View Poll Results: What do you prefer?
Leather
49
60.49%
Cloth
15
18.52%
Have leather, but prefer cloth
4
4.94%
Have cloth, but prefer leather
11
13.58%
Either one, doesn't matter to me
2
2.47%
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Leather or cloth seats?
#2
Could do without the vinyl sections on the 00-01 seats. Driver side bolster is already worn out and they're starting to split at the stitches with only 70k miles.
Edit: All three of my Maximas had leather. My 3rd gen looked real bad thanks to the Miami sun. The only damage to my 4th gen leather was from a drunken friend burning a hole in the front passenger seat and the 5th gen is definitely lower quality.
From a detailer's standpoint I much prefer leather.
Edit: All three of my Maximas had leather. My 3rd gen looked real bad thanks to the Miami sun. The only damage to my 4th gen leather was from a drunken friend burning a hole in the front passenger seat and the 5th gen is definitely lower quality.
From a detailer's standpoint I much prefer leather.
Last edited by 5th gen dd; 01-31-2012 at 01:47 PM.
#7
#9
so far this is only my second car with leather i have no heated seats and it gets pretty cold over here some winters and its always like sitting on a volcano in the summer but i love it
it just makes the interior look classy to me i dont think ill ever go back to cloth
it just makes the interior look classy to me i dont think ill ever go back to cloth
#11
I went from a fully loaded 4th gen to a bare bones 4th gen and its taken me a while to adjust.
I personally prefer the leather seats , assuming they are in decent condition. Why?
- They dont retain scent like cloth
- They were also heated
- They generally look and feel nicer
Some say leather doesn't age well ... Try getting stains out of cloth = not always able to.
Plus the leather just gives it the feel of a luxury car without the luxury price = WIN.
Leather > Cloth
I personally prefer the leather seats , assuming they are in decent condition. Why?
- They dont retain scent like cloth
- They were also heated
- They generally look and feel nicer
Some say leather doesn't age well ... Try getting stains out of cloth = not always able to.
Plus the leather just gives it the feel of a luxury car without the luxury price = WIN.
Leather > Cloth
#16
I'd say it depends on the conditions. In warm 75 degree weather leather is perfect... In scorching hot and freezing cold times is when I wish I had cloth. Heated seats are a great things to have though .
Overall, I'd say leather just because it feels much more comfortable and is much easier to clean.
Overall, I'd say leather just because it feels much more comfortable and is much easier to clean.
#18
+ It does tend to get pretty warm up here in july/august
Last edited by tseng1023; 01-29-2012 at 07:34 PM.
#19
Yes it makes a big difference, so long as it's quality tint that blocks UV rays. When I drive home in the late afternoon, the sun shines through my driver's window. If I roll the window down some to let the sun in, I can feel the side of my face and neck heat up almost instantly from the tint not blocking the sun's rays.
#22
I have leather but I prefer cloth. My big concern is the weight. I live in a place where the lowest temperature reaches 40 (pretty rare) so I don't care about heated seats. I don't worry about getting stains/odors on cloth seats because I am very strict with food/drinks being inside my car.
#24
My 97 Max had cloth seats and my 03 has leather. My son spilled some lasagna sauce in the rear seat crease on the 97 and I never did get the discoloration removed. With the leather I clean and condition my seats 2 or 3 times a yr and they still look new. Give me heated leather all day.
#28
#30
Id really take any. Leather you have to care for especially in the southern summers. Cloth is fine with me and its what I have now and a brush with soapy water and vacuum every now and again is all the maintenance I need. Wish I had that handheld carpet cleaner....now then cloth would look really good
#32
My maxima is not my daily driver with having a company vehicle that i take home. I don't drive the work truck around town or anything when off the clock. But sometimes when i get home i do not go anywhere else. So the maxima doesn't move.
Below are pictures of three day old puke from a three year old. It was a friends kid and she was in a car seat. She was drinking an orange bug juice before getting in the car. I did not smell anything because of having summer cold. Yea it was early summer too. Temperatures were in the mid nineties. I was feeling better and i got back in the car after the puke had been there for three days baking in the heat. I smelled it as soon as i sat down and got back up out of the car immediately and went wtf. Started opening up doors looking in expecting find a dead animal or something. When i got to the passenger side rear i saw it and new whose it was. I couldn't believe my friend did not smell it when he unbuckled the car seat to get her out.
I immediately went inside and got this cleaning crap i bought on line that has yet to not remove a stain on my beige micro-fiber couch without messing with the color. It neutralizes smells as well. Literally only took two minutes to clean up with hand towel. Cloth is not so hard to keep clean if you have the right cleaners. I do not have any stain blocker's either. After driving with the windows down for a few minutes the smell was gone.
BEFORE
AFTER
Below are pictures of three day old puke from a three year old. It was a friends kid and she was in a car seat. She was drinking an orange bug juice before getting in the car. I did not smell anything because of having summer cold. Yea it was early summer too. Temperatures were in the mid nineties. I was feeling better and i got back in the car after the puke had been there for three days baking in the heat. I smelled it as soon as i sat down and got back up out of the car immediately and went wtf. Started opening up doors looking in expecting find a dead animal or something. When i got to the passenger side rear i saw it and new whose it was. I couldn't believe my friend did not smell it when he unbuckled the car seat to get her out.
I immediately went inside and got this cleaning crap i bought on line that has yet to not remove a stain on my beige micro-fiber couch without messing with the color. It neutralizes smells as well. Literally only took two minutes to clean up with hand towel. Cloth is not so hard to keep clean if you have the right cleaners. I do not have any stain blocker's either. After driving with the windows down for a few minutes the smell was gone.
BEFORE
AFTER
Last edited by DAlastDON; 02-03-2012 at 02:38 PM.
#35
I love the look of the dark blue leather in my GLE. Heated seats are definitely nice to have in the winter if you're jumping in a cold car and the interior stays pretty cool with the A/C and dark tints i have in the summer
#36
i have cloth and prefer cloth, leather is easy to clean but during summer heats it sucks. also i have ocd on feeling dirty (yes i know, i'm weird) and leather seats make my back sweat no matter how cold the a/c is blowing. i just wish there were cloth a32 i30's so i can have rear cloth seats with head rest :/
#39