Goodwood Leathers V Half Leathers

[davepug205 7]

hi all

 

please help im pulling my hair out trying to decide weather to stick with the seats in my avatar

 

or buy some goodwood leathers.

 

 

using the car daily and near enough living in it so will be well used but well looked after.

 

only thing stoping me changing is the red pattern on the seats

 

any pics would be great

 

cheers

[davepug205 7]

opinions aswell please

[Edp 67 3 Cars]

Full leather seats are nice but when its cold they are cold and when its baking hot they are really hot!!

 

Half leathers are a good alternative which I prefer.

[matty_gti 20]

Full leather seats are nice but when its cold they are cold and when its baking hot they are really hot!!

 

Half leathers are a good alternative which I prefer.

 

He has a point, but with full leather once you feed them you open your door everytime to the yummy smell

[Baz 421]

I love my Goodwood seats, but yes they're feckin hot and uncomfortable in the summer!! I think i'd put up with them though!

[KRISKARRERA 2 1 Cars]

I love my Goodwood seats, but yes they're feckin hot and uncomfortable in the summer!! I think i'd put up with them though!

Yeah and then I put the air conditioning on!

[damien 22 1 Cars]

full 205 leather for me

 

 

but as said above, when its cold they are cold and when its hot you get burnt or stuck to them.

[pete1986 2]

Never tried full leathers before but apparently they dont hold you in place very well when thrashing around corners. My choice would be half leathers

[taylorspug 7]

As said above, my car was like a bloody skating ring with full leather in it, so much so that i actually had a passenger pull the grab handle off the roof because he was having to hold on so hard! Gone back to half leather now. Full leather does look pretty nice though!

[tidypug 5 2 Cars]

I agree with above, but they do look good.

 

mm comfy

Edited July 27, 2007 by tidypug

[CTI STU 0]

He has a point, but with full leather once you feed them you open your door everytime to the yummy smell

 

Can anyone recomend a good 'feed' for leather seats?

[mattmk1 0]

Can anyone recomend a good 'feed' for leather seats?

I use the cream from alpinestars that came with motorcyle leathers. The best stuff in the world, keeps the leather soft and smelling gorgeous. Availabe from all good motorcycle accesory shops.

[matty_gti 20]

Can anyone recomend a good 'feed' for leather seats?

 

Auto-Glym!, wonderfull stuff!

[SamGTi 0]

Yeah I use Autoglym Leather Care Cream too. Keeps the leather really nice and supple

[GLPoomobile 958]

The guys on the Fiat Coupe forum (FCCUK) are all obsessed with Gliptone for their leather.

Edited July 27, 2007 by GLPoomobile

[Peetypug 5]

dont know about the leather feed but it has to be full leather all the way

if its hot put your top on till it cools

if its cold wear a jumper/coat

[Super Josh 4]

Yeah I use Autoglym Leather Care Cream too. Keeps the leather really nice and supple

 

I used to use this years ago, but don't find it very good

 

 

The guys on the Fiat Coupe forum (FCCUK) are all obsessed with Gliptone for their leather.

 

I now use the Gliptone stuff and it's really good, only available on line though Has a separate leather cleaner too

 

 

dont know about the leather feed but it has to be full leather all the way

if its hot put your top on till it cools

if its cold wear a jumper/coat

 

Agree, has to be full leather for your seats.

 

If it's too cold then switch on the heated seats and if it's too warm, turn on the Aircon

 

 

 

Josh

[davepug205 7]

cheers for all your help so ill bite the pullet then leathers all the way

 

but goodwoods or retrim mine ill proberly end up retrimming the goodwoods anyway because im fussy

[matty_gti 20]

cheers for all your help so ill bite the pullet then leathers all the way

 

but goodwoods or retrim mine ill proberly end up retrimming the goodwoods anyway because im fussy

 

Either 205 leathers, goodwoods or citreon XM seats.....I have the 205 leathers and XM seats . Id of thought your looking at a ALLOT of money to retrim seats.

Edited July 29, 2007 by matty_gti

[steve@cornwall 100]

Either 205 leathers, goodwoods or citreon XM seats.....I have the 205 leathers and XM seats . Id of thought your looking at a ALLOT of money to retrim seats.

 

405 fronts and 205 rears - just removed as they hurt my knees on reasonable length trips. These did allow lots of sliding around, but goodwoods hold you better.Just to be different, I'm sticking with cloth, doesn't look half as good but more comfortable (IMO) and no hot / cold issues. Had them also in a CTI- big mistake in summer

 

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

my biased opinion is obviously to go with the roland garros half leathers by far the sexiest of the 205 seats , if you can find a set that is !

[Anthony 1,003]

I used to use this years ago, but don't find it very good

I now use the Gliptone stuff and it's really good, only available on line though Has a separate leather cleaner too

About summerises my experience - I found the Autoglym leather stuff made my seats go "creamy" and looked 10 times worse than they did (and didn't feel any softer either) whereas the Gliptone stuff is very good and makes a noticeable improvement in just a single application - highly recommended and pretty cleap too!

[KRISKARRERA 2 1 Cars]

Found Gliptone stuff here: http://www.thepolishingshop.co.uk/acatalog/Classic.html

Not sure which of those is best to get though.

[GLPoomobile 958]

You can also get gliptone on ebay

[pacey205 2]

I have had both and although the half leathers are more comfortable in terms of temperature the goodwood leathers are much comfier overall. And even then I dont find them a huge problem whenits cold/hot as the temperature soon equalises. The goodwoods are definitely better in terms of overall comfort though, and with the bolsters wound in Ive never had a problem sliding about in them either.

 

Pics

Half leathers

 

Goodwood Leathers

 

And I use the Gliptone leather cleaner/conitioner as well. It works very well and regains that leather smell as well which is nice.

 

Michael

Edited August 1, 2007 by pacey205