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[tracerit]

Originally Posted by Porcupint

So alcantara is actually a synthetic suede made out of polyester and polyurethane developed in the 70's. It's more durable than suede and also pretty stain resistant and won't lose it's color due to UV exposure. So they will look the same(kind of the point) the overall longevity and actual feel is going to be different.

Ah, didn't know suede will succumb to UV exposure but I believe he treats it with UV protectant (if it is suede).

[Crazypinoy9]

Originally Posted by tracerit

Ah, didn't know suede will succumb to UV exposure but I believe he treats it with UV protectant (if it is suede).

he does UV treat it but when I wash my car I also spray lights coats of 303 Suede Protector on everything as an extra layer of protection.

[BDotG]

Been working on my interior a bit. He is some work in progress on my center console cup holder. Need to get the alcantara and wrap it.

[Jive Turkey]

nice, i really gotta finish my cupholders.

[MalcolmHimself]

Originally Posted by BDotG

Been working on my interior a bit. He is some work in progress on my center console cup holder. Need to get the alcantara and wrap it.

Oh that is amazing.

[LOLS2K]

What will be your first post production cup?

[BDotG]

Originally Posted by LOLS2K

What will be your first post production cup?

Probably a nice cold beer once I get around to installing all the new interior pieces I have haha

[JS + BRZ]

Originally Posted by tracerit

@JS + BRZ

are you using suede or alcantara? Kinda thinkign it's suede as that's the term being thrown around haha. If so, it looks exactly the same as alcantara and for non touch surfaces that's best.

Can you send me a quote on the dashboard (both pieces, passenger and then the head unit surround) and the gauge cover above the cluster?

Hey there!

Using Suede hence our brand name SWEIDIT. haha

We are planning to expand our line to use Alcantara too but that's just a whole another business. Much more expensive for the material and labor involved. Suede has softer surface than Alcantara.

PMing you!

Originally Posted by Porcupint

So alcantara is actually a synthetic suede made out of polyester and polyurethane developed in the 70's. It's more durable than suede and also pretty stain resistant and won't lose it's color due to UV exposure. So they will look the same(kind of the point) the overall longevity and actual feel is going to be different.

^ He's right! We use UV protection product for all the finished panels.

[toast]

No doubt alcantara is more expensive material wise, but why would you say labor? I would think it would be easier to work with. That gauge hood pictures above has wrinkles along the bottom edge where it was wrapped under, that won't happen with alcantara if applied correctly so I would think it must be more forgiving.

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[JS + BRZ]

Originally Posted by toast

No doubt alcantara is more expensive material wise, but why would you say labor? I would think it would be easier to work with. That gauge hood pictures above has wrinkles along the bottom edge where it was wrapped under, that won't happen with alcantara if applied correctly so I would think it must be more forgiving.

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Because Alcantara fabric doesn't stretch and some Suede fabrics stretch. I do this for a living, so have done way too much research on everything. To go around the curves and edges without the seams, Alcantara needs to be heat pressed or stitched up which that takes at least twice longer to perfect it. It must be the picture because I've done about 35 Cluster Hood so far for FRS/BRZ, and they don't have any wrinkles!

You can check out all of our work for other cars in the Flickr (Flickr.com/js85) We started with FRS/BRZ but expanded out to about 15 cars so far.

[BDotG]

Finally finished it guys!




Just waiting on JPMCoachworks to get my dash piece back out to me and should be all set. Pretty excited with how it turned out.

[zeal86]

Originally Posted by BDotG

Finally finished it guys!




Just waiting on JPMCoachworks to get my dash piece back out to me and should be all set. Pretty excited with how it turned out.

Awesome work... looks great! One of the sharpest interiors I've seen on an 86!

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[BDotG]

Originally Posted by zeal86

Awesome work... looks great! One of the sharpest interiors I've seen on an 86!

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Thanks man! That is a hell of a compliment coming from you! Your car is immaculate!

[kmbkk]

Originally Posted by BDotG

Finally finished it guys!




Just waiting on JPMCoachworks to get my dash piece back out to me and should be all set. Pretty excited with how it turned out.

Looks great! How hard was it to wrap the center console with Alcantara? I have just enough left over to wrap mine. I also have the same console cover.