i think you should just cover the whole door with alcantara. IMO, it looks weird that the theres more alcantara on the door than leather.

 

i love you work. not sure if i would want to wrap the top area of the door panel though. with sun, and dust, and skin oils over time it will get all gross looking...

 

Should be fine. Alcantara is touted as being stain and chemical resistant to a point. I know lots of other car manufacturer's use it around the door panels as well.

 

I thought about that as well. The Alcantara is pretty resiliant though and amazes me how easily it cleans with just warm water. I've actually take straight acetone to it with no problems or fade. As for what made me cover the top of the panel, I think it would look incomplete after I did the dash and not covered the tops of the panels. Especially since the passenger side of the dash kind of spills over into the panel.

This is something that I definitely plan on doing to my car eventually. I think perhaps that I'll try to break up the alcantara by getting a perforated section to go on the door panel insert.

 

BTW, thanks everyone for the comments and suggestions. After this is complete, the dash and door panels will definitely be available as a package through a group buy here.

 

Do you recommend 303 Aerospace Protectant to prevent fade?

 

No, that's for protecting vinyl. Alcantara is a polyester blend I believe.

Per the Alcantara website:

[QUOTE]Alcantara

 

I want the center console and the door inserts just like that. Definitely let us know when they go into production. Sick is not the word . . .

 

nice very very nice....

but from owning an Audi S4 alcantera does not age real well... but great job!!!

 

^ I drive the car maybe 3k miles a year. Hopefully this will last me a longggg time