Leather Or Cloth?

[espionagespy007]

So which do you guys prefer...leather or cloth seats? Each have there own plus and minus's from durability, comfort, cost and resale value. I like leather for the look, and the duability, but have always found that cloth is more comfortable. Especially on a lifted truck with a hard ride anyway..

 

So what's your opinion?

[Z71kris]

I am a fan of the leather. The biggest reason for me is the static!!! I get out of my wife's Trailblazer with the cloth seats, and I get zapped more then I do with my Z71. Plus I get heated seats in the winter !!

[D&SYukonDenali]

Leather. Easier to keep clean, and if you take care of them, they can look as good as new for a long time.

[ws6_guy]

I'd prefer leather, heated leather especially cause getting into a cold truck with cold seats sucks real bad. Leather is a bit more difficult to maintain, gotta be careful about ripping, scratching, takes more effort to cleanse and you have to condition them. But its much more comfortable. Cloth is just cloth.

[Bish]

Leather especially if you have kids! I've worn our cloth seats befoe, don't like the static, and they absorb any spills. Had a friend spill milk in my passenger seat many moons ago. Ended up replacing the seat because we could not get the stink out of the stuffing!

[omegafiler]

Leather - but you must keep it clean. I've seen plenty of vehicles with leather + kids/peds. It just looks absolutely horrible. And at that point the seats are likely beyond all hope! They would have been better of with cloth seats.

 

It always depends on what you prefer and what you're going to do with your truck. For a luxury suv with no kids/pets, I chose leather.

 

If I were looking for an off-road vehicle that would actually go off-road, I might lean towards cloth. Cloth also tends to last a whole lot longer and continue to look "new" way longer than your average highly used or neglected leather seats.

[MS3DALE]

Cloth. I hate the cheap leather GM uses.

Unfortunately the Saturn I bought used has leather,and man is it cold in the winter time

Can't wait to find one with cloth so I can swap it over!

Of course us guys with the NBS trucks are having lint issues with our cloth seats that you guys with leather don't have.

[matello]

Leather. I have 3 kids and it helps alot in the cleaning department.

[onac255]

So which do you guys prefer...leather or cloth seats? Each have there own plus and minus's from durability, comfort, cost and resale value. I like leather for the look, and the duability, but have always found that cloth is more comfortable. Especially on a lifted truck with a hard ride anyway..

 

So what's your opinion?

 

+1

[Zembonez]

CLOTH!

 

It's a no brainer decision when you live in South Texas. Leather seats will brand your ass in the summer. Everybody here that has leather ends up sitting on a towel or using a cloth seatcover... so what's the point?

 

I laughed my butt off when my New Jersey transplant neighbor bought a black convertible with black leather interior. After one summer the top never goes down and its AC on high everywhere he goes.

 

I do agree that leather looks good when it is new. Classy. But it looks pretty bad after a few years. (please no war stories about how your 1963 Cadillac still has leather that looks like its still on the cow)

 

Cloth is far more comfortable IMO.

[omegafiler]

CLOTH!

 

It's a no brainer decision when you live in South Texas. Leather seats will brand your ass in the summer. Everybody here that has leather ends up sitting on a towel or using a cloth seatcover... so what's the point?

 

Hmm.. I've never actually had that problem in either my current yukon or any 800 series truck I've been in. My old 400 series tahoe with torn seats was also fine . Even in 100+ degree days sitting in an open parking lot. Sure, they get warm, but not to the point where they would cause any discomfort. The only problem was perhaps the metal part of the seat belt latch. And I'm sure the lighter/neutral colors and dark tint I normally have helps a bit...

 

Now, I have been in vehicle with Vinyl seats or perhaps some really cheap/fake leather (especially when they have minimal padding), and that stuff would get super hot. Definately not fun - especially when they don't have working A/C. Which I still think should be illegal and at least fail inspection here in TX.

 

And yes, for a used vehicle with a lot of miles, I'd go with cloth. Or if it had leather, I'd plan on replacing it fairly soon. Torn leather isn't comfortable at all - especially if they have a seat heater!!

[Griffin86]

I would say cloth on obs and hearing from the one thread, leather on the nbs.

[Bostonsfavson]

I'm a fan of leather, even GM's relatively crappy stuff It's especially nice with the heated seats option.

[alaska511]

I'm a fan of leather, even GM's relatively crappy stuff It's especially nice with the heated seats option.

 

 

+1

I prefer the leather and heated seats

[Midwestcruiser]

I prefer cloth and as long as I've owned a car or truck, it's always been cloth.

 

Leather looks and smells nice but in the Summer, it will burn the sh*t out of your a** and your legs will sweat. In the Winter, it's too dam* cold until the heater kicks in.