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Dec 13, 2009 | 07:36 PM

leetownreb

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Vinyl or leather?

Anyone know how to tell leather from vinyl?? I think I can but some of the vinyl is well disguised.

Dec 13, 2009 | 07:50 PM

dannyman

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Can you get to the back side of it? Leather looks like suede, vinyl looks like fabric.

Some can tell by pinching and if the back side rub feels slippery, then vinyl.

Dec 13, 2009 | 08:29 PM

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Really, one of the neat tricks GM played on everyone in the 70's and 80's was the incorporation of vinyl to the leather seats. From 1970-1982 all Corvette leather seat covers had a leather center with vinyl skirts (bolsters). In black they will wear and fade pretty close, but on other colors as time wages it's war the leather and vinyl will tend to fade to a different shade.

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Dec 14, 2009 | 01:53 AM

snoopykissedlucy

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If it's so hard to distinguish the difference.........why do leather covers cost three times as much? Why not just buy vinyl?

Dec 14, 2009 | 03:11 AM

gingerbreadman1977

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Originally Posted by snoopykissedlucy

If it's so hard to distinguish the difference.........why do leather covers cost three times as much? Why not just buy vinyl?

i agree man. if i had a choice between a miller or a utopia at 3 times the price ill settle for the cat ****.

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Dec 14, 2009 | 07:14 AM

76project

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Originally Posted by gingerbreadman1977

i agree man. if i had a choice between a miller or a utopia at 3 times the price ill settle for the cat ****.

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Dec 14, 2009 | 08:02 AM

RonR80

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I re-did the seats in my 80 and went 100% leather and only cost $100 more and there are nice seats , Ron

Dec 14, 2009 | 10:47 AM

Easy Mike

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Originally Posted by leetownreb

...Anyone know how to tell leather from vinyl?...

Touch. The leather in my 80 feels different (softer, for lack of a better term) than the skirts. Skirts are vinyl.

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Dec 14, 2009 | 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by gingerbreadman1977

i agree man. if i had a choice between a miller or a utopia at 3 times the price ill settle for the cat ****.

Mate! Love it!

Dec 14, 2009 | 11:21 AM

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Once you sit in a leather seat, your *** will let you know the difference...The plastic stuff also gets very hot to the touch in the Sun especially in Fla ...

Dec 14, 2009 | 10:47 PM

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QUOTE=Ironcross;1572425089]Once you sit in a leather seat, your *** will let you know the difference...The plastic stuff also gets very hot to the touch in the Sun especially in Fla ...[/QUOTE]

OH SO Nice !