Originally Posted by lobuxracer

Reviving and old thread to ask a question - I've looked into new seat covers from Lexus, and the semi-aniline leather from the '08 is pretty crazy expensive. The later models with Alcantara are a lot cheaper - about $1k for both the bottom and the seat back. I like the idea of Alcantara because it is a lot more grippy than semi-aniline leather, but I am concerned the Alcantara covers will be just as prone to wear at the bolsters

Anyone with Alcantara seats having issues with wear? I know they came out in 2012 so they might not have a lot of mileage on them, but if someone has experience with this, I would love to hear about it.

Otherwise, I'll be joining the Fibrenew repair club.

Originally Posted by Mrd916

I'm the OP who posted this thread. I ended up trading my F in a few months after the seat repair on a CTS-V so I'm not sure how the repair held up. I did notice when shopping for a V that the Recaros in the V cars almost always had damage on them like the F seats. I'm guessing since they are similar in shape it must be that the narrow bolstered seats just get worn down. C63 cars I looked at seemed to have seats that weren't nearly as worn down as the V and the F cars.

Originally Posted by k20trick

nice man I bet you enjoying the powerband of that supercharged v8? pretty good mpg too.. mind if I ask what year ctsv did you upgrade to?