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Do I have leather or vinyl seats how do you tell
I hope it doesn't sound silly but I cannot tell if I have vinyl or leather seats. I have a set of 944 vinyl seats and a set of unknown 911 seats. The 911's look like a finer grain but they both kind of smell the same. Is there anyway to tell. I was told that the 911's were leather when I bought them. Now I am not so sure.
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Trim a tiny sliver from underneat the seat...that would be the acid test. But I'm suspecting you got plasticized...you just know leather when you see it...
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What should I do with that piece when I cut it out.
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Can you post a close up picture of the seats ?
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The back side of leather looks like a raw suede.
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So the backside should be really soft. Here's an upclose frontside shot
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The non-destructive test:
spill a few drops of water on the seat. Water will soak into leather, will remain as a drop on vinyl. Minimally destructive test: Heat up a needle with a torch - red hot. Touch the hot needle to the material [choose an inconspicuous spot]. Vinyl will melt. Leather will burn.
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Thanks Tony, I will try those options. I never thought of the melting and burning.
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04-18-2003, 03:54 PM
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Its leather!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for all your quick responses
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