How to tell leather from leatherette or non genuine leather?

[kenz]

for "leather" trimmed interior, how'd you know if the material used in pure leather or not?

[badbadtz.carlo]

push your finger into it. then dapat merong wrinkles na mafo-form.
if wala, most likely it's leatherette.

for me, high quality leatherette is better than pure leather in terms of use.
mas mabilis magwear ang pure leather. i have one installed on my B12 many many years ago. though buhay pa ren cia ngaun, kaso, puro kulubot and if nde ka maingat, madali ren ciang magchip-off.. plus ang mahal mahal nia, compared to leatherette.

it wears better than pure leather, and uber cheap. ung 8K-10K mo, bka buong interior na yun na high quality leather (seats/sidings etc) na cost lang ng isang seat sa pure leather...

[alwayz_yummy]

real leather could only be found on the cars like the maybach,rollsroyce,bently,maserati...

get the point?

anything else uses high quality leathrette trimmings.. that will crack in age.

[jonjon_u]

Far from being an expert on these things, I've wondered about the distinctions too. I found this article though:

http://detailingwiki.com/index.php5?...e_Leather_Care

Hope this helps.

[meledson]

Sa amoy pa lang, huli kaagad kung leather. Sa ilam (iyong nakatago na side) talagang makikita kung leather nga.

[4agze]

hmmm ok one way to tell if its pleather (plastic leather or synthetic leather) is when they are cracked and stressed out already, cotton fiber thats holding the material together are showing already.



the real leather has a diffrent crack but its not showing any cotton fiber like the one taken from my brothers 4runner



pleather has a soft unnatural back just like my brothers cheap jacket


real leater has that rough backing but thick feeling like a suead shoes, they last way way way longer than pleather thats for sure.


dont mean your car is not maybach,rollsroyce,bently or maserati your japanes or american car seats are not real leather as far as i know maybach and lexus leather seats are made by same manufacturer. besides just like meledson says you can feel and smeal the real thing.