Alcantara is a manmade synthetic product specifically made for high end furniture and high end sport cars. It's manufactured in Italy. It looks and feels like real seude leather, but it doesn't fade or dry out and rot like real seude does. When I lived in Houston, TX 15 years ago, all the lowriders were using real seude leather in their cars. The problem was that it only lasted one year before it dry rotted and fell apart. Alcantara is guaranteed not to fade, rot or fall apart like real leather and it will not fade even under the most extreme heat or cold conditions. I've been researching it for over two years and I'm finally going to get some put in my E30's headliner. BMW used to use another product called, Anthracite in their M cars, but now they use only Alcantara. It's easy to clean, won't stain, and last for years longer than anything else on the market. The only draw back is that it's not cheap. When it first came out, it was over $250.00 per yard. Most places today charge between $120.00-$150.00 per yard. The cheapest I've been able to find it is through Gulf Fabrics in Florida at $105.00 per yard. It's expensive, but I've never seen any car that had it that didn't make a serious statement. It takes about 4 yards to do the average headliner in an E30 with a sunroof.
Topic: Anyone have an Alcantara headliner? (Read 7473 times)