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b4z · 07-04-2012, 12:59 PM

Most leather in today's cars is pigmented dyed. Which means it has the color applied to it like a paint. But leather conditioners and cleaners still work well on them.
If you want the real,deal you have to got to semi aniline or aniline dyed leather.

steverc · 07-04-2012, 10:42 PM

Leather is fine. Just wish I had some lumbar support like my GMC Canyon pickup does. I am 6'3". Maybe thats why I need the lumbar support.

hightower · 07-05-2012, 11:22 AM

Think of sitting on a leather coach vs a cloth coach. Leather is a little firmer obviously but IMO feels better.

My biggest problem with cloth is that stuffy feeling. My roommate went from a 12 year old car with leather seats to a 4 year old car with cloth seats (and well maintained cloth at that), and he absolutely hates the cloth. He's considering having the entire interior re-done in leather!

Go to leather, you won't regret it!

Emig5m · 07-15-2012, 12:11 AM

Well I got to sit in two 2SS's the other day on the lot. First one was a used 2010 with 10,700 miles and the second was a brand new 2012. Both felt about the same. The leather seats to me definitely feel harder and less comfortable than the cloth seats although nowhere near as uncomfortable as my friends Mustang GT (2006/rock hard) and co-workers 300C (2005/harder than rock hard, lol). I really like the two-tone red/black or inferno orange/black leather! Cloth is definitely more comfortable to me, but the two-tone leather looks so much better! I was surprised that my co-workers Chrysler 300c rode so much rougher and had such harder seats than my Camaro! And that thing is suppose to be a luxury car? My Camaro is so much more comfortable with a MUCH better ride!! I think I might of gotten a fluke! This car just rides TOO smooth and comfortable for a sporty car!

But if I was to order a brand new car from the factory, the two tone red/or inferno orange leather will be highly considered. Overall, the leather seats in the Camaro where more comfortable than some cars with leather I've recently been in, but the cloth is undeniably more comfortable. My best guess is that leather seats have harder seat foam to help keep the leather from wrinkling and cracking?

S3XPanther · 07-15-2012, 01:06 AM

Leather looks nicer, cloth feels nicer. It's as simple as that. Although some prefer the feel of leather more, but that's usually how it goes.

lawman007 · 07-15-2012, 01:27 AM

I have cloth seats and I have sat in many cars, even with cloth seats, I have to say they are the most comfortable I ever sat in. I also went to Tennesee and North Dakota from Michigan, still the best seat in the house!

07-04-2012, 10:42 PM	#44
steverc Drives: 2011 2LT RJT V6 AT Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 99	Leather is fine. Just wish I had some lumbar support like my GMC Canyon pickup does. I am 6'3". Maybe thats why I need the lumbar support. __________________

07-05-2012, 11:22 AM	#45
hightower LS3 Black Widow Drives: 2012 45th 2SS LS3 and 1968 Mustang Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Madison, GA Posts: 4,557	Think of sitting on a leather coach vs a cloth coach. Leather is a little firmer obviously but IMO feels better. My biggest problem with cloth is that stuffy feeling. My roommate went from a 12 year old car with leather seats to a 4 year old car with cloth seats (and well maintained cloth at that), and he absolutely hates the cloth. He's considering having the entire interior re-done in leather! Go to leather, you won't regret it! __________________ My Camaro Story

07-15-2012, 01:06 AM	#47
S3XPanther by Odeon Drives: '12 SS/RS A6 IOM SOLD, '13 1LE IOM Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Good question Posts: 1,707	Leather looks nicer, cloth feels nicer. It's as simple as that. Although some prefer the feel of leather more, but that's usually how it goes. __________________ "It works 60% of the time, every time." "Some say it's a waste of time, others say it's an incredible waste of time." "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." 2013 IOM SS/RS - 1LE. Born 5/6/2013 (1 of 32 1SS IOM 1LE's)

07-15-2012, 01:27 AM	#48
lawman007 Panama-Gulf War Vet Drives: '11 SW 1LT/RS 6M Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: From Carmichael, CA to Matthews, NC 01/2021 Posts: 769	I have cloth seats and I have sat in many cars, even with cloth seats, I have to say they are the most comfortable I ever sat in. I also went to Tennesee and North Dakota from Michigan, still the best seat in the house! __________________

07-04-2012, 12:59 PM	#43
b4z Drives: '06 Pontiac GTO M6, '19 F150 2.7TT Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 1,424	Most leather in today's cars is pigmented dyed. Which means it has the color applied to it like a paint. But leather conditioners and cleaners still work well on them. If you want the real,deal you have to got to semi aniline or aniline dyed leather.

07-15-2012, 12:11 AM	#46
Emig5m 100% Sport Møde Drives: '17 Civic SI + '04 SVT Lightning Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 753	Well I got to sit in two 2SS's the other day on the lot. First one was a used 2010 with 10,700 miles and the second was a brand new 2012. Both felt about the same. The leather seats to me definitely feel harder and less comfortable than the cloth seats although nowhere near as uncomfortable as my friends Mustang GT (2006/rock hard) and co-workers 300C (2005/harder than rock hard, lol). I really like the two-tone red/black or inferno orange/black leather! Cloth is definitely more comfortable to me, but the two-tone leather looks so much better! I was surprised that my co-workers Chrysler 300c rode so much rougher and had such harder seats than my Camaro! And that thing is suppose to be a luxury car? My Camaro is so much more comfortable with a MUCH better ride!! I think I might of gotten a fluke! This car just rides TOO smooth and comfortable for a sporty car! But if I was to order a brand new car from the factory, the two tone red/or inferno orange leather will be highly considered. Overall, the leather seats in the Camaro where more comfortable than some cars with leather I've recently been in, but the cloth is undeniably more comfortable. My best guess is that leather seats have harder seat foam to help keep the leather from wrinkling and cracking?