All Things Mk5 > Mk5 General Area
Premature Ageing!
stealthwolf:
I reckon my leather will look like that at that milage. Have an edition 30 so its only the side boosters but they're getting knackered pretty fast. May have to find a mashed up ED30 and get the front seats out of it.
Boothy:
Cloth it is then!
Norbreck21a:
Have leather in my 43k GT TDi (4 years old), looks almost good as new ?
icenutter:
The side bolster is worn on my 05, with 34k miles.
Rich:
Hi,
My dad owns a company called G Wilson (Fibres) LTD and we supply textiles into Germany that go into the Automotive trade. Nylon, polyprop., polyester, acylic etc... ( atm automotive trade is bust so we aint selling a lot :sad: )
They get needled ( non woven ) to make headliners, mats bla bla
I had a visit to their plant - they supply all the car factorys with the interior including leather ( we dont supply that )
The bloke showing us around said that the leather they supply to car factorys are different and he said the leather in the VW's is cheapest - its a soft leather which wears very easily
There are 3 types of leather
Aniline leather is the most natural looking, with natural surface visible, but is less resistant to soiling
Semi-aniline leather is somewhere in-between on both counts, having a light surface coating
Pigmented (protected) leather is the most durable but is less natural in appearance, having a polymer coating
Leathers are made from the skins of many animals but mainly cattle, goat, sheep and pigskins.
So Volkswagen leather might look just the same, but being soft it wears very easily.
Hope this is of help :smiley: ?
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version