Alcantara inserts
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Do the Alcantara inserts on the seats wear more quickly than the leather? I'm looking at a 2020 with the performance package and sport seats and it looks like the Alcantara is on the seat back and seat cushion and it looks like they are already starting to show some wear after 16K miles.
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See this thread:
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/lc-...s-held-up.html
There are some us here, who prefer leather. I have the Touring Package, because of the leather seats. I would have bought the Sport Package if it came with leather seats, but that was not an option.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/lc-...s-held-up.html
There are some us here, who prefer leather. I have the Touring Package, because of the leather seats. I would have bought the Sport Package if it came with leather seats, but that was not an option.
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See this thread:
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/lc-...s-held-up.html
There are some us here, who prefer leather. I have the Touring Package, because of the leather seats. I would have bought the Sport Package if it came with leather seats, but that was not an option.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/lc-...s-held-up.html
There are some us here, who prefer leather. I have the Touring Package, because of the leather seats. I would have bought the Sport Package if it came with leather seats, but that was not an option.
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It was 80 degrees when I picked it up, and the car was outside, ready to go. The seats look great and they were NOT hot or even warm from baking in the sun. I loved that. I mean, I wear shorts all summer long.
Yes, I bought it.
The best part, I was wearing jeans and drove home with windows open and my legs didn't "bake" like they normally do when warm out with jeans on with leather seats. I have all leather in my SC430, and it got a little warm while wearing jeans on a hot summer day.
The seats are soft and luxurious, and better than I imagined. Everyone that sits in the car loves how the seats cradle you . I mean, if you are driving a car like this, it might as well feel like you are driving a car like this
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ChicagoRJ - agree completely the sport seats are incredibly comfortable and don't get hot.
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The good thing about the LC is that the leather seats (and I presume alcantara) are cooled. If they are hot or getting hot then simply dial in a comfortable seat/back temp. As for wear, then I'm mightily surprised they are showing this at 16k miles! I've had alcantara on a goodly number of cars and with much higher miles and no sign of wear, and in all honesty I prefer it to leather simply because I live in a cooler clime. Could you be misinterpreting how the pile "shades" for wear?
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Regardless how this stuff looks and feels when new, it will never stand up to leather in the test of time.
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