Hi all, I need your opinion. I recently swapped my black sports leather passenger seat to the drivers side, as the existing drivers seat was rooted. I replaced the passengers with a buffalo spare seat I had. So all the seats work well, but the buffalo clearly stands out as different. I now have the opportunity to buy a buffalo set out of a wreck. Typically the driver side is broken but the passwngers seems ok.
Should I a. Convert the entire seat interior to buffalo, giving me four matching seats? b. Hold out for a black sports leather? c. Dye my existing buffalo to match my nappy drivers seat?
All opinions helpful!
Thanks
Mamod17
Buffalo vs Napa anthracite leather
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Buffalo vs Napa anthracite leather
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Re: Buffalo vs Napa anthracite leather
I'm gonna roll with Buffalo on this one... Especially if you can even find a full set in good condition.
I've got a full Buffalo Nutria interior on my 6 and my friend has a grey Buffalo comfort seats in his turbo e23 (most beautiful interior leather I've ever seen). They look amazing when taken care of, but I gotta admit it's quite a pain to keep them conditioned properly. When taken care of, they only get more beautiful with age and grow character with every scratch, spot, discoloration, etc...
I feel like Napa often wears worse with age, but I guess it's a personal opinion more than anything. I'm happy to scuff up my buffalo, but would hate to scuff napa. Buffalo is also a lot tougher and stronger.
Good luck with whatever you decide!
I've got a full Buffalo Nutria interior on my 6 and my friend has a grey Buffalo comfort seats in his turbo e23 (most beautiful interior leather I've ever seen). They look amazing when taken care of, but I gotta admit it's quite a pain to keep them conditioned properly. When taken care of, they only get more beautiful with age and grow character with every scratch, spot, discoloration, etc...
I feel like Napa often wears worse with age, but I guess it's a personal opinion more than anything. I'm happy to scuff up my buffalo, but would hate to scuff napa. Buffalo is also a lot tougher and stronger.
Good luck with whatever you decide!
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Re: Buffalo vs Napa anthracite leather
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