I have seriously been considering covering my old interior pieces (Including the cracked dash) in Alcantra. Has anyone ever tried to do anything similar? I like the clean, smooth, look and it would definately help eliminate glare off the dash. The Porsche RUF Turbo has interior pieces in Alcantra (if I remember correctly) and I love it!

hmm, never heard of Alcantra, can you post any links?

I have had all my interior (except the dash) done in tan vinal and the seats done in tan leather + new custom made floor and boot carpets.

Originally posted by Ivan

hmm, never heard of Alcantra, can you post any links?

I'd never heard of it either. I did a <a href="http://images.google.com">google image search</a> and came up with this picture of an aftermarket shift boot (it's actually spelled "Alcantara"):

http://www.rallycenteret.dk/nyheder/momo/Alcantara%20boots.jpg

Looks smooth, soft and sexy. Like a pair of knee high boots.

Alcantara is actually a synthetic suede if i'm not mistaken. It was an option on my Audi S4 seats.

hmm, I've only once seen this type of material on a dash, it was so long ago I can't even remember if it was even the same (in a Diablo SVR), can't seem to find any pictures on the net.

I didn't think much of it but that's just my personal opinion, there obviously must be a lot of people who do as there are so many options for it in other cars.

Isn't the Alcantra the Skyline wagon? Something like that....

steve77

The Nissan Wagon that uses the same running gear as the Skyline is the Stagea, unless of course you're thinking of a specific name for one of the earlier Skyline Wagons/Estates, the C10, C110, C210 (I think) and R30 came in a wagon, not so sure about the R31 but it probably did, then came the R32 and wagons disappeared into the Stagea.

I don't think any of the earlier wagons had particular names but I could be mistaken.

Stagea! That's it. Sorry.

steve77

Alcantara is actually a synthetic suede if i'm not mistaken. It was an option on my Audi S4 seats.

You, sir, are not mistaken. I think it's more of a european thing to use Alcantara on the interior. I haven't seen it on seats, just dashes. I'll see if I can't find that article with the RUF in it and scan some pics.

Keith