What are the better seats, Cupra R cloth or Cupra full leather??

[willbatch]

Just after peoples views on the above, i'm thinking of a change of seats.

 

[paul26982]

cloth R for me, just abit different, the leater ones look a tad cheap, if there were the same style as the audi s3 leather then id say them

 

[UncleFester]

Cloth for my money ... you don't slide off a cloth seat! You do know you can fit Mk4 Golf Recaros in a Mk1 Leon - direct swap - and they're much more comfortable than the Cupra R recaros and a deal cheaper too.

Some pics here

 

[NeilW]

Leather is pretty cold at this time of year. And sticky in summer....

Cloth seems to grip better when cornering (and looks better IMHO).

 

[Tabazan]

Cloth for me . .

Leather seats on a hot day are never pleasant . .

 

[Ruddmeister]

Golf Mk4 Recaro's are nice because they are heated which can be retained with a bit of wiring and some VAG switches. A Nice part Alcantara retrim would be nice.

The R32 Konig seats look great too IMO

 

[Mad Spoons]

having had leather seats i would never by a car with leather again. its freezingin winter and boiling in summer and it makes your legs and back sweat

 

[willbatch]

Those R32 seat look the the mutts!!, are the cupra R seats any diffrent to the standard cupra seats support wise??

 

[AshCupra300]

Cloth for me, as said though the Recaro's in my old S3 were great, black leather with silver alcantara inserts

In cars like the S3/FR/LCR etc you will slide around like buggery on leather seats..

 

[Ruddmeister]

Those R32 seat look the the mutts!!, are the cupra R seats any diffrent to the standard cupra seats support wise??

LCR Recaro drivers v LCR std passengers for comparison

 

[Tallpaul]

The LC Leather seats are cheap, hard, and uncomfortable. As mentioned, too hot in summer, too cold in winter and you slide about on them. I also never found a comfortable position with the fussy electric controls, but that may have been as much to do with them being too firm and slippy though.

 

[RobM]

LCR Recaro drivers v LCR std passengers for comparison

I always thought the LCR seats were Recaro, even pre-2003 when they didn't say Recaro? They certainly look the same, share the same design, feel the same and have the same material?

 

[Ruddmeister]

I always thought the LCR seats were Recaro, even pre-2003 when they didn't say Recaro? They certainly look the same, share the same design, feel the same and have the same material?

No they were always an option, 210 LCR's had a different 2 seat rear bench too. 225's it was just the fronts that were an option.

Recaro seats have stitching saying 'Recaro'
Recaro seats have lumbar Support
Recaro seats have a small cut out where the headrest is and different shaped head rest.

In other words you got bugger all for your money

 

[RobM]

That is bugger all really! I always thought the Recaro upgrade was the leather Recaros.

 

[Ruddmeister]

That is bugger all really! I always thought the Recaro upgrade was the leather Recaros.

No leather ever available on LCR

Leather only ever an option on LC

 

[RobM]

I'm glad I asked these questions now, shows how out of touch I was!

 

[Brucel]

The differences between recaro and standard are not enough to cover the £750 extra price tag.....

 

[Ruddmeister]

The differences between recaro and standard are not enough to cover the £750 extra price tag.....

Think it was £1,200ish on the 210LCR but you got the funky 2 seat rear bench jobbie too

 

[RobM]

I think I'd rather have the standard rear bench to be honest!

 

[Brucel]

Still well over priced for considering the tiny differences to normal seats... The rear bench also appear sto pretty much make the car a four seater as no one but a small child would fit in the middle there and there is no way a booster seat would fit for a child that small....

Definitely not worth the money, think it was £750 for the 225 cars?