Is the top of the dash leather or vinyl? Thanks

 

I'm 98% sure it's vinyl based on how it feels & how it's molded on the edges.

Better check the 2% from someone who is certain.

 

I would have said vinyl too...in fact, I just put Meguire's (sp?) vinyl protectant on it when I detailed the inside so I do hope I'm correct. Funny how a post will make you do a double-take!

 

defintely vinyl

 

>defintely vinyl

Ya, and I think that only the seating surfaces of the seats are actually leather, the sides, back, arm rest, etc. are vinyl.
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Its friggen pleather, not vinyl. Pleather is a small animal about the size of a goat and the hides are harvested much the same way polyester cows hides are

 

Brutal is right... It is pleather

 

Mmmmm, pleather...

 

lol....u guys are funny...

 

Smaller than but, closely related to a Nauga which was almost brought to extinction by the late 1970's when it's hydes were used extensively in concert with **** carpeting.

 

Disagree; the seats are leather all around (at least in my X), as are some parts of the door trim fand the top of the armrest. Also, I think the parts of the steering wheel you actually touch are actual leather (there's stitching).

I've colored in red the parts I know to be leather, also I'm 50-50 regarding the steering wheel:

 

I dont think the arm rest and doors are leather. There is an easy test to do, push down on your seat with one finger and you will see creases around your finger. This means it is leather. When you try this on the arm rest, it is smooth around your finger meaning it is fake

 

we are lucky the seat is leather. the dash is not.

 

Well, the sliding armrest on mine had gotten pretty stained, and responded extremely well to marseille soap. If that is fake leather, then it's the most realistic fake leather I have ever encountered.

Also, the part below the slab of wood on the doors, as well as the "door handles" complex (not the ones that open the door), feel like real leather. Just as I colored red in the photo. The rest of the door panels, dash etc are very obvious plastic. Not that I mind so much, it's nice that most of the parts you touch (door handles, armrest, seats, steering wheel, gear knob) are real leather.