Recovering seats - leather or houndstooth e30 m3

[YBimmer]

Personally, I have recovered a bunch of seats in leather and fabric. My favorites always seem to be the fabric. But then again, that's just personal preference.

I just finished making this set of anthracite Uberkaro.

[ehrawn]

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Are these seats recovered? My Natur leatherette is starting to wear thin and I’m looking for options beside la a full custom interior.

[LindrelT]

German plaid cloth and Brazilian leather….

[burkey001]

fabric centres, leather edges FTW. so comfortable

[McGyver]

Alternately, I think the grey would look better with a red car (assuming black carpet and door cards):

[hooptie157]

Damn that plaid is nice! I went with hounds tooth.

[cory58]

why houndstooth vs the optional tan or grey plaid? I love the plaid pattern and it breaths very well compared to leather.

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[ZeKahr]

Houndstooth is a much more breathable fabric when its hot. Also leather needs lots of pampering if you want it to stay looking mint. Pretty much every used BMW I’ve seen with leather, E30 or otherwise, the leather looks like shit (it’s always dry, faded, cracked to some degree) even if the car looks well cared for. Vinyl and houndstooth interiors on the other hand can still look mint (or really close) even after 100s of thousands of miles without much care

[McGyver]

why houndstooth vs the optional tan or grey plaid? I love the plaid pattern and it breaths very well compared to leather.

[Panici]

I vote for houndstooth.
Think the first owner had seats and door cards swapped as a dealer option on my car. My VIN lists black leather as original to the car.

On a broader scale, I'll take a patterned cloth seat 100% of the time over leather. But that is personal preference.

[AWDBOB]

More for looks and resale. I like cloth too but I’m not owning this thing forever. My goal is eventually a gt3. For resale which is better?

The only way to know that would be to have the buyer picked out beforehand to know their preference. Otherwise it's just a guess

Safe bet, go stock, esp since it’s $1k less. If doing seats in houndstooth, it merits doing the door cards in houndstooth as well.

[hooptie157]

More for looks and resale. I like cloth too but I’m not owning this thing forever. My goal is eventually a gt3. For resale which is better?

[AWDBOB]

If you're going to drive the car a lot, houndstooth all day. I much prefer the houndstooth centers, and half cloth bolsters of a factory houndstooth seat on a car I'm driving a lot.

[hooptie157]

I have a s54 zinno m3 that I’m recovering the seats. Should I go factory leather or houndstooth? The latter is about 1k more expensive but I think it’s more sought after. Thoughts?