Alcantara or equivalent

Muncher · 1 Sep 2007 at 17:26

Does anyone know of a supplier for automotive alcantara or similar? I'm considering trimming a couple of the bits in the VX including the dash, probably in grey but it all seems pretty expensive from what I've seen.

danza · 1 Sep 2007 at 17:27

Flockit!

Muncher · 1 Sep 2007 at 22:25

danza said:
Flockit!

Lopéz · 1 Sep 2007 at 22:29

He means flock whatever it is you want to retrim.

Like so:

http://pic17.picturetrail.com/VOL856/988726/12089395/176780034.jpg

Firestar_3x · 1 Sep 2007 at 22:34

Did some bits in my mazda with a flocking kit, great finish, easy to do

eidolon · 1 Sep 2007 at 22:43

Proper alcantara is expensive unfortunately (I've just had the Elise dash, door cards and seats done in it)
I got some cheap copy stuff from Ebay when I had the MR2 and it was a pretty decent copy (and about 1/10th of the price too)

Muncher · 1 Sep 2007 at 23:05

eidolon said:
Proper alcantara is expensive unfortunately (I've just had the Elise dash, door cards and seats done in it)
I got some cheap copy stuff from Ebay when I had the MR2 and it was a pretty decent copy (and about 1/10th of the price too)

Yeah, I was thinking about that, hence this thread, do you recall where you got it from/brand name/price?

Jonnycoupe · 2 Sep 2007 at 00:09

Flocking would be the way to go, just like TVR and Prodrive.

http://www.suffolkflockingservices.co.uk/

act smiley · 2 Sep 2007 at 00:43

Am I the only person who doesn't like alcantara on dashboards?

Jonnycoupe · 2 Sep 2007 at 00:46

Alcantara on a dashboard is better than the dashboard on the windscreen