dumb question: are the leather seats made of real leather?
#3
I think if you check the sticker closely, you'll find that like most all cars they say "leather seating surfaces". That means that the top that you sit on and the back that you lean on is leather, the sides and back are fake.
#4
I'm just wondering because I bought a leather cleaner/conditioner for the seats, and it's not doing any cleaning... so I wonder that maybe it's not doing any cleaning or improving of any kind because it's not real leather.
#6
The only thing that's real leather are the parts that you physically touch, the steering wheel, shifter the seat bottom and back, and if I'm not mistaken the door inserts too. Everything else is imitation.
#9
You're right about the gearshift and wheel, but no way on the door panels, that's pillowy vinyl fer sure!
#10
Yup, I have dissembled a few 4th gen leather seats. You can tell from the back of each panel which parts are real and which are fake. Our seats are real in the middle and fake around the sides and back. Plus it only takes one touch to know whats real and whats fake.
#11
I can accurately tell you from an Upholstery man that worked on many of these cars. The middle sections of the seats are real leather which has the four square cutouts. The sides are vinyl which is everywhere else.
#12
You can tell leather vs vinyl by pushing in on it....works on furniture, too. Take a finger and push in - vinyl just "pushes in smooth" while real cowhide kinda "crinkles". It's tough to explain but comparing the two side by side it's obvious. My Maximas appear to be real on the faces of the seats but vinyl on the backs and sides (like where the lumbar and power controls are).
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