixed, fabric seats).

yeah

no but I only eat chicken they dont have seat with chicken skin

I always skeptical of leather seat before (hot, sweating etc), but after using it, never look back man.

if u got small child or plannin pls get leather..long distance driving depends but for me ill sweat more on leather..thus ill feel hot behind my back..