Zurich Shield - What is it?
07-04-10, 09:10 PM
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Thanks. Polyurethane definately explains the soft outer texture. Almost makes one wonder why they don't just make the entire seat out of it 
I guess leather is still a selling point, even if it's really only leather underneath. I'm just resisting using the term "pleather" in this thread. Oops.
I guess leather is still a selling point, even if it's really only leather underneath. I'm just resisting using the term "pleather" in this thread. Oops.
07-04-10, 09:37 PM
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pleather is what you find in the bmw "leatherette"
lexus leather is buttery soft because it's real leather. you can tell if it's real leather or not if you press a finger into it. if it wrinkles it's real. if it just makes a dent without wrinkles around it, it's pleather.
lexus leather is buttery soft because it's real leather. you can tell if it's real leather or not if you press a finger into it. if it wrinkles it's real. if it just makes a dent without wrinkles around it, it's pleather.
07-05-10, 09:13 AM
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pleather is what you find in the bmw "leatherette"
lexus leather is buttery soft because it's real leather. you can tell if it's real leather or not if you press a finger into it. if it wrinkles it's real. if it just makes a dent without wrinkles around it, it's pleather.
lexus leather is buttery soft because it's real leather. you can tell if it's real leather or not if you press a finger into it. if it wrinkles it's real. if it just makes a dent without wrinkles around it, it's pleather.
The last time I looked at the 3-series (shortly before buying my IS), when I built a car using the website it was showing leather was now a free upgrade. A couple of years ago when I configged one it was maybe an $1000 option or so. Maybe nobody was buying the leatherette and it became cheaper from a manufacturing perspective to have only one option.
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