Vinyl or leather...or both?
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Vinyl or leather...or both?
I just got my 8 Saturday. I noticed that the black area on the seats with the ridges feels like vinyl and not leather. Now the other black parts without the ridges in it feels like leather. Who here feels that it's vinyl. Go give it a feel again. Oh, does that sound bad...sorry. I have red and black leather. Just curious, thanks.
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The ribbed area is listed as embossed/extruded leather (or something like that) and appears to be leather. There is a simple test to determine leather from vinyl: press a fingernail into the material, if it springs back out immediately without leaving a mark, it is definitely NOT leather. I just tested the ribbed area and the nail 'print' did not immediately spring back, so it passes the 'simple' leather test. Try it on the door panel insert, which is vinyl and you will see the difference.
Last edited by 6speed8; 11-03-2003 at 10:04 PM.
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I don't have an RX-8 (yet!), but on both my Miatas, only the parts of the seat you actually sit in were leather. The sides of the seat cushion- and the back of the backrest - were vinyl. I believe the RX-8 is the same way.
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