Whilst detailing my car on Sunday, I decided to clean and condition the leather. This got me wondering, which parts of the interior are made of real leather and which are vinyl?

Most obvious are the seating surfaces, steering wheel and the shift boot. I doubt that the backs of the seats, the sides of the center console, or the arm rest portion of the center console are leather. Anyone know for sure?

BTW, I have an 04.

Took at quick pic before I started cleaning:
S2000

 

I think if it's preforated......it's leather...... The rest is plastic/vinyl........

I didn't think there was any vinyl on the inside.

 

My guess is the seat/door inserts and the elbow padding.

 

The seats are a combination of leather and vinyl. The perforated center and the solid bolsters (i.e., the area where you sit) is leather. The undersides and backs are vinyl. The door panels are also a combination of leather and vinyl. The perforated upper portion is leather and the lower arm rest portion is vinyl. Leather is used for the Steering wheel, Shift knob ('02 and later), and the perforated center arm-rest. Vinyl is used for the center console cover ( '02 and later), Shift boot, E-brake handle.

 

Shift boot is vinyl. On the door panels, only the preforated sections are leather.

 

I took the shift boot off my 04 to check for some things and it looked like leather to me underneath. Maybe the pre04's had vinyl there?

 

The 04' center console boot is indeed leather. All boots prior to the console change are vinyl.

 

My shift boot and center console cover are leather on my '00.

Maybe because I got them from Rick's.

 

It all looks pretty real to me, so I guess that's all that matters. As long as what's vinyl, doesn't actually look like vinly, no problem. Everything blends great.



Look at the quality of the hand stitching on the doors! heh

 

shift boot is definitely leather. 100% sure