MKVI GTI Cloth trim v Leather

[Corey_R]

@chilliman - have you tried the Meguiars or Zaino leather cleaner/conditioner products?

[Kirium]

Cloth > 50.1% leather & 49.9% vinyl.

[G-rig]

It's hard to spot the difference as they've matched the leather/vinyl pretty well IMO. Still a little bit expensive based on that, but if it helps get more overall discount then probably not too bad, plus looks and smells great.

Dont really like how cloth can get fluffy/worn etc but leather can crease so depends how you look after things.

Zaino is good stuff!

[Kirium]

It's hard to spot the difference as they've matched the leather/vinyl pretty well IMO.

It's not bad, but I wouldn't say it's a great match. There's a difference in grain when you're looking closely, but it's night and day difference if the seats have been sitting in the sun all day. The vinyl goes really soft and you can pinch it easily and anyone could feel the difference. IMHO, it's pretty rude the price VW charge for so much vinyl. I went cloth again as I'll probably get aftermarket leather/alcantara (Audi S5 style) in 2 years time when the cloth starts to show its age. Hopefully the Jacky cloth wears better than the material they used for the Interlagos cloth in MkV.

[G-rig]

Agree it's fairly misleading for the price. I'd probably consider doing the same, or if the cloth wore well not bother.

[mattyf83]

Agree it's fairly misleading for the price. I'd probably consider doing the same, or if the cloth wore well not bother.

could it be misleading to the point where its is wrong? Seems pretty unfair selling leather packages that are part vinyl

does everyone do it?

[Corey_R]

VW state in the specs that portions of the seat are vinyl. They're not doing anything wrong.

[G-rig]

VW state in the specs that portions of the seat are vinyl. They're not doing anything wrong.

Well most people don't find out until after (unless you read the brochure for six months while you wait for the car), not that i'm unhappy or care as they look good and still worthwhile.

That's why i said 'a bit'..

[Kirium]

VW state in the specs that portions of the seat are vinyl. They're not doing anything wrong.

Like I suggested, as long as they're greater than 50% leather (and I'm not sure there'd be much more than that from what I've seen), they're probably technically (and legally??) able to call them leather upholstered seats.

[G-rig]

yeah all the contact areas on the front and rear seats are leather, it's mainly only the back of the front seats that aren't so is more than 50%.