Not happy with gray Alcantra inserts?

[Friendchicken]

Has anyone taken their seats to a auto interior shop to re-colour their seats inserts? I was looking to see what aftermarket seats were out there, but there are not many better than the stockers unless you want the jet-fighter style.

I was thinking close to the same colour as the 04 charcoal/graphite...

 

[stvdman]

Whats gray alcantra? What is alcantra?

 

[coleman]

alcantara is the suede like material on our seats...

 

[stvdman]

Oh. I just keep hearing suede, or gray suede. Is alcantra better than real suede.

 

[soniccobra 03]

alcantra wears better than suede i believe...........i like the way it looks stock myself, but if you want to get it done go for it......enjoy.

 

[CobraBob]

Yes, the Alcantra does wear better and is easier to clean. But I, too, wish I had the dark charcoal/graphite combo. I like my seats but the gray Alcantra inserts are a bit too light. I wouldn't, though, buy new seats just because of the color. That's just me, though. There are a number of folks on this forum that have installed new seats of various types.

 

[coleman]

the alcantara inserts in the '03 are a bit on the light side, but after 20K miles they still look new :thumbsup:

the darker inserts on the '04s are too dark in my opinion.

that alcantara really keeps me planted in the seat during autoX & open track sessions :beer:

 

[Narcosynthesis]

the gray inserts looks good on a silver car.